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WPE ‘10 - The Schedule

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The directors at the UKAWP are incredibly excited that WPE is only 2 weeks away. It’s been a year since WPE ‘09 and months of planning WPE ‘10 and we feel confident our programme of speakers will inspire all attendees. Over the next 2 weeks we will re-introduce all our speakers but if you cannot wait until then please view the line up on our dedicated website. In the meantime here’s a look at the schedule over the 2 days.

Friday, 26th February 2010
10:30 Planners registration & tea/coffee
11:00 WPE Welcome from directors of the UKAWP
11:15 Action Coach (Business Motivational)
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Do Your Own PR (working on PR strategies for your business)
14:45 You And Your Wedding Magazine (how to work with the media and current style trends)
15:30 Weddings by Zoë Lingard (interactive blogging workshop)
16:30 Informal networking
19:00 Pre dinner drinks
20:00 Delicious dinner!
   
Saturday, 27th February 2010
10:00 WPE Welcome from directors of the UKAWP
10:15 - 11:00 Civil Ceremonies Ltd (civil ceremony process/ do’s and don’ts)
11:00 - 11:30 Lloyd Dobbie - (Wedding Photographer’s relationship with a Bride & Groom)
11:30 - 12:15 Action Coach (Personality types and how we interact in business)
12:15 - 13:00 CS Music Ltd (how best to work with musicians and their agents/ trends in wedding music)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Euphoric Flowers
14:30 - 15:30 Top Left Design - (using social networking to improve your business)
15:30 - 16:00 Perfectly Tempered (Ways with Chocolate - Discussion and Tasting)
16:00 - 17:00 Informal networking
17:00 Seminar closes

If you are attending WPE what topic are you most excited about? It’s also not too late to register; you can do so by booking online at UKAWP.

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WPE ‘10 - Wedding Planning Excellence

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Are you earning enough from your weddings? Has it become an expensive ‘hobby’ instead of profitable business? Are you getting a response from your marketing & PR ? Are you ready to make 2010 the year you become successful?

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 “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better” (Pat Riley)

If the answer is yes then you must attend the only UK dedicated seminar for wedding planners, organised by wedding planners. WPE is not about catching up with old friends, it’s a seminar with a programme designed on ‘increasing knowledge’? All speakers have been handpicked for their specialist knowledge in order to help us improve our business.

But why attend?

The seminar is only available to trading planners, no enthusiasts and no vendors.  WPE  is for planners ready to keep on learning in order to increase their profit margins and levels of success. The programme has been designed to challenge the way we all operate encouraging us out of our comfort zone. The seminar is open to members and non members of the UK Alliance of Wedding Planners.

Benefits of attending

  • Networking opportunities with your colleagues
  • Presentations from industry experts
  • Motivational business presentations
  • Opportunity to invest in your future

 To find out more visit WPE and to book online go to UKAWP.

We hope to see you there

The Directors

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You and Your Wedding magazine at WPE

Monday, January 18th, 2010

We’re really delighted that we’ll be joined by the lovely Vanessa Mason (née Gore) at WPE ‘10. Vanessa is Style Editor at key bridal title You and Your Wedding and is a creative genius whose job on a daily basis is to come up with and style the beautiful ‘Receptions’ sections that grace the pages of the magazine. She’s a trend setter with a great creative eye and we are very much looking forward to hearing from her on trends in design for 2010.

She will also cover how we planners can work best with editors such as herself to get maximum press exposure for our businesses. What she is looking for, what’s the best way of working etc etc. It’s sure to be unmissable.

For more information on this and other subject speakers go to WPE . We hope to see you at the seminar.

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Step by Step Training

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Last weekend I trained a super bunch of ladies up in Manchester. The course was Step By Step which is our newer course which aims to take new planners right through how to plan a wedding. Five students had attended our Business Practicalities course within the last couple of months so it was great to see how far some have come since then with two businesses launching in January and another in February. Thanks for being a delightful group and good luck.

Step by Step - Dec 2009

Step by Step - Dec 2009

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Manchester Training Course

Monday, November 16th, 2009

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I just spent the weekend with a delightful bunch of ladies, all keen to start careers as independent wedding planners. Many thanks to Andrea Swift, our Regional Representative from the the North, who, as always, helped me out.

People came from all over the UK from a variety of jobs. Everyone was keen to learn and to stay in touch as they move forward with their businesses.

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On Day Two students had fun cutting and pasting to make design boards for mock brides.

Many of the ladies will be back with me in three weeks time for our Step By Step course, after which I anticipate seeing some launches quite soon!

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Training places available!

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Due to some unfortunate recent student cancellations and postponements we have the following availability on our Manchester courses this winter.

  • - 1 space on Business Practicalities, 14th & 15th November, Cheadle House, Cheadle
  • - 3 spaces on Step by Step,  5th & 6th December, Cheadle House, Cheadle

Please contact Bernadette Chapman asap if you wish to register.  www.ukawp.com

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Training round-up

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Last weekend  I trained a great bunch of ladies at the Crowne Plaza Hotel St James London on our ever popular Business Practicalities and Fine Tuning Course.  There were many nitty gritty questions over the course of the weekend which we were only too happy to answer and we had some wonderful feedback from the students on the honesty and openness of our training, which we naturally love to hear!  We always end the very intensive weekend with some light relief with the students working together in teams to produce mood boards to a theme. You can see the results of ‘rustic bbq’ and ‘black and white with an accent colour’ here.

Courses are now sold out for 2009 but dates launched for spring 2010 and selling fast already. For information go to our training page

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UKAWP Training

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Our autumn/winter courses for 2009 have now sold out so we are very pleased to announce the Spring 2010 dates for ‘Business Practicalities’, ‘Fine Tuning’ and ’Step by Step’. Visit our training page for further details and a downloadable brochure. Remember our courses always sell out so don’t leave it too late before booking.

UKAWP students hard at work

UKAWP students hard at work

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WEDDING PLANNING EXCELLENCE (WPE ’10)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

In February this year we held our first WPE seminar . Feedback was so good we have decided to make it an annual event. Therefore on Friday 26th & Saturday 27th February 2010 we plan to hold a 2 day business seminar at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire.

Open only to wedding planners already trading we will have a range of speakers from the business and wedding industry. Confirmed speakers so far include: Action Coach; Do your Own PR, CS Music Ltd, Amanda Hinton (wedding venues & services/weddingpath)

All the rates include full lunches, coffee breaks, drinks reception, dinner on Friday, accommodation on Friday (single occupancy), breakfast on Saturday and all course materials. An early bird rate of £430 (member) and £460 (non member) is applicable until the 31st October 2009. For more information go to Events page where the booking form is also downloadable.

WPE '09 attendees

WPE '09 attendees

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Training Review

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Over the weekend I taught 10 ladies our Business Practicalities course which we held at Staverton Park, Daventry. As always the weekend was great fun and in fact they asked so many questions we actually overrun on the Saturday. I hope they all stay in touch and I look forward to seeing them at future events. You can see some of the students below.

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One of our students had a celebrity moment on Sunday when driving to the venue because she appeared (via telephone) on Radio 1. Presenter Dev asked her to plan his wedding for £12,000, I think she answered him incredibly well and I’m very proud of her. You can listen to the show here (timecode 1:42) Her website is being designed at the moment but should you wish to contact Kayleigh email us and we will pass your details to Kayleigh.

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