Creating the Correct First Impression by E.Venter
Edith Venter is hosting a workshop on social etiquette, decorum and deportment ofr everyone who wants to know how to create the correct first impression.
Aim
Female entertainment company Cheeky Chicks loves to see women feeling good about themselves. We understand that being confident in a social situation takes practice and knowledge of the etiquette relevant to different situations. Hosted by the impeccable Edith Venter, this course aims to teach women the basics of being a good hostess or guest and to arm them with all the necessary skills to make a good impression. Although the workshop is light and cheerful, it is extremely informative. Cheeky Chicks believes in building confidence in women by having fun and being ever so slightly cheeky.
Outcomes
Workshop topics will span meetings and greetings in both social and business settings, table etiquette, style and dressing and deportment. The delegates will enjoy an interactive format incorporating practical exercises and scenarios and will leave with a sold grounding in all the areas covered.
Topics include:
Table manners and table settings
• How to lay a table
• Eating with the correct utensils
• Eating with difficult utensils
• Serving food/dishing up
• The order a meal is served in
• How to eat each course (breads/soups/fish/salad/dessert)
• How to make a toast
• Business dinners
• Favours and thank you notes
• Knowing your wines; what to drink with each course
2. Meetings and Greetings
• How to introduce yourself; the handshake
• How to introduce two people to each other
• Forms of address
• What not to talk about
• How to end a conversation
• How to say good bye
• Networking - how are people going to remember you?
• invitations and RSVPs, how to send them and respond to them
3. Style
• Dressing appropriately for a function
• Dressing according to an invite
• Grooming
4. Movement
• Getting out of a car
• Sitting down at a table
• Getting up from a table
• Standing during a cocktails party
• Eating canapés
• Holding your handbag and a glass of wine
Venue: Avianto, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg
Cost: R990 incl 3 course meal and goody bag