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The Polite One: Your Author & Writer

Internationally recognized etiquette expert, Rebecca Black, based in Davis, CA.

For over two decades, the team of Etiquette Now! has provided quality etiquette training for corporate, educational, government, and private clients. We consulted and evaluated what an individual or business needed to do to be successful and would then present workshops custom-tailored based on their needs. 

Throughout those many years, this had led our founder, Rebecca Black, to delve more into writing advice articles and books; over fifty of her books are etiquette-related, while her newest are fiction.  Her varied advice articles have been profiled in many print and web sources, such as the front pages of Yahoo and Yahoo Finance.

Due to our constant work schedule for these last two decades—and the fact that we are getting older—we have finally decided to retire from our etiquette business to travel for pleasure rather than business and to write more books.  One exception, however, is our occasional etiquette class for cruise lines.  For us, that is not work.  It’s all about having fun! 

Contact Information

PoliteTraveler@outlook.com 

Former Websites – Now Blogs

Etiquette Now! 

Got Etiquette

The Polite One 

Blogs 

The Polite One's Insights

The Polite Traveler

Etiquette Now! Insights

Got Etiquette Advice

Got Wedding Etiquette

Living Well Etc

Author Rebecca Black


Print Media Interviews with Rebecca

The LA Times..........The Toronto Sun

The Miami Herald..........The Pittsburg Tribune

The Boston Globe..........Life and Style

Sacramento Business Journal..........Associated Press

Sacramento Magazine..........New York Times

Comstock Magazine..........SierraStyle Magazine

Media Interviews

CBS 13...........My58

Sac & Co. (ABC)...........KCRA (NBC)

ABC News..........KFBK (radio)

CW Network...........The Today Show (NBC)

Fox 40

To watch a sample of her televised interviews, please visit our YouTube Profile.

Previous Clients

Noah's Bagels.......... California Milk Advisory Board

McGeorge School of Law..........Turner Construction

Granite Bay Golf Club.......... Sierra Cad/Cam, Inc.

The Sutter Club.......... Nehemiah Emerging Leaders Program

The City of Roseville.......... California Association of Hospitals & Health Systems

Infinity Air Inc.......... Pacific Coast Companies, Inc.

Grant Bennett Accountants.......... Sandia National Laboratories

Multiple Sclerosis Society.......... Granite Bay Golf Club

The City of Davis.......... The Sutter Club

Northern California Golf Association.......... Kaiser Permanente

CA State University, Chico

School of Business

University of California, Davis

Graduate School of Management

STEP-UP Leadership Series

Center for Engineering Professionalism

Student Leadership Workshop Series

Greek Societies

Delta Sigma Pi

Chi Omega

Phi Alpha Delta

Kappa Alpha Theta

Feather River College, Quincy, CA

Student Support Services

University of the Pacific

McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento

Greek Societies

Alpha Phi, Stockton

Dine College, Arizona

Student Services, Title III


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