Today we continue our series of meeting the speakers who will be joining us at WPE ‘09 next week. Today we are pleased to welcome Fiona McClurg-Welland of Style 2 You.
Fiona has worked closely with Sandy Moretta our membership director over the last few years. When we said we wanted someone to invigorate planners with their confidence and image Sandy said Fiona was just the person!
Fiona is a professionally trained independent image consultant based near Tring (Herts/Bucks border) and also consults across Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire. With over fifteen years experience in retail management, sales and customer service roles, Fiona understands the importance of first and lasting impressions. Using the psychology of colour, she teachers her clients not just which tones of colours and shapes of clothes suit them best, but also to make informed choices which will positively influence the way others relate to them. Her passion for the subject is reflected in her own unique style and positive, enthusiastic and inspirational personality. Fiona’s primary objective is to make a positive contribution to the wellbeing and success of others, by helping them maximise their potential.
She has been featured in regional magazines and newspapers, and has been an ‘Ask the Expert’ guest on various local and regional radio shows. Currently acting as the style expert on the national Business Women’s Cafe online forum. Fiona has been trained to standards set by the Federation of Image Consultants, of which she is an affiliate member, and has recently been awarded ‘Best New Image Business 2008’ by TFIC.
At WPE ’09 she will be speaking on: “The Silent Secrets of Style Confidence” and by the end of the session you will be able to:
- Develop further understanding of your personal brand
- Identify tools to influence client and supplier relationships
- Discuss how colour psychology can help you win business
- Evaluate non-verbal messages appropriate to your success
- Develop you own ‘Style Secrets’ action plan to maximise your impact for maximum results.
To find out more about WPE ‘09 please visit the events section of our website.
Steve has been working in website design and development for over 12 years. In this time he has amassed a vast amount of knowledge concerning taking an initial design idea through to the final site and beyond. Not content with merely designing websites, Steve also assists his clients in promoting their sites to a wider audience via his work in SEO; a skill he has honed over the years to the benefit of his clients.
“I knew that we had an exciting challenge on our hands as soon as we met the bride to be in spring 2007 and she shared her vision for a day that was so different and so un-wedding like, that it would be remembered forever. She commented that she was the last of a number of friends to be married and didn’t want to have to compete by doing something similar. So the idea was set that the wedding celebration would be a very personal and unique party (they had legally married the previous summer but not been able to share with all their friends and family).
As this was a family occasion there were some 40 children attending so we purpose built a light, bright crèche zone for them, decked out with balloons and rainbow lighting; the 
But that wasn’t the end of proceedings by any means! After speeches guests were invited to join their children in the circus zone as a glow performer lit up the room and led the way for a medley of jugglers, plate spinners, magicians, caricaturists and face painters to entertain and amaze; our team distributed party poppers, glow sticks and Chinese fortune sticks to add to the fun. After the children were well and truly charged up and the adults exhausted, it was time to chill out in the Moroccan afternoon tea zone kitted out in low cushioned seating, Moroccan backdrops, candles, lanterns, with incense burning and to Arabic chill-out sounds. Guests were treated to tutti frutti ice cream and Moroccan sweets to round the gluttony off as they took in the scene.
As the final photos were taken and the guests departed back to St Pauls on their coaches, it was time to reflect on the whirlwind that was months and days in the planning and 8 hours only in the happening. It was an amazing job for clients with incredible imagination as well as trust in ours which allowed us to deliver such a unique and wonderful event.”
