Download or read book Wedding Planning and Management written by Maggie Daniels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wedding Planning and Management: Consultancy for Diverse Clients, 2nd Edition provides students, consultants, vendors, scholars and engaged couples with a comprehensive introduction to the business of weddings. Looking through an event management lens, this is the only book to thoroughly explore the fundamentals of weddings, including historical and cultural foundations, practice, and the business of wedding planning in one volume. An emphasis on diversity, traditions from cultures around the globe are integrated throughout with over 80 international case studies that inspