The Emily Post Institute (EPI) is an organization located in

Burlington, Vermont Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located south of the Canada–United States border and south of Montreal. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 44,743. It ...

, that provides

etiquette Etiquette () is the set of norms of personal behaviour in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviours that accord with the conventions and norms observed and practised by a ...

advice and training to news outlets and corporations in the United States of America and worldwide. It was founded by etiquette author

Emily Post Emily Post ( Price; October 27, 1872 – September 25, 1960) was an American author, novelist, and socialite, famous for writing about etiquette. Early life Post was born Emily Bruce Price in Baltimore, Maryland, possibly in October 1872. Th ...

and her son Ned in 1946. Spanning five generations, the family business maintains and evolves the standards of etiquette that Emily Post established with her seminal 1922 book, ''

Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home ''Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home'' (frequently referenced as ''Etiquette'') is a book authored by Emily Post in 1922. The book covers manners and other social rules, and has been updated frequently to reflect social ch ...

.'' Updated editions of the book were published as ''Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage''. Among her descendants, Emily Post's great-grandson, Peter Post, is the current director of The Emily Post Institute and author of three etiquette books. Peter also leads business seminars in the United States and Europe. Since 2004, Peter Post has authored a weekly "Etiquette at Work" column in ''

The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

.'' HarperCollins Speakers Bureau
/ref> Peggy Post, Emily Post's great-granddaughter-in-law, is an author and spokesperson for The Emily Post Institute. Peggy has authored several books, including the 16th edition of ''Emily Post's Etiquette'', ''Emily Post's Entertaining,'' and ''Emily Post's Weddings''. Peggy also writes monthly columns for ''

Good Housekeeping ''Good Housekeeping'' is an American women's magazine featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, and health, as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good House ...

'' and ''

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