Please join Lisa Strong Chase for a presentation on the history of etiquette, beginning with the Middle Ages, and Erasmus’s teaching of classroom etiquette to young men in the Catholic Church classrooms, to King Louis the XIV’s use of the word etiquette, and how the social and etiquette expectations of polite society followed the early settlers of the United States. Audiences will learn how the demonstration of what is known as good manners were a part of survival techniques in the formation of our country! The program will also cover pandemic etiquette from the Spanish Flu in 1918, to the more recent COVID-19 etiquette, and how that has changed human interaction. The program is very interactive with audience participation and props.

Ms. Chase, M.B.A, M.Div. is an educator, fundraising professional and a Presbyterian Minister, with the Presbyterian Church -USA. For many years, Lisa directed and taught a leadership development program that focused on manners, etiquette, team building, leadership, and social dance for children and youth through the National League of Junior Cotillions, where she was an award-winning director for her chapter direction, community service, and teaching abilities. It was this program that led her to develop a program called The History of Etiquette: Why We Do What We Do.