Dining Etiquette
Dining Etiquette will give you the confidence to enjoy any business or social occasion whether it is a sit-down meal, a buffet, a reception or a special invitation dining event. After this seminar, you will be able to concentrate on business rather than worrying about dining etiquette and searching for someone to follow. Topics include:
- Importance of good table manners
- Understanding your place setting
- How to hold and use utensils correctly
- Placement and usage of the napkin
- American and Continental styles of dining
- Sticky situations and possible solutions
- Blessing before? Business / social
- Giving a toast
Strategies for Business Meals reviews the factors that make for successful “power dining” because skills at the dining table reinforce your skills at the conference table.
This module covers:
- The objective
- Selecting a restaurant
- Seating arrangements
- Power seat
- Duties of the Guest/Host
- Ordering in a restaurant
- Intake of alcohol
- Selecting wines
- When to actually discuss business
- Gaining control
- Paying the bill and tipping
- Closing the “Dealâ€