April L. Harris
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 116
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Intended for special events planners on college campuses, this book offers advice on matters of etiquette and protocol for campus events. Chapters cover the following topics: (1) invitations (e.g., the precedence of extending invitations, invitation components, formal invitations, types of invitations); (2) forms of address (with examples of appropriate uses of a variety of titles); (3) receiving guests (name badges, the receiving line, seating arrangements, and parking); (4) food and beverages (cocktails, cash bars, selecting wines and food, toasting, buffets, served meals, and teaching students to provide first-class service); (5) academic traditions (academic dress, faculty colors, symbols of office, order of processions, commencements, and inaugurations); (6) international relations (protocol for government officials, welcoming international visitors, working with an interpreter, gifts, food, and drink); (7) hosting people with disabilities (wheelchairs and other physical aids, impairments of hands or arms, visually impaired people, and hearing or speech impairments); (8) business etiquette basics (welcoming guests in one's office, visiting another person's office, meeting manners, board meetings, telephone etiquette, professional accessories, and thank-you notes). (Contains 16 references and index.) (DB)