2024 Public Seminar Dates and Registration

Teen Etiquette Confidence
in Larkspur (Marin), San Francisco, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA, and Menlo Park, CA

Teens begin this course with the same 3-hour content as youths to master the core etiquette skills when giving a great first impression for any occasion through practicing proper dining skills over lunch.

For parents wishing to accompany their Teen for the first three hours or enroll the entire family of other younger kids to attend, this is precisely why we created the combined first 3-hours.  

Teens then remain an additional 1.5 to 2 hours among their own peers to put into action what was discussed in the first part, plus applying the skills for college and job interviews, gaining that scholarship or award, business meetings, attending social events, and a light touch on dating. 

  • For participants willing to travel to San Francisco or Larkspur (Marin), California, this course is an in-person seminar--- with a limited capacity of 18 participants, for proper instruction---including a 3-course tutorial lunch of Soup, Main, and dessert, with bread and beverage service.  Special meals are available with prior notification.

Agenda includes:
Part I — First Impressions skills, same as with Youth Good Manners & Dining Etiquette participants

  • Starter Bonus:  Name Tag Etiquette
  • Self-introductions
  • Personal daily grooming habits
  • Posture and Poise: Sitting; Rising; Standing
  • Proper handshaking techniques
  • Appropriate eye contact
  • Proper responses to introductions
  • Standing for all introductions
  • Thank-you notes

Dining Skills

  • Being seated at the dining table: How to entire, exit, and have proper posture
  • Place settings… a road map to your dining
  • Napkins from beginning, middle, and end of the meal
  • Styles of eating: American versus global form of dining
  • Proper handling of utensils: Resting finished positions
  • When to start eating, passing food, and excusing yourself from the table
  • Tons of table manners, including the 4 golden phrases while dining
  • Strategic do’s and don’ts to dining

Part II — For Teens only… Professional presence and Interviewing Skills

  • Guidelines for making a great first impression revisited
  • Interviewing skills, including dressing for success and appropriate attire for other occasions…
          what’s hot and what’s not!
  • Advanced Interviewing techniques for before, during, and following the interview, whether in-
          person or on an online video conference call
  • 8 tips on dating etiquette.

Who should attend
Teens, ages 14-18.  Parents of Teens are encouraged to attend the first 3-hour portion of the seminar for only an additional $88!

Why attend
Now, more than ever, jobs, college entrance, scholarships, and other programs are increasingly competitive regarding who will be accepted. The young person who displays confidence, appropriate behavior, and poise gains the edge to success now and for the rest of their life... which is invaluable!

It is now offered three times a year in San Francisco, Larkspur/Marin, and Jack London Square Oakland, CA, and Menlo Park, CA (Fall)
In SF and Oakland from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  In Marin, from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Spring:
Oakland - Saturday, 20 April 2024

Summer:
SF - Saturday, 16 March 2024
Marin - Monday, 17 June 2024 
Oakland - TBA, be on the mailing list to be notified

Fall:
MP - Saturday, 28 September 2024
Marin - Monday, 4 November 2024
Oakland - TBA, be on the mailing list to be notified

2024 Investments remain unchanged from previous years
$168 includes expert instruction, a multi-page Action Guide for home reinforcement, computer-generated visuals, and fun, interactive classroom activities to reinforce learning.  The highlight of the course is also the 3-course tutorial lunch. Again, parents are encouraged to attend the first 3 hours of this seminar to learn for themselves and help reinforce skills at home for only an extra $88!  See the add-on listing on the registration page.

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