Minding Manners Advertising Executive Boot Camp Program in Paris, France, London, UK, Europe

Ad Exec Etiquette Boot Camp

International Client Relations for Advertising Agencies & Executives

This exclusive program is available for agencies who want to put forth the most talented international teams exuding professional presence, poise and polish.

Agencies spend a lot of time and money in designing attractive, eye-catching packages so that consumers purchase their clients’ products or services. Likewise, ad teams must view themselves as a marketing package that attracts clients to them professionally and personally through their ability to utilise nuances of savoir-faire, savoir-vivre and extended professionalism.

The Minding Manners Ad Exec Etiquette Boot Camptm will increase team competence, confidence and credibility. It may be presented as a 1 or 2 day Workshop, focusing on the etiquette of great client relations, finessing the savvy business meal and succeeding in the international arena.

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Who Should Attend?

The one-day program is best suited to new hires, team assistants, interns, account coordinators and account executives. The two-day program is best suited for senior account executives, supervisors, managers, directors, all international account team members and anyone with direct client contact.

Participants Will Learn and Put Into Action
  • Mastering the first client meeting by developing a positive and lasting first impression
  • Optimum pitching: How to distinguish yourself from the competition
  • Graciously dealing with "Difficult Client’s"
  • Polished presentations with presence and poise
  • Interpreting your clients non-verbal communication
  • Better understanding Clients and Creatives (the art of listening)
  • Effectively handling cyber communications with Clients and Colleagues
  • Managing techno-etiquette: cell phones, email, call waiting, Blackberries, etc.
  • Awareness of the unwritten codes of business
  • The art of the handshake, kisses and international greetings
  • Dressing for success, from the pitch to the awards
  • Effective business meal tactics
  • Beginning silverware savoir-faire (1-day program)
  • Advanced international dining skills (2-day program)
  • Styles of dining - British, Continental, American, Asian and Arabic
  • The silent service code
  • Business travel etiquette
  • Ability to understand the key elements of cross-cultural communication (2-day program)
  • Avoiding business entertainment faux pas
  • Cultivating a professional image, even in a business-casual atmosphere
  • Handling deadlines and stress with grace
  • Boardroom protocol: face-to-face versus teleconferencing
  • After-hours mingling strategies
  • Navigating communications in multicultural agency networks
  • Mastering corporate protocol and personal diplomacy
  • Savvy options to the business lunch
  • Honing impression management skills
Programs Available
  • 1-Day Workshop
    Focus on agency & client business etiquette
  • 2-Day Workshop
    Focus on agency & client international business etiquette & protocol
Program Locations

Programs may be presented in-house at agencies or at the venue of your choice. Private group presentations may be presented at one of our partner hotels.

Customized Programs

We take a "results-oriented" approach with each engagement. Our goal is to provide maximum information in an exciting, interactive, workshop approach tailored to each individual or agency’s specific needs.
Contact us today to discuss your unique needs during a no-obligation consultation that will help us to gain an understanding of your objectives, and to set up a program that best addresses them.