{"quotes":[{"text":"Think before you click. If people do not know you personally and if they cannot see you as you type, what you post online can be taken out of context if you are not careful in the way your message is delivered.","author":"Germany Kent","tags":["awareness","awareness-and-attitude","awareness","best-practices","blogging","blogging-etiquette","blogging","bullying","bullying","communication-tips","cyberbullying","cybersense","cyberspace","digital","digital-age","digital-citizens","digital-citizenship","digital-culture","digital-etiquette","digital-footprints","digital-life","digital-lit","digital-marketing","digital-media","digital-mind","digital-skills","digital-thinking","digitale","ed-tech","end-bullying","ethics","ethics-matter","etiquette-tips","germany-kent","germany-kent","germany-kent","good-manners","hate-speech","higher-education","hope-guru","internet-education","internet-tips","issues","kindness","manners","marketers","media-literacy","motivational-speaker","motivational-speakers","netiquette","no-to-bullying","online","online-bullying","online-communication","online-discussion","online-ethics","online-etiquette","personal-branding","professional","protocol","responsibility","responsible-posting","self-help-","smart-tech","social-education","social-media","social-media-advice","social-media-audiences","social-media-","social-media-behavior","social-media-mind","students","table-talk","the-hope-guru","think-before-you-click","think-before-you-post","think-twice","tips","web-marketing","you-are-what-you-tweet","youth"],"id":125,"author_id":"Germany+Kent"},{"text":"As our society has become more casual, the line between a person’s personal life and professional life has become blurred, especially with the advent of social media. Personal information, your manners (or lack thereof), opinions, and pictures of your private life are available for all the world to see. HR directors, recruiters, and potential employers will often ascertain a person’s manners and moral compass from their online presence.","author":"Susan C. Young","tags":["communication-skills","emotional-intelligence","etiquette","good-manners","motivational-speaker-susan-young","positive-first-impression","by-susan-c-young","relationship","susanspeaks-com"],"id":24011,"author_id":"Susan+C.+Young"},{"text":"Take the initiative with deliberate steps to be a polite person:1.\tCover your mouth when you cough or sneeze.2.\tReciprocate a thoughtful word or a good deed in kind.3.\tSay 'excuse me' when you bump into someone, unintentionally violate someone’s space, or need to get someone’s attention.4.\tApologize when you’ve made a mistake or are in the wrong.5.\tLive by the 'Golden Rule' and treat others the way you would like to be treated.6.\tWhen dining at home or in a restaurant, wait until everyone is served before eating your meal.7.\tAcknowledge notable events like birthdays, weddings, and anniversaries.","author":"Susan C. Young","tags":["communication-skills","emotional-intelligence","etiquette","good-manners","motivational-speaker-susan-young","positive-first-impression","by-susan-c-young","relationship","susanspeaks-com"],"id":42464,"author_id":"Susan+C.+Young"},{"text":"All manners are not created equal and can conjure different interpretations based on the environment in which they are being displayed.","author":"Susan C. Young","tags":["communication-skills","emotional-intelligence","etiquette","good-manners","motivational-speaker-susan-young","positive-first-impression","by-susan-c-young","relationship","susanspeaks-com"],"id":75781,"author_id":"Susan+C.+Young"},{"text":"I am a very lucky lady that my life partner, Daniel, is a true-blue Southern gentleman. Watching him in action not only earns my love and respect, but it also strengthens his countenance and bolsters his reputation as a man. As a health care provider, he treats numerous patients who are elderly or in pain. Daniel has made it a customary ritual while people are in his care to help them with their coats, provide a stabilizing arm, carry the ladies’ purses, and even walk patients out to their cars. While this kindness provides extraordinary customer service, it also demonstrates that small acts of chivalry can make a significant impact on one’s reputation, first impression, and overall human-beingness.","author":"Susan C. Young","tags":["communication-skills","emotional-intelligence","etiquette","good-manners","motivational-speaker-susan-young","positive-first-impression","by-susan-c-young","relationship","susanspeaks-com"],"id":89311,"author_id":"Susan+C.+Young"},{"text":"I remember hearing years ago about a centenarian being interviewed on her birthday. She was asked, “Throughout your life, you have witnessed amazing change and innovation. The past one-hundred years have brought the inventions of the car, television, air conditioning, and microwave ovens. What is the most extraordinary change you have seen in your lifetime?” Without missing a beat, she replied, “That a teenager can say “suck” in front of their parents and get away with it!” While cultural norms may have changed with the times, being considerate of fellow human beings is not an antiquated notion; its time hasn't ended. Quite the opposite is true. In our world today, kindness and politeness are needed more than ever.","author":"Susan C. Young","tags":["communication-skills","emotional-intelligence","etiquette","good-manners","motivational-speaker-susan-young","positive-first-impression","by-susan-c-young","relationship","susanspeaks-com"],"id":89992,"author_id":"Susan+C.+Young"},{"text":"Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.","author":"Amy Vanderbilt","tags":["emotions","etiquette","good-manners","manners"],"id":117603,"author_id":"Amy+Vanderbilt"},{"text":"Zoe leaned closer to Ruth, nearly nose to nose. “If they were made from better stuff, they would have pretended the fault was theirs. They would have made a moment of it--a pretty moment.","author":"Michael Benzehabe","tags":["benzehabe","consideration","good-manners","immigrant","immigration","kindness","social-graces","unassimilated"],"id":121041,"author_id":"Michael+Benzehabe"},{"text":"All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal to me in the course of debate. I despise the arrogance and doting self-regard so frequently found among the very bright.","author":"Edward O. Wilson","tags":["arrogance","bad-attitude","etiquette","good-manners","ill-mannered-scientists","impoliteness","manners","politeness","politesse","poor-manners","rudeness","self-regard","tone-of-voice"],"id":129869,"author_id":"Edward+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"ASK YOURSELF: Are you presenting yourself in the best of all lights, online and off, and demonstrating the dignity of good manners? Make sure of it! If not, it may come back to haunt you.","author":"Susan C. Young","tags":["communication-skills","emotional-intelligence","etiquette","good-manners","motivational-speaker-susan-young","positive-first-impression","by-susan-c-young","relationship","susanspeaks-com"],"id":157096,"author_id":"Susan+C.+Young"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":41,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}