JDW Blog
May 19, 2023
In today’s highly networked world, personal branding is more critical than ever. It’s not just about being known in your field; it’s about being known for your contribution. Our personal brand is our reputation. It’s about how we present ourselves […]
January 14, 2023
Don’t get me started on emojis
Bonus Episode with Margaux Parker
January 7, 2023
Always keep a ‘hey lovely’ in your back pocket
Bonus Episode with Grace Hayden
January 4, 2023
“A world without manners means a world without kindness and consideration. And a world without kindness and consideration means the erosion of our civil code of conduct. And that means chaos and anger.” The current monarch, King Charles, said […]
December 31, 2022
Read the text, don’t assume the tone
Bonus Episode with Brisbane’s Lady Mayoress Nina Schrinner
December 24, 2022
Always pause for coffee
Bonus Episode with Guyala Bayles
December 17, 2022
Master networker or manners aficionado?
Bonus Episode with Steve Haddan
December 14, 2022
Respecting the old world of etiquette is so often framed as a fight. A battlefield, with the young on one side desperate to make the oldies understand that things have changed. Stop judging, and labelling, they say. The oldies are […]
December 10, 2022
Angel? I’ll take that!
Bonus Episode with Dianne Cant OAM
December 3, 2022
Is Mr Hollywood really Mr Mannerly?
Bonus Episode with Damien Anthony Rossi
November 30, 2022
Dress codes do exist. Whether we like it or not, dressing appropriately is a big part of getting ahead in life. It’s a part of life. ‘Clean, presentable clothing in good condition not offensive to others’ would be the general […]
November 26, 2022
Hold the lift? Depends whether I’m feeling well-adjusted or cranky!
Bonus Episode with Cynthia Morton
November 19, 2022
What Are You Hiding Behind Those Sunglasses?!
Bonus Episode with Lisa Clifford
November 14, 2022
June Dally-Watkins absolutely believed that patience is a virtue. But nowadays is patience really a virtue? Patience in this new millennia seems to be old fashioned and somewhat passé. Certainly, when Miss Dally said ‘patience is virtue’ she wasn’t preaching […]
November 12, 2022
"I said pet, I said love, I said please." Bonius episode with with Leigh Buchanan.
November 8, 2022
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” Matthew 7:12
Join Jodie and our guest Margaux Parker as we discuss all things online etiquette, from the art of the perfect unfollow, airbrushing and what this projection of “perfection” is really sayin