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Social Boot Camp: Teens Kick Your Manners into High Gear

This boot camp is a workshop  is designed to give youth a chance to work on their social skills. There is only one chance to make a positive first impression! Employers, interviewers, and others often decide about a person in the first 30 seconds. It is up to us to make that time count! This two part workshop will have limited enrollment. Participants will learn appropriate greeting rituals including eye contact, facial expression, and handshake. They will learn how to conduct small talk and hold up a conversation. Participants will learn table etiquette and appropriate appearance for interviews, dates and social interacts with adults. Meetings will be held at the San Juan Capistrano Boys and Girls Club Teen Center on Tuesday April 19th from 5p.m. -6:15 and on April 26th, 5-6:15. Free to club members. 240 7890

SIGN UP TODAY:  BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CAPISTRANO VALLEY, ONE  VIA POSITIVO, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO. Call: 240 7890.  Non member teens 13-18 can sign up online at the Boys and Girls Club website for a $20 membership fee.

Group Leader: Donna L. Friess, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus Communication Studies, has written 5 books, including Circle of Love: Guide to Effective Relationships (HIH, 2008). She was  2009 Teacher of the Year, Cypress College. She is an experienced group leader and life coach. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and other radio and television shows in the U.S. and abroad.

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