Speaker Focus
The UKAWP are presenting at the HiveLive conference
After a very successful launch in 2016, Louise Beukes founder of the B.Loved Hive, is delighted to announce dates for the inaugural annual HiveLive conference at which the UKAWP are presenting. Taking place on the 28th and 29th of April 2017, the two day conference is a practical and inspiring event equipping wedding industry suppliers with…
Read MoreWPE Speaker Thanks to Dominique Douglas and Melanie Kiani
We have come to the end of our series of heartfelt thank you messages to all our Wedding Planning Excellence speakers as today we thank Dominique Douglas of Stylish Events and Melanie Kiani of Bellissimo Weddings, both UKAWP Regional Ambassadors. They spoke on the subject of ‘Taking the plunge: Growing your business by taking on a team’.…
Read MoreSpeaker thanks to Andri Benson – Shooting for Glory
We want to thank Andri Benson of Always Andri (UKAWP Ambassador) for her superb speech at Wedding Planning Excellence 2015 entitled ‘Shooting for glory: Building a dream team to create styling magic’. Andri showed us how to use styled shoots to grow our profile, portfolio and testimonials in the early stages of our careers. We learnt about…
Read MoreSpeaker thanks to James Lord – Quintessentially Weddings
Coming near the end of our series thanking our wonderful speakers at Wedding Planning Excellence 2015, today we must thank the talented and highly experienced James Lord of Quintessentially Weddings. James’s talk was entitled “Marketing to millionaires: Breaking the luxury market barrier”. Nobody has more experience working with those elusive high net worth couples than Quintessentially…
Read MoreWPE Speaker thanks to Blue Ribbon
Today we want to thank Zsofia Jamieson of Blue Ribbon Company for her excellent presentation at Wedding Planning Excellence 2015. Zsofia’s talk was entitled ‘Coddling those clients: Improving your clients’ experience through upping your customer service game’. We learned lots about what the luxury customer is looking for and the details that add up to a truly outstanding…
Read MoreSpeaker thanks to Laura Burkitt
Continuing our series of thank you posts for our lovely Wedding Planning Excellence 2015 speakers, today our gratitude to Laura Burkitt, freelance wedding stylist and journalist with years in the wedding and fashion industry, including Brides magazine. The title of Laura’s talk was ‘Pursuing the press: Innovative ideas to showcase your expertise and get on editors’…
Read MoreSpeaker thanks to Louise of B.Loved
Continuing our series of posts thanking our wonderful Wedding Planning Excellence 2015 speakers, today our special thanks go to Louise Beukes of B.Loved who stepped in at the last minute when another speaker was unable to present. Thank you Louise! Louise’s talk was entitled ‘Killer content: How to market your business through social media and blogging’.…
Read MoreSpeaker Review – WPE 15
Today we continue to thank, and review the presentations given by, our Wedding Planning Excellence 2015 speakers. Our first speaker on Day Two of the seminar, aimed at those who had been running their wedding planning businesses for three or more years, was the highly inspirational Polly, seen here being introduced by our very own…
Read MoreSpeaker Reviews – Wedding Planning Excellence 2015
Continuing our series of ‘thank you’s’ to our speakers, today we would like to thank our very own Bernadette Chapman, Founder and Education Director of the the UKAWP and owner of Dream Occasions. The title of Bernadette’s presentation was ‘The same 24 hours in a day as everyone else: Scheduling your time like a boss’.…
Read MoreSpeaker Reviews – Wedding Planning Excellence 2015
Continuing with short reviews of our stunning speaker line up at WPE15, a big thank you to Nicola Rae-Wickham The Social Stylist who led an extremely useful and thought provoking session for us on storytelling and how to use this for business. We think the comments from member wedding planner Isabel Smith below probably echo what many…
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