Armida Geiger Leader in Social Skills

Armida Geiger is a leader in social skills! Her enthusiasm has a magical ability  to empower an individual to be their best! With her leading the way, participants increase their confidence and will be able to execute appropriate social and business manners.

Adélie School of Protocol equips clients with refinement of proper manners and social skills. Gaining knowledge of appropriate dress, body language, and communication style combined with execution is central in order to achieve positive results. The client will reap rewards of greater self-confidence and respect of self and others. Allow your professional career, social scene and personal endeavors to become the best they can be.

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Business Professional Etiquette Coaching

Individual Enrichment Development – professional etiquette coaching

Professional Etiquette coaching is a joint venture between a certified instructor and an individual or group. Adélie School of Protocol equips clients with refinement of proper manners and social skills. Gaining knowledge of appropriate dress, body language, and protocols combined with execution is central in order to achieve positive results. Reap the rewards of greater confidence, poised image and respect of self and others. Allow your professional career, social scene and personal endeavors to become the best they can be.  Call Armida Geiger 603-868-7156 or email politelypolished@hotmail.com

Testimonials state that Armida Geiger is approachable, witty and enjoyable to work with.

Table Manners – Dining Tutorial held at Seacoast Hotel

Adults – Master the Art of Fine Dining

 

Are you confident at a formal table?  Glide through the dining experience with perfect confidence as you learn proper table protocol.  Great opportunity to improve your dining skills in preparation of a special occasion or business engagement.

• Do I unbutton my suit jacket at the table?
• Where should I wait for a dinner guest?
• Pass left, pass right?
• When do I mention my food allergy?
• Should I ask for the check?
• Electronics at the table?
• Which bread plate is mine?

50 tips to master your manners at and away from the table.  

 Held at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel, Portsmouth, NH.

To make a reservation visit the website, print and complete a registration form, mail with payment $65  (payable to Armida Geiger)  to: Adelie School of Protocol, 13 Davis Ave., Durham, NH 03824 (603-868-7156)

An Evening of Etiquette & Dining for Youth

Learn the proper approach to the table, how to accept being seated, table posture, “cheek tuck” method for conversing, plus American & Continental utensil holds. It’s sure to boost confidence at or away from the table! Multi-course dinner, dining tutorial & complimentary Table Etiquette Handbook.

Armida Geiger, Director Adélie School of Protocol. Registration forms available at:  www.adeliesop.wordpress.com

Dining Etiquette Home Party

Dining Etiquette Party!

It’ s  unique,  fun and a great style of entertaining… Invite your friends and “host” a formal/non-formal dinner party! An Etiquette Instructor is your guide, helping to maneuver the  ins and outs of hosting a perfect dinner party. Learn the secret skills of a relaxed, yet poised and gracious host.  Males seat females,  napkin protocol, pacing, body language, posture,  proper use of the bread plate,  the list goes on. Who starts the dinner? When does a napkin go on the lap? Which direction to pass the rolls?  Yes,  you do appear like you’re guarding the plate while eating!  Salt and pepper stick together…really?

Friends reminice sharing stories about  the do’s, the don’ts and rules of their youth. Experience hosting a  party that guests won’t forget.   Contact politelypolished@hotmail.com  to receive additional information. Call Armida Geiger @ (603) 868-7156.

Dining Party

Sheraton Portsmouth NH Adult Dining Etiquette

ADULTS

Be prepared and confident

Master the Art of Fine Dining- Are you confident at a formal table?  Glide through the dining experience with perfect confidence as you learn from a Certified Etiquette Educator. It may be time to improve your dining skills in preparation of a special occasion or business engagement. Dine with style and grace.

• Do I unbutton my suit jacket at the table?
• Where should I wait for a dinner guest?
• Pass left, pass right?
• When should I mention my food allergy?
• Should I ask for the check?
• Electronics at the table?
• Which bread plate is mine?

Knowledge of dining protocol increases confidence and enables the diner to enjoy the overall experience. The enthusiastic personality of etiquette educator, Armida Geiger presents lessons with light-hearted instruction,  all while enjoying a multi-course dinner.  Learn over 50 tips to master your manners at and away from the table.  Sure to be an enjoyable experience!

Held at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel, Portsmouth, NH  www.sheratonportsmouth.com

Inquire about a group reservation.

Seating limited to 12.

603-868-7156  Adelie School of Protocol

 

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DINING SAVVY  for Teens – Dining Etiquette & Restaurant Protocol

Learn the finer points of table protocol while dining over a multi-course dinner at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH.   Discover the proper approach to the table, how to accept an offer to be seated and how to seat yourself. These refinements of poise and grace for males and females are very important skills to learn and practice for a successful future. Table posture, navigating a place setting, plus American and European dining styles are some of the topics covered throughout the evening experience. It’s sure to boost confidence at or away from the table!  The lessons are taught in a light, upbeat, humorous style.  To make a reservation  print and complete a registration form, mail with payment to: Adelie School of Protocol, 13 Davis Ave., Durham, NH 03824. www.adeliesop.wordpress.com 603-868-7156 Armida Geiger.

