This document provides a brief guide to business dinner etiquette. It emphasizes that etiquette is about building relationships with colleagues and clients through sensitive social awareness and good behavior. Proper etiquette makes a lasting positive first impression, as over 90% of what people remember is how someone looked and acted. The document recommends preparing for business meals to avoid etiquette mistakes and stresses being gracious to build strong professional connections.

1. Manners MATTER
a brief guide to modern-day business dinner etiquette

2. What is etiquette?

3. We know it isn’t this.

4. And, it’s definitely not this.

5. It’s not about the meal.

6. It’s about building relationships…
with supervisors, colleagues and clients.

7. “Manners are a
s e n s i t i v e
awareness of
the feelings of
others. If you
have that
awareness, you
have good
manners, no
matter what
fork you use.”
– Emily Post

8. Research shows that
93% of what someone
remembers after meeting
you for the first time is
how you looked and how
you behaved.

9. A little
preparation
goes a long
way.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
LOCAL CELEBS and SPORTS
WEATHER and CURRENTand SEX
POLITICS, RELIGION EVENTS

10. Upon your
arrival
BEINGPHONE
CELL SEATED
NAPKIN
TIME
INTRODUCTIONS

11. Food Allergies
Bread and Butter
Drinks
In/Out
starters

12. the entrée
ASK QUESTIONS
WHEN TO START EATING
CHEWING
UTENSILS

13. Be gracious.
WRITE A THANK YOU.

14. “If you can stop
and think before
you act, you’re
going to avoid
99% of the
e t i q u e t t e
problems you
m i g h t
encounter.”
- Dan Post Senning

15. “Good manners will open doors that
the best education cannot.” Clarence Thomas

16. Presented by:
Reba Moore & Jessica Vanderslice