ELII - Etiquette & Leadership Institute of Indiana

 

Programs for Young Adults ages 16 - 18

Today's Etiquette for Young Adults

The First Meeting

    • Introducing Yourself
    • Introducing Others - The Basics
    • Meeting Person with Disabilities

Personal Qualities

    • Telephone Savvy
    • Telephone Courtesies
    • Polite Conversation, Compliments, and Kindness
    • Public Speaking

The Etiquette of Public Places

    • Doors, Elevators, Escalators, and Stairs
    • Movies and Live Performances
    • Sports
    • Restrooms

Dining Skills for Young Adults

Social Etiquette with ease

    • Party Time
    • Host and Guest Duties
    • Receiving Line Basics
    • Gift and Thank-you Notes

Confident Dining

    • Dining Skills
    • Silverware
    • Napkins
    • Place Setting

Dining Savoir-Faire

    • How to Eat Various Courses
    • Style of Eating (American & Continental)
    • How to Use a Finger Bowl

Table Savvy

    • Taking your seat
    • Posture at the table
    • When to start eating
    • Table conversation

Dining Out

    • Arriving at the Restaurant
    • Menu and Ordering
    • Talking to the waitstaff
    • Buffet Meals
    • Fast-food Restaurants


Dining Do's and Don’t's


Young Adult Etiquette for Tomorrow
This six-week course allows young adults to interact and experience a wide range of etiquette classes, enabling them to grow and understand how to make the right choices when confronted with various challenges. Class size structured for 12 to 16 individuals (6 - 8 young men and young women) and are 1.5 hours per class).

Here are just a few subjects your children will learn during this exciting six-week program.

Week One:

    • The myths of Etiquette
    • Choosing Civility
    • The First Meeting
    • Introducing yourself and others
    • Handshakes
    • Name Badges
    • Remembering Names
    • Responding When You are Introduced
    • Taking pride in your own manners
    • Maintaining good posture
    • Eye contact
    • Using a confident Leadership Voice

Week Two:

    • Courtesies That Count
    • Giving Compliments
    • Receiving Compliments
    • Practice Kindness
    • Writing a Thank-you Note
    • The Etiquette of Public Places
    • Reading a restaurant menu
    • Ordering from a menu
    • Tipping Appropriately
    • Social Courtesies

Week Three:

    • ABC’s of Table Manners
    • Saying grace
    • Napkins
    • How to eat soup
    • How to hold the knife and fork
    • How to hold a glass
    • Host and Guest Duties
    • Receiving Line Basics
    • Table savvy
    • Taking your seat
    • Posture at the table
    • Saying Grace (A Blessing)
    • Toasting
    • When to Start Eating
    • Table conversation
    • Excusing Yourself
    • Luncheon Tutorial: step-by-step process of table manners and how to eat hard to eat foods

Week Four:

    • Email etiquette (Do’s and Don’t's)
    • Telephone Etiquette (Do’s and Don’t's)
    • Communication skills
    • Business communication
    • Meeting Persons with Disabilities
    • Polite Conversation, Compliments and Kindness
      Polite Conversation
    • Giving and Receiving Compliments
    • Public Speaking Discussing lessons learned

Week Five:

    • International Etiquette

Week Six:

    • Formal Dinner with Graduation
We teach more than table manners