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AAWP Home » Become a Wedding Planner » What You Will Learn - Unit One
| Unit One |
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Think Like a Professional Bridal Consultant, and More... |
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| Unit 2 |
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Wedding Overview: For Bridal Consultants: Budget, Finance, Timing, etc. |
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| Unit 3 |
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Wedding Components: Engagement, Ceremony, Reception, etc. |
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| Unit 4 |
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Wedding Tasks: Necessities for Bridal Consultants/Wedding Planners to Know. and More... |
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| Unit 5 |
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The Bridal Consulting Business: Getting Started/How to Be a Successful Wedding Planner. |
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| Unit 6 |
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Bridal Consultants/Wedding Planners: Reference Materials, etc.: Bibliography |
UNIT ONE
Weddings are overwhelming (for prospective consultants/planners). Learn to think logically and systematically about "how to" plan a wedding, professionally.
INTRODUCTION:
OVERVIEW:
- AAWP knows that experience is the best teacher when it comes to weddings.
- Study wedding-planning strategies that work, based on years of training and experience.
- Study materials that are thoroughly researched and written by Deborah McCoy, the country's top wedding professional-and author of four, major bridal-reference books.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Wedding-planning education, experience and expertise are critical to your success as a bridal consultant/wedding planner.
CAUTION: Examine the credentials of the person who wrote the course before purchase. The author must plan weddings for a living and be published.
HOW TO USE AAWP'S PROFESSIONAL WEDDING-PLANNING COURSE MODULE:
OVERVIEW:
- AAWP's professional wedding-planning/bridal-consulting course is online and downloadable (about 500 pages).
- The text is a comprehensive reference tool that enables you to plan any and all types of weddings.
- Study at your own pace in your own home.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- The AAWP text will be your "desktop" reference and is so comprehensive, it will answer ALL your questions. If not, call Support!
- Support: Call Toll-Free: 866-648-2146 or email: info@aa-wp.com
- Online quizzes will monitor your progress-along with our simple essay system.
- Interact with your personal tutor: Deborah McCoy
- Complete the final exam and become an American Academy of Wedding Professionals™ certified wedding consultant/planner.
WEDDING TIME TABLES:
OVERVIEW:
- Scheduling a client's wedding simply and logically by using AAWP's charts.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: How to schedule weddings to eliminate stress and for maximum efficiency
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF ELEGANT WEDDING PLANNING:
OVERVIEW:
- The American Academy of Wedding Professionals™ believes that brides-to-be should be courteous and polite when planning a wedding.
- We believe that brides and grooms should not go into debt pay for their nuptials.
- We believe that AAWP consultants should be respectful of others as should their clients.
The 10 Commandments of Elegant Wedding Planning was first published in McCoy's book, The Elegant Wedding and the Budget-Savvy Bride, and generated national publicity.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- The 10 Commandments of Elegant Wedding Planning are available for AAWP planners/consultants to give their clients.
- They are timeless word of Wedding Wisdom™
THINKING OF THE WEDDING: AN OVERVIEW:
OVERVIEW:
- What's your client's dream for her wedding? Are her fantasies affordable or not?
- Coordinating wedding vendors and service personnel.
- Bringing all wedding factors together to create that wonder called a wedding.
- Dealing with wedding tradition (who pays for what).
- Timing and holiday weddings.
- Shopping to get the best value for your client's dollar.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- Answers general questions about the complexities of wedding planning.
- Focuses the aspiring consultant/planner on the sequence of wedding planning (and the units to come).
BUDGET AND FINANCE:
OVERVIEW:
- Structuring a workable, practical, realistic budget for a prospective bride and groom.
- Workable, realistic budgets cut stress and make wedding planning enjoyable for a bride, groom and their families.
- Vendors: How to select them in workable price ranges for clients of all budgets.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- How to develop a realistic, workable, totally inclusive budget with your clients.
- The "AAWP budget table" provided allows you to easily construct a budget with your clients.
THE DOUBLE BUDGET:
OVERVIEW:
- The budget is critical to wedding success-and so is the monitoring of the client's time.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- Structuring a bride's time constructively so that the client is not stressed, knowing her wedding is efficiently scheduled.
- Properly scheduling time means the bride stays focused and calm, knowing she's in the hands of a competent professional.
- Includes Ralph Nader's 10 Ways To Shaft Yourself As a Consumer.
THE BASICS:
OVERVIEW:
- Wedding consultants/planners are critical to the success of every wedding.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- Weddings cost an average $28,000 and they go up in price every year.
- People don't blindly make investments, they hire a professional to assist them and today, it's the same with weddings.
- Segment also includes information on "seasonal" weddings; properly scheduling and analyzing ceremony and reception site selections; at-home ceremonies and receptions.
THE PROPER STRUCTURE:
OVERVIEW:
- What makes a wedding formal, semi-formal or informal?
- This segment examines the basic wedding types and their components.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- It's the wedding-planner/consultant's job to structure her client's wedding according to formality.
- Includes the "Elegance Index", a chart utilized to ensure a client's wedding is the type and style that she envisions.
THE DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING AND WEDDING BANDS:
OVERVIEW:
- Rings are the second largest expense of a wedding.
- 80% of brides in the U.S.A. receive diamond rings when they get engaged.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- History of diamonds, engagement rings and wedding bands (lots of fun with lots of trivia).
- Advice to brides about how to buy a diamond ring: The Technical Made Simple.
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