WPE 15
WPE 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 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 MoreMany thanks to Ananya Cards – WPE 15
Continuing our series of thank you posts to speakers and contributors to Wedding Planning Excellence 2015, today we would like to extend our gratitude to the wonderful Vaishali Shah of Ananya Cards who designed and created all the stationery for the seminar. From our delegate badges on arrival, through the agenda for the two days and…
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 MoreWPE 2015 – supplier gratitude
Since our fabulous Wedding Planning Excellence Seminar a few weeks back, we have been gradually thanking our speakers and will continue so to do. We wanted, however, to start thanking Millbridge Court, our superb hosts, and some of our other suppliers. Here’s what one of our members, Elisabetta of Linen and Silk, had to say…
Read MoreKelly Chandler speaker review from Wedding Planning Excellence 2015
We continue our gratitude series for our incredible WPE speakers. Today immense thanks go to Kelly Chandler, founder and now Ambassador for the UKAWP and owner of The Bespoke Wedding Company. Kelly discussed ‘When nuptials turn nasty: Keeping your head when all about you lose theirs’, i.e. some of her more difficult clients. ‘Enormous thanks for…
Read MoreSpeaker Review for two UKAWP members – Wedding Planning Excellence 2015
Continuing our reviews and thank you posts for WPE15 speakers, today we would like to thank Isabel of Isabel Smith Wedding Design and Louise of Louise Perry Weddings who gave an excellent and very honest account of their own experiences in setting up and running their wedding planning businesses. During their presentation, entitled ‘Lucrative Business or…
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