COURTESY Sabin Gratz
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Daniel Post Senning will present the OLLI-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute program on Tuesday April 9. ‘Etiquette in the 21st Century’ will be presented at 2 p.m. at the Nolin Murray Center next to St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Pleasant St. in Springfield, Vermont.
Etiquette is, and always has been, about building relationships. Discover from Daniel Post Senning, the great-great grandson of Emily Post what that looks like in today’s fast changing world.
Dan specializes in relationship building in all areas of life, whether it is at home, at work, or online. He is a personable and dynamic presenter who takes pleasure in making the topic of etiquette useful and approachable to all audiences.
He is an active spokesperson for the Emily Post Institute conducting etiquette seminars and delivering speeches across the country and around the world.
The Emily Post Institute is a family business that operates out of Burlington, Vermont. It spans five generations of the Post family, maintaining and evolving the standards of etiquette that Emily Post established with her seminal book “Etiquette” in 1922. There are currently two generations and seven direct descendants and their immediate families involved in the Emily Post Institute.
According to the Posts, though times have changed, the principles of good manners remain constant. Above all, manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. Being considerate, respectful, and honest is more important than knowing which fork to use. Whether it’s a handshake or a fist bump, it’s the underlying sincerity and good intentions of the action that matter most.
OLLI-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, affiliated with the University of Vermont, is a local membership program geared towards seniors 50 years and older who want to engage in meaningful learning, “just for the fun of it!” People of all ages who are interested in this type of program are welcome to attend.
The OLLI series programs are selected with input from the local members and carry varied themes from semester to semester including history, art, music, literature, health, nature, science, travel and current events.
Programs are held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoons and last about an hour and a half.
Membership is $45 for the semester, which includes 9 programs. Non-members are encouraged and welcome to attend individual lectures for a single program fee of $8. Memberships, as well as single program fees, may be paid at the program.
The following OLLI program will be two weeks later on April 23, and will be ‘Lake Champlain’s Rum Runners & Boat Patrol’ with Scott McLaughlin. He’ll tell about the days of Prohibition in Vermont and the smuggling of booze in the 1920s.
Brochures have been distributed throughout the area towns at businesses, the local libraries, town halls and Chamber of Commerce offices. The complete Springfield and state-wide program list is available on the internet at www.learn.uvm.edu/olli Choose State-wide programs from the menu, and then click on Springfield.
For weather-related changes to the schedule you may check the above mentioned website or SAPA TV, 802-885-6248 or call 802-885-3094.
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