Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) Group

Work at home or in a small office of five or fewer employees?  
The Chamber's SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) Group
invites you to its monthly meeting
on Thursday, Feb. 28,  from 11:30 to 1 p.m.

at Northwest Library, 2280 Hard Road

Please bring your lunch. Bottled water will be provided.

Our topic: Business Etiquette
Our speaker: Denise Pietzsch, founder and executive director,
Etiquette & Protocol Image Consultants, LLC

“Maximize Your Impact – Business Etiquette”
With guidance from Denise Pietzsch, founder and executive director of Etiquette and Protocol Image Consultants, you will “outclass the competition” through the soft skills that business provides.  These include:



Making a powerful first impression
Having a strong professional presence
Learning the art of small talk
Mastering the importance of introductions
Understanding how your voice tone reflects upon your image
Importance of customer service
Proper preparation
Believing equal achieving


Please bring questions for our Q & A time.


A graduate of The Ohio State University, Denise is certified as a Corporate Etiquette and International Protocol Consultant from The Protocol School of Washington®. Graduates of The Protocol School of Washington®, the only accredited school of its kind internationally, receive training from the top experts in the field and have a “living library” of global resources.
As an etiquette expert, Denise has been hired by top organizations, universities and corporations. She has been featured in Capital Style magazine, The Columbus Dispatch, and The New York Times and on WBNS, WTVN and other media outlets.  She is co-author of The Power of Civility and founder/facilitator of an international etiquette forum of more than 1,000 members. Founded in 2007, Etiquette and Protocol Image Consultants, LLC (e.p.i.c.) is the fruition of a 10-year dream.

About SOHO:
At each monthly "brown bag lunch" style meeting, members exchange best practices and business leads and learn from experts about topics that affect small business owners and home-based businesses, including legal, tax, organizational, IT and marketing/promotion issues.
Business and Associate Members of the Chamber are eligible to join SOHO. SOHO members pay a subgroup participation fee of $30 per year, in addition to their regular Chamber dues. A prospective SOHO member may attend the meeting free of charge for a one-month period and then may choose sign up for the group with the $30 annual fee.
Registration is REQUIRED. To register, click on REGISTER NOW on the screen at right. Select the member category if you are already a paid member of SOHO; the "Join SOHO and attend" category if you are joining the group for the coming year and attending this event; or the "Non-member/Guest" fee to attend this meeting free of charge as a prospective member (you may attend once as a guest). Be sure to click "submit" when completed.
Call 888-3040 for further details or assistance in registering.