Elevating Etiquette: Alison Cheperdak on Becoming More Confident, Poised, and Positively Impactful

This week we’re joined by Etiquette expert and founder of Elevate Etiquette, Alison Cheperdak. Elevate Etiquette is a distinguished consultancy that offers social, business, and dining etiquette courses as well as international protocol and event styling services. Alison seeks to uplift and empower others to become the most confident, poised, and positively impactful versions of themselves.

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Alison’s passion for etiquette began more than a decade ago while planning her wedding. She had a number of wedding etiquette questions, so she purchased her first etiquette book. She’s since read countless books on etiquette, protocol, and emotional intelligence and graduated with merit from The English Manner and Beaumont Etiquette’s Train the Trainer Grade One and Grade Two Programs. Much of her perspective on etiquette and social graces is informed by her professional background in television news, law, politics, and nonprofit. She also learned a thing or two about competition and grace under pressure as a former competitive ice dancer. Above all, Alison seeks to encourage and equip others to become the kindest and most confident versions of themselves.

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We discuss:

• Wedding etiquette: registry, RSVP, and gifting
• Why we all should be writing more thank you notes
• The power of a personalized gift
• Etiquette for hosts and being a gracious guest
• How to identify priorities, communicate, and delegate tasks
• Creating a fabulous experience for yourself and others
• How kindness and emotional intelligence relate to etiquette
• The role of etiquette in standing out professionally
• Safe (and unsafe) conversation topics
• And more

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Mentioned in this episode:

Ode à la Rose - https://www.odealarose.com/

MJ Tablescapes - https://www.mjtablescapes.com/

Harbor Candy Shop - https://www.harborcandy.com/

Diptyque Paris - https://www.diptyqueparis.com/

Le Labo Fragrances - https://www.lelabofragrances.com/

Amy Vanderbilt Book of Etiquette 

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Connect with Alison Cheperdak:

www.instagram.com/elevateeitquette

www.elevateetiquette.com

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