Dining for the Savvy Professional
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A fun and informative four course meal to give you and your colleagues the ease and confidence to dine casually or formally in any situation.
Schedule note: All open registration programs will be held in Washington, DC; The University Club; lunch tutorials are from 11:30am until 2:30pm. Dinner tutorials are from 6:30pm until 9:30pm $235 per person including four-course meal.
For groups from the same organization, this program is offered to groups of 6 or more.
Also available as a private tutorial (private consultation fees apply)
(We reserve the right to cancel seminars if the minimum number of attendees is not met.)
TOPICS COVERED:
1. ARRIVING AT THE MEAL
2. DEMEANOR- how do you present yourself upon introduction
3. GREETINGS
- Handshaking
- Body language
- Eye contact
- Tips on remembering names
4. CONVERSATION
- Small Talk
- Gossip
- What to talk about, what not to talk about
- Listening skills
5.THE RESTAURANT MEAL
- Choosing the location
- Making the reservation
- Meeting your guest/host
- Seating the guests
- Menu selections
- Drinking before/during the meal
- What if you don't drink?
- Conversation topics
- Doing business at the meal
- Paying the bill
- Napkins
6. DINING SKILLS
- Utensils for eating
- Setting the table
- Guest and Host duties
- Seating guests at the table
- Guest of honor duties
- Difficult foods
- Tipping
- Multi-Course dining
- Formal vs. Informal dining
- Pitfalls to avoid
- Toasting
- Napkins
- and much more...
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