“Lyudmila Bloch wants to change the world” by Jeremy Willinger / Columbia University
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Lyudmila Bloch is an international etiquette expert, protocol consultant, etiquette author (The Golden Rules of Etiquette at The Plaza), and speaker. She has been a business-etiquette coach in New York City since 2000.
After training as a linguist at Moscow State Pedagogical University (she is fluent in French, Russian, English, and has basic knowledge of Spanish), Lyudmila moved with her husband to New York City. While working as a marketing executive for major American companies -- Saks Fifth Avenue, The Taubman Company, Sass Advertising, and The Plaza Hotel, she has enjoyed a broad range of marketing experiences and an ever-changing cross-cultural communications.
Lyudmila Bloch is a respected business-etiquette coach in New York City and one of the most quoted multilingual etiquette experts in business and dining etiquette. She has conducted business-etiquette seminars and workshops for Fortune 500 companies and provided protocol-consulting services for the following companies and institutions — The United Nations, Columbia University, Royal Bank of Scotland, Novartis, The Butterfield Bank of Bermuda, Spanish Medical Society, Apple Reseller/EU, Bolshoi Ballet & Opera Foundation, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Bermuda, Bermuda Learning Solutions Ltd., Deloitte LLC, Morgan Stanley, Pace University, and Oxford Metro Health Inc.
In 2004 she coauthored with R. Carroll The Golden Rules of Etiquette at The Plaza published by Fifth Avenue Press.
In 2005 the dynamic duo joined forces with the New York City Department of Education and introduced business-etiquette training program "Creating an Effective Workplace in Your School" for principals and teachers in New York City public schools.
In 2008, at the annual New York State Conference for Educators in Albany, Ms. Bloch presented the latest program for educators “Achieving Social and Emotional Growth through Character Development and Etiquette Instruction.”
Ms. Bloch is a graduate of the Protocol School of Washington.
In her many travels across the globe, Lyudmila has especially enjoyed meeting with memorable personalities such as His Majesty King Hassan II of Morocco, former President of the U.S.S.R. Mikhail Gorbachev, world-famous dancer and choreographer, Rudolf Nureyev, and the legendary Walter Cronkite.
Currently she lives in New York City with her family and her beloved dog, Mathilda, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.