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The Art of Dining Networking and Mingling Etiquette
Want to achieve social success in the corporate world and seal that business deal? From table manners to extending social graces to your guests, hosting, entertaining and dining is an art. It's time to become the perfect host or perhaps a gracious guest. If you consider networking and mingling to be awkward and daunting, then this is the workshop for you. This interactive workshop will not only build your confidence but help you establish lasting, meaningful relationships with your dignitaries. Networking strategically is a skill you need to master. Many contracts are closed because of good rapport and trust with your clients. Inter- department relations will improve when your leadership is excellent. Your subordinates will look up to you as a good interpersonal skilled model.
You'll not only learned the dining tutorial, a live experiential lunch will surely internalize your appetite.
You'll not only learned the dining tutorial, a live experiential lunch will surely internalize your appetite.
Objective
Participants will learn the key strategies for making small talk so that people listen, creating a memorable first impression, navigating food, drink and conversation, and many other essential elements to communicating, hosting and entertaining competence. You will learn to respect inter-cultural differences from race to religion, state country, ethnics, culture and tradition. This is to prevent business faux pas and create an innate awareness on multi-cultural, traditions and protocol. At the end of the course, you will be equipped with confidence in a business event when food & beverage is involved. You will learn to host important events and ensure all company's objectives are attained. You will gain excellent business relationship through the rapport and harmonious bonding. Your get repeated business because of your excellent customer service.
Outline
- You are what you eat if you don't know table setting
- Setting up a Dining Table
- Navigation of Cutleries Menu
- The use of Napkins Various Dining and Eating Styles - American & Continental Table Seating Arrangement Buffet Etiquette
- Eating Difficult Food
- Table Manners
- Live Experiential Dining
- Explore various networking events
- Network through Social Media
- Successful techniques used to join a group/connect with individual
- Successful techniques used to exit a group
- How to be a good conversationalist
- Bad conversationalist and relationship wreckers
- Body language and gestures
- An attitude of Gratitude
Who should attend
Directors, Leaders, Managers, Sales, Professionals and anyone who wish to polish your dining, mingling and networking skills.
Testimonials
The training was indeed enriching and valuable. It was refreshing and different from standard in-house syllabus training. We enjoyed listening to your experiences as they were inspiring and educational. It was definitely an influential presentation and had brought us to the next level of professionalism.
Jerrome Chan - Sales Consultant, Volkswagen Group Singapore
Very useful insights, lively, engaging and fun training. Very focus and a motivational trainer. Lots of laughters and very experience trainer who drew great attention to the audiences. She carried herself well and is sophisticated.
Alvin Lim - Strategic Purchasing Manager, Philip Electronics Pte Ltd
Jerrome Chan - Sales Consultant, Volkswagen Group Singapore
Very useful insights, lively, engaging and fun training. Very focus and a motivational trainer. Lots of laughters and very experience trainer who drew great attention to the audiences. She carried herself well and is sophisticated.
Alvin Lim - Strategic Purchasing Manager, Philip Electronics Pte Ltd
Profile of Agnes Koh
Agnes Koh is the President and Founder of Etiquette & Image International and The Etiquette Alliance International. She is the recipient of the Expat Living Readers’ Choice Awards 2019 and Promising SME 500 Award.
Recognised across many industries as an expert in etiquette, protocol and wellness coaching, she has accumulated the following certifications:
- International Protocol Manager, Protocol School of Washington, PSOW
- Image Consultant, Canada, AICI CEU
- Business Etiquette & Protocol Consultant, Canada, AICI CEU
- Advanced Colour Analysis, International Image Institute, Canada
- Executive Refining Image, International Image Institute
- Master Business Etiquette & Protocol, IBICA
- American Business Etiquette Trainer, ABETA
- Children Etiquette Trainer, Florida, U.S.
- Certified Behavioural Consultant, IML USA
- Makeup Artistry Exposed, The Makeup Show, New York
- Diploma in Holistic Wellness, C.H.Ed, UK.
- BA (Hons) Business & Marketing, University of Portsmouth
With 30 years of working experience, Her work encompasses skills in:
AGNES’ RECOGNITION
- 2019 - Winner of Expat Living Readers’ Choice Awards 2019
- 2014 - Promising SME 500 by SMBA, Small Medium Business Association
- 2011 - "Most-Loved Beauty Professionals" Holy Grail Beauty & Fashion Awards.
- 2009 - Successful Entrepreneur 2009 by Singapore Today Commemorative Magazine.
Agnes is a passionate advocate of etiquette and deportment. She constantly exudes a positive energy and radiates a sensible, pragmatic and realistic aura. She facilitated hundreds of workshops and through this, has established a strong lasting relationship with a diverse range of clients. Her commitment, service and qualities have all been reflected in her life journey.
Agnes’ corporate engagements have set a high benchmark for knowledge, skills and behaviour transformation. As the master trainer of the accredited train-the-trainer certification programs, she is a leader in etiquette workshops. Client feedback has spoken highly of her ability to motivate her trainees with an engaging yet energetic approach. She has poured her strong values of honing etiquette, image, protocol and wellness into her book ‘Presence, Proficient, Professional’ as well as two additional books, 'Seasonal Colours to Slimmer, Gorgeous and Attractive You’ and 'Gentlemen’s Guide to Personal Brand’. Previously, Agnes has also published a children’s manners book as she believes cultural and social courtesy should be instilled from a young age.
Agnes was featured on Singapore Mediacorp Channel 8, Super Family 2 for an episode on Fine Dining and Social Etiquette. Contributing to National Etiquette Week, she went on radio 938 Live, 88.3 and Power 98 to discuss the importance of etiquette. She has been featured, quoted, interviewed and shared her expertise on various aspects of etiquette, protocol and manners in national print and social media.
