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Peter Post, September 27

What Would Emily Post Say?

You were just "e-vited" to a dinner party. Your brother never RSVPd to your daughter's wedding invitation. And what about how that clerk at the grocery store treated you? Would Emily Post roll over in her grave to see our cell phones, low-rise jeans, and email thank you notes? Peter Post, the great-grandson of Emily Post, speaks about the importance of etiquette today, and insists it is alive and well, despite what you may have just overheard discussed on a cell phone.

Peter Post is a director of The Emily Post Institute and author of five etiquette books, including The Etiquette Advantage in Business: Personal Skills for Professional Success, a completely revised and updated look at the world of business etiquette. As the creator and primary presenter of Emily Post Business Etiquette programs, Peter leads business seminars for companies both in the United States and abroad.

Founded in 1946 by Emily Post and her son Ned, The Emily Post Institute promotes etiquette around the world. Spanning five generations, this family business maintains and evolves the standards of etiquette that Emily Post established with her seminal book Etiquette in 1922. The Emily Post Institute is based in Burlington, Vermont.

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