Inquire about a group reservation.

Registration requested 7 days prior to event. Location at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel, Portsmouth, NH. www.sheratonportsmouth.com

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Dining Protocol for Youth- “Pass the Peas, Please”ages 7-12 Learning proper table manners is a positive experience when it is taught in a light-hearted upbeat style!  Students dressed in their finery, dine over a multi-course dinner at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH. They accept the challenge of being treated as young mature males and females and receive table instructions with grace. Good table manners if used consistently become a habit and not a struggle.  It builds confidence and makes eating fun and relaxed without worrying about which fork to use and how to place the napkin.

• Greetings, Eye Contact, Posture
• Restaurant Protocol
• Set a place setting
• Napkin Protocol
• Conversation while eating
• Continental & American Style dining
• General Table Manners

To make a reservation  print and complete a registration form, mail with payment to: Adelie School of Protocol, 13 Davis Ave., Durham, NH 03824. www.adeliesop.wordpress.com 603-868-7156 Armida Geiger.  Seating limited to 12.

Location at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel, Portsmouth, NH . www.sheratonportsmouth.com

Don’t Ignore the RSVP

Here is some food for thought…You have received an invitation to a dinner/business event.  Read the invitation.   To whom is it addressed?  Unless the invitation is addressed,  ” and guest”,  attend on your own.  Reply as soon as possible.  RSVP or please respond, means you should respond whether you are planning to attend or not.  A reply can be made by phone call, postal mail or email.  Reflect your professional image in your email message.  It is a permanent inerasable document with your name on it and it is a reflection of you and the company you represent.  Be sure to include: date, salutation, short reply and complimentary closing. But most important… send a prompt reply usually within a week.

Great story by Suki Casanave Read about a UNH Fraternity and Etiquette

The Boarding House Reach and Other Perils
By Suki Casanave ’86G

OK. Let’s be honest. The word “fraternity”—as in college fraternity—does not immediately conjure up visions of fine dining, sharp dressing and polished social behavior. It is not, to put it bluntly, a term that is usually uttered in the same breath as the word “etiquette.” Which is why Armida Geiger was, well, taken aback when she got a call from Matthew Andrews ’11, vice president of member development for UNH’s Sigma Phi Epsilon. “It really was a good thing I was sitting down,” says Geiger, founder of theAdelie School of Protocol in Durham. “I was just floored.”
Turns out the fraternity brothers wanted to brush up their manners and spiff up their style in preparation for their Sweetheart Ball. In short, they wanted to look good. What they discovered, though, is that etiquette isn’t just something you put on for special occasions. “Manners are like boxers—you always have them on,” says Ross Randall ’12, outgoing vice president of programming. “That’s what Mrs. Geiger told us—and she got a good laugh, seeing as she was talking to a bunch of fraternity brothers.”
During the table manners portion of the training, Geiger addressed a slew of questions and misconceptions. “Most of us thought you should throw your tie over your shoulder to keep it out of your food,” Randall says. Not true. If you’re not prepared with a tie clip, simply tuck the end into your shirt. Other reminders: Spoon your soup away from yourself. Wait for the hostess (or the boss) to place her napkin in her lap before doing the same. And do not remove your jacket until the person who is treating you to lunch has removed his. If he doesn’t, simply follow suit, so to speak.
And then there was the handshake. During one session, the room was full of fraternity brothers working on their grip. They learned how to avoid both “the dead fish” and “the bone crusher.” And they were advised against the “Joe Jock” approach, which swings wide and then comes in for the shake. Instead, Geiger suggested going for the straightforward “web to web” shake—two hands clasping firmly at the “web” where the thumb and forefinger meet, followed by a brisk one-two pump.
In the end, even the skeptics were won over. “I really thought it was going to be terrible,” Kenny Mancuso ’12 wrote in his evaluation. “But it was honestly fantastic!! I loved every minute of it!” Others commented on the valuable life skills they learned and the fact that they felt better prepared for the real world.
“The most important thing they gained, though,” Geiger says, “was an awareness, an attitude. Etiquette is really about respect for others. It’s about kindness and consideration.” Having braved the strange new world of social manners—and emerged on the other side, the newly polished brothers of Sigma Phil Epsilon have proved that it’s possible to narrow the distance between the words “fraternity” and “etiquette.” Plus, they’ve got better posture, stronger handshakes—and a touch of style to show for it. They’re lookin’ good