Adult Etiquette Programs

Business and Social Etiquette

Outclass the competition and learn protocol

How to Be a Savvy Host and Guest
How to make an entrance and work a room.
Making business/social introductions with confidence and poise.
Invitations, creating, accepting and declining
Interpreting nonverbal communication
Eye contact and rising to the occasion
The Benefits of Etiquette and Protocol Intelligence
Offering and receiving business cards
Dressing for upward mobility
Effective gift giving and more…

Corporate and International Etiquette

Pre-meeting strategy
Rank and status
Communication styles
Body language – what to avoid
Conversation, personal space, and gestures
Cultural awareness
Monochromatic and Polychromic Time
Global forms of address
Business and Social introductions
Business card giving and receiving
What to do before negotiations begin
Traveling smart, wardrobe strategies and more……

Dining Decorum

The management at many Fortune 500 companies take potential front-line employees or new hires to lunch or dinner to observe their comfort level with executives. Outclass the competition and learn:

The art of business entertaining and being entertained
Styles of eating – American and Continental
Formal dining settings and dining skills
Responsibilities of the guest and host
Seating Guidelines
How to propose a toast
Receiving lines
Dining Do’s and Don’ts, and more…

Dining Tutorial

Outclass the competition and practice what you learned during a four, five or six course lunch or dinner exercise.

Place settings (the map to fine dining)
Dine in the American or Continental style
Propose a toast, accept a toast
How to end the evening with class

Table Settings

Outclass the competition and learn the art of entertaining in style. Learn appropriate place settings, when to use placards, centerpiece decor, napkin folding, color coordination, menu and wine paring and more…

Telephone Etiquette

Telephone manners and etiquette is designed to increase your effectiveness and professionalism using today’s technologies. The problem is not technology, it is the way technology is being used and abused. Learn to respect others and increase your bottom line.