This document provides guidance on proper etiquette for dining and networking. It discusses greeting others with a firm handshake while making eye contact and smiling. Name tags should be placed on the right shoulder. When dining formally, start from the outside silverware and work inward, keep elbows off the table, and wait for all to finish before leaving. Proper etiquette also includes excusing oneself from the table discreetly and being aware of cultural dining expressions like "bon appétit".

1. Dining During
Networking
By
Urbanista
Image
Consulting LLP
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2. Greetings
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When meeting someone…
– rise if you are seated.
– smile and extend your
hand.
– repeat the other person’s
name in your greeting.
• A good handshake is important
—it should be firm and held for
three-four seconds.
• In the today’s business world it
is not necessary to wait for a
female to initiate the
handshake.
• Females & males should
both be ready to initiate
the handshake.

3. The Name Tag
• Name Tag should be
placed on the right hand
side of your front
shoulder area
• The logic: When shaking
hands it allows for a
natural progression for
the eyes to the name tag
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4. Formal Dinners
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6. Place Setting
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Start from the outside and work your way in

7. Silverware
 If a piece of silverware drops,
leave it and ask for a
replacement from your server.
 Silverware should not touch
the tablecloth once used.
 Place knife at the top of the
dinner plate, facing in, after
use.
 When you are finished, place
your knife and fork in the
center of your plate.
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8. Napkin
• Once seated place the napkin,
unfolded, on your lap and
leave it there until you are
finished.
• Once you are finished place
the napkin folded loosely to
the left of your plate.
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9. • A napkin is used to
dab the corners of
you mouth.
• If you need to leave
the table during the
meal, place the
napkin on the chair
and slide the chair
under the table.

10. Posture and Elbows
• Sit straight and try not to lean
on the table.
• Keep your elbows off the table
and close to the body when you
are eating.
• However, when you stop to
talk, it is okay to rest your
elbows on the table and lean
forward
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11. Serving Food
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Pass food to the right.
Transfer dip to your plate.
Plates are served on the left.
Dishes removed from the
right.
• Pass the salt and pepper
together.
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12. Dining
• Wait until everyone is
seated before eating.
• When dining with others,
everyone should start and
finish at the same time. If
you are a fast eater try to
pace yourself. You could
make the others feel
uncomfortable if you finish
before they do.
• When you are finished
eating do not push your
plate away from you.

13. •
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Take small bites, keep your mouth
closed and finish chewing before
continuing your conversation.
Try not to gulp your food, it isn't very
attractive.
Do not blow on food that is hot. Wait
until it cools or eat from the side of
the bowl, when having soup.

14. •
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Bread and rolls should be broken with your fingers, in small pieces
and buttered one piece at a time.
Cut several pieces of meat(or main course) at a time.
Use your knife to cut lettuce if needed.

15. Excusing Yourself and
Problems
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Be discrete if you have problem with the food.
Remove food the same way it went in-on silverware.
Excuse yourself, if you have to leave the table.
Turn your head from the table when you cough or sneeze.
If someone uses your bread plate as their own do not inform them of
their mistake, simply use your dinner plate. Do not use the bread
plate on your right as a replacement.

16. Toast
“There are good ships,
and there are wood ships,
The ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships, are
friendships,
And may they always be."

17. ¡Buen apetito!
Mahlzeit!
Smakelijk eten!
सवािदष खाना
Buon appetito!
Hyvää ruokahalua!
Gero apetito!
Smacznego!
Bon appétit !
Smaklig måltid!
Смачного!

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enables you to develop and represent your personal brand and
create a mark in whatever you do.
Focusing on the ABC of life, that is Appearance, Behavior and
Communication, Sheena caters to Senior Executives,
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conducting workshops and individual coaching.
She brings this ideology to Urbanista's unique approach by
being an Image Architect who believes in an inside-out
approach. She counsels on developing a holistic personality that
inspires confidence from the inside and not merely from
ensembles.
Career at a glance
•Early career at Goldman Sachs, promoted to Trade Management team,
first "big” project within six months.
•Post Grad from Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, she
specialized in Digital Media and Brand Management.
•Certified Image and Professional Development Consultant - London Image
Institute and Academy of Image Mastery.
•Graduated in Human Resource @ Christ College, Bangalore
•Attended Mayo College, Ajmer.

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