Did you know that your personal brand has the power to ignite your professional succes or stifle your advancement? How you present yourself says as much about your credibility as a resume or reference ever could, whether you’re job hunting, joining a firm, cultivating a client or preparing for an important business meeting. What’s your brand saying about you?

In this session, you will learn how to create your brand and align your professional competence with your outside packaging and personal presentation in order to build confidence and attract opportunities. It is a fact that now, more than ever, it is essential for professionals to manage the image they convey in interviews, meetings, networking events and other occasions where making a strong and positive impression is required in order to land the job, get the client or close the deal.

Featured Keynote Speaker
Gretchen Neels
President and founder of Neels & Company

Gretchen Neels has a passion for helping professionals make powerful first impressions and establish more lasting, mutually beneficial relationships that result in more business. Her unique background as an executive coach and a Certified Style Consultant and her candid personality enable her to help her clients develop their personal brand, including their packaging (what we wear) and marketing plan (how we interact with others). She is the author of the popular e-books series, I Hate to Shop! But Still Want to Look Great and audio program, The New Professional’s Guide to Success, and she has presented to numerous Fortune 500 companies and professional services firms, as well as various associations and federal agencies.

Date:           October 18, 2012
Time:          6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Location:  International Student House
1825 R Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009

Cost: $20.00 per person (No tickets available at the door)

Register at:
www.theprotocolpartners.com
Advanced Online Registration Required

Seminar Schedule
6:00-6:30 p.m. Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. Program
7:30-8:00 p.m. Reception continues; Post-event networking

This special program will explore the decision-making process for US national security policy and the variety of influences on that process.   Ms. DeRosa will present current political, legal and ethical issues in national security affairs from the vantage point of her recent post as Legal Adviser to the National Security Council and Deputy Counsel to President Obama for National Security Affairs.

Ms. DeRosa served in the fall of 2011 as the US Representative to the 66^th Session of the General Assembly of the UN.  She worked on the Obama/Biden transition team.  Ms. DeRosa has also been Chief Counsel for National Security to the Senate Judiciary Committee and was a Senior Fellow at CSIS.  From 1994 to 2001, she served in the Clinton administration at the National Security Council and the Department of Defense.  Ms. DeRosa has a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a law degree from the George Washington School of Law.

This program is presented by ISH as part of a series of educational and cultural activities designed to build community and encourage dialogue among our residents, supporters and friends.

International Student House

and

 Protocol Partners, Inc.

 invite you to

an Author’s Evening Program

featuring a discussion with

Benedicte Valentiner

Former General Manager of Blair House 

on her book

Bedtime and Other Stories from

 The President’s Guest House

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

6:30 pm

Books will be available for sale and signing

International Student House

1825 R Street, NW

Washington, DC 20009

Benedicte Valentiner was Managing Director of Blair House from 1988 to 2001.  During this time, she served four Presidents (from Presidents Reagan to George W. Bush) and six Secretaries of State.

Bedtime and Other Stories from The President’s Guest House presents Mrs. Valentiner’s unique behind the scenes experiences managing one of the world’s most prestigious, historic and beautiful official government guest houses.  She will provide background on the fascinating  history of Blair House, discuss the  multi-million dollar restoration it underwent in the 1980’s, and share her recollections of welcoming heads of state and other official visitors to the US from around the world.

Over 13 years, Mrs. Valentiner hosted nearly 200 official visits of foreign Presidents, Prime Ministers, kings and queens.  Her personal anecdotes about the world’s most powerful leaders are dramatic, revealing and entertaining.

Born and raised in Denmark, Mrs. Valentiner moved to the US in 1963 and became an American citizen in 1969.   Before arriving at Blair House, she was in the international hotel business and then worked in the political worlds of New Mexico and the US Senate.

This program is presented as part of ISH’s series of educational and cultural activities designed to build community and encourage dialogue among our residents, supporters and friends.    We welcome Protocol Partners (www.theprotocolpartners.com ) as co-sponsors  of this event.

Join us for a special program to help sharpen your networking and business etiquette skills!

 

International Student House
is pleased to invite you to a

Special Briefing by
Her Excellency
Renée Jones-Bos

The Ambassador of the
Netherlands to the US
on international human rights
and US–Dutch Bilateral Relations

Monday,
February 13, 2012
at 7:00 pm
1825 R Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

Ambassador Jones-Bos has served as the Dutch Ambassador to Washington since 2008. Prior to her appointment, she held several prominent positions with her country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs including Director-General for Regional Policy & Consular Affairs,and Ambassador-At-Large for Human Rights. This is Ambassador Jones-Bos’ second posting to Washington, having previously served as a First Secretary with the Embassy from 1987 to 1990. This program is presented as part of ISH’s ongoing effort to provide our residents and supporters with opportunities to participate in a wide variety of educational and cultural activities designed to foster a sense of community and stimulate substantive dialogue.