The New York First Company - Impeccable Gifts and Unique Wonders

The private tutorial with Ms. Lyudmila Bloch is intended to teach both adults as well as young ladies and gentlemen the importance of feeling good about themselves in a variety of social situations. Advanced lessons include proper social etiquette, business etiquette, handling challenges with confidence, making an entrance and the most effective way to work a room, decoding body language, making proper introductions and first impressions, and how to become the perfect, relaxed host or hostess. In addition, you will learn everyday courtesies, the non-verbal message of your handshake, forms of proper address, conversational skills, rules of gift giving and thank-you notes, high-tech etiquette (cell phone, e-mails, pagers, etc.), and how to avoid etiquette blunders.

The training session is combined with a meal at your favorite restaurant in Manhattan, where you learn to navigate a sophisticated dining engagement, wine etiquette, tipping guidelines, entertaining clients or guests, perfect table manners, using correct silverware, the art of small talk, and how to make a toast (the client is responsible for paying his/her meal).

About Lyudmila Bloch
An international etiquette and protocol consultant, Ms. Bloch speaks four languages, has visited more than 30 countries all around the world, and lived on three continents. After training as a linguist at The Moscow State Pedagogical University, Lyudmila moved to New York City where she worked as a marketing executive for Saks Fifth Avenue, The Plaza Hotel, and Taubman Shopping Centers. Her Young Plaza Ambassadors Program at The Plaza Hotel were featured in over 50 local and national publications, including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Fortune, London Sunday Times, National Post (Canada), Daily Russian American Newspaper, The Boston Globe, Newsday, New York Post, Daily News, Christian Science Monitor, Canadian National Post, Child Magazine, Big Apple Parent, Quest, and Coastal Point. Her personal appearances have included features on ABC/Evening News, NY1 News, Travel Channel, and Ch. 9 News. In 2004, she coauthored with Rosemary Carroll The Golden Rules of Etiquette at The Plaza. In addition, Ms. Bloch has provided protocol consulting to companies including Latin Physicians' Network Foundation, Spanish Medical Society, Current Medical Solutions, Bolshoi Ballet & Opera Foundation, The Russian Nobility Association, the Butterfield Bank in Bermuda, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Bermuda Learning Solutions Ltd., The Plaza Hotel in New York City.