Honor & Respect: The Official Guide to Names, Titles, and Forms of Address

by Robert Hickey

"An essential purchase for all libraries." -- Library Journal, December 2008 The book contains more forms of address than are available in any other book. For example, it includes forms for enlisted armed forces personnel as well as officers. It includes forms for former and acting office holders, mid-level state officials such as cabinet secretaries and commissioners, local officials such as sheriffs, chiefs of police, magistrates, and many more.The book also contains forms for many groups never before published. For example forms for American tribal officials, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Shiite and Sunni Muslims, the Salvation Army, U.S. Marshal Service, Texas Rangers, Malaysian and Emirati nobility, and many more are available here to wide audience for the first Anyone who interacts with officials and wants to do so formally and with confidence. Specific users include executive offices in corporations; companies expanding business internationally; diplomats; protocol officers; elected and appointed federal, state, and municipal officials and their staffs; members of the armed forces; meeting and wedding planners; hosts to international visitors; hospitality, catering, special events, etiquette, food service professionals, and many others.From addressing letters to local officials to sending formal invitations to foreign chiefs of state, this complete guide provides the absolutely correct usage of names, titles, and forms of address for anyone on any occasion. Honor & Respect features an unparalleled body of information on terms and definitions (mufti, governor-general, air marshal), honorifics and titles (Honorable, Honourable, Reverend, Excellency, Eminence), and abbreviations and post nominals (academic, honorary, decorations, orders). This comprehensive resource provides complete directions for proper address styles, correct salutations, and appropriate closings for correspondence. Readers will learn how to prepare place cards and name badges for every occasion – formal, casual, social, and business. They will discover the right way to introduce others from a podium, in a business meeting, or at a social gathering. Honor & Respect clearly delineates the rules of precedence by explaining whose name should go first on invitations, and the order in which officials should be introduced. Forms of address are listed for officials in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. This meticulous book also presents the proper forms of address for religious officials, tribal leaders, members of royal and noble families, and other dignitaries from around the world. It features information on high officials in more than 180 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. With its all-encompassing scope and quick-reference format, Honor & Respect provides easy access for all who seek the proper protocols of forms of address.

552 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2008

Reviews

[Sharon Schweitzer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Robert Hickey has researched and written an outstanding global reference for today's business professionals, tomorrow's leaders and any socialite. This reference book is a must if you need to write, mail an invitation, introduce a business colleague or speak to an ambassador, cardinal, chief of state, city mayor, deputy chief of mission, judge or an elected official. Robert Hickey's book is exquisitely organized and his specific formulas to follow for both business and social interactions are clear and easy to follow. When conducting executive training sessions for clients, in the US or abroad, Robert's book is an instant hit with the audience and a perfect gift. I highly recommend this international resource for anyone seeking to improve their communication and relationships.
Sharon Schweitzer JD
Protocol & Etiquette Worldwide, LLC
Austin, Texas USA

[Lynn Dansereau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Robert Hickey authored this amazingly comprehensive reference book providing formal forms of address and much more. A must to ensure your officials and event participants receive the honors and courtesies they have distinctly earned.

I reference it regularly... it is by my side, not on a bookshelf!

[Mills College Library]

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