Business Culture Tips for the Czech Republic
Image: Photograph by Sharon Schweitzer in Straznice, Czech Republic According to the European Commission Spring 2021 European Economic Forecast, as the Czech public health situation improves and...
View ArticleInternational Day of Friendship 2021
Image by Sharon Schweitzer, Women & Their Work Art Museum, with Amber Gunst & Teresa Lautenheiser July 2021 We exist in a tough world and it seems to be growing tougher every year. We hear all...
View ArticleNATIONAL GIRLFRIEND DAY 2021: How to Celebrate the Women we Cherish
Image: Sharon Schweitzer & girlfriends, Commodore Perry Estate Auberge Resorts, Austin, Texas "We should always have three friends in our lives – one who walks ahead who we look up to and follow;...
View ArticleCelebrating National Sisters Day 2021
Image by Sharon Schweitzer (left) with her sister Lisa (right) and her parents in Tampa, Florida Your sister may be your twin, triplet, complete opposite, or a mix of something else! People say you...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s National Women’s Day 2021
Image: Sharon Schweitzer Cape of Good Hope South Africa National Women's Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated annually on August 9th. On this day in 1956 approximately 20,000 women of all...
View Article12 White Wine Etiquette Tips for National White Wine Day
Image by Sharon Schweitzer Experts trace the origins of wine back 7500 years to what is today known as Iran. This beverage was known to have been enjoyed long before then; however, there isn’t specific...
View ArticleNavigating Vaccine Conversations
Image by hakan german from Pixabay With free COVID-19 vaccines readily available to any person over 12 years of age in the U.S., and not everyone choosing to partake – it is a tricky conversation to...
View ArticleJAPAN’S OBON FESTIVAL 2021
Image: by Sharon Schweitzer at Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Japan Japan’s Obon (or Bon) Festival, also known as the Festival of Souls or Lantern Festival, begins August 13 and ends...
View Article4 Tips for National Back to School Prep Day 2021
Photo by August de Richelieu from Pexels Today Mindy Hofman Hersh returns again as our guest blogger. Mindy is the mother of a 7-year-old girl and two fur babies in Austin and looks forward to sharing...
View Article7 Tips for World Photo Day 2021
Image by Sharon Schweitzer - Hue, Vietnam Capturing the moment with a photograph in a new place, enjoying the sunrise, or the sunset on the coast, taking a photo can be an instinctive reaction for many...
View ArticleNational Women’s Equality Day 2021
Photo by Alexander Suhorucov from Pexels In the United States, National Women's Equality Day is celebrated annually on August 26 to commemorate the adoption in 1920 of the Nineteenth Amendment to the...
View Article8 Tips to Avoid Grammar Blunders in Business Email
Photo by Ivan Samkov from Pexels Whether writing to upper-level management or to a first-time client, crafting an error-free email can be tricky even for the most educated professionals. Certain...
View Article8 Culture & Etiquette Tips for National Courtesy Month
Photo by Prasanth Inturi from Pexels Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; the third is to be kind. ~Henry James, American-British...
View ArticleFlag Protocol: How to Fly the Stars & Stripes on Labor Day in the USA
Image by DWilliam from Pixabay As the daughter of a naval officer, I grew up watching my father raise and lower the flag on a daily basis - when he wasn’t deployed overseas. My four brothers, my sister...
View ArticleHave a Rice Day Celebrating National Rice Month
Photo by thanhhoa tran from Pexels National Rice Month began in 1991 when President George H.W. Bush signed an official proclamation designating September as the month. The president and the United...
View Article5 Tips for Self-Improvement 2021
Photo by Vlada Karpovich from Pexels Self-Improvement is the search to become a better person in life. The Oxford Advanced American Dictionary defines self-improvement as “the process by which a person...
View Article4 Rosh Hashanah Customs and Traditions
Photo by ROMAN ODINTSOV from Pexels Rosh Hashanah, meaning "head of the year" or “first of the year” in Hebrew, is the celebration of the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah is the first day of the Jewish...
View ArticleHonoring National Hispanic Heritage Month in 2021
Plaza Espana Seville Spain: Image by David Mark from Pixabay From distinguished politicians driving social change to recognized STEM field innovators, Hispanics continue to make monumental...
View Article5 Customary Yom Kippur Practices
Image by falco from Pixabay Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the most significant holiday in Judaism. It is a day when the Jewish people ask forgiveness for the wrongs they have...
View Article10 ETIQUETTE TIPS FOR VISITING MUSEUMS
Image: silosandsmokestacks.org Many people are ready to venture out and explore the world again. A recent study at the Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin) in Germany has determined that the risk...
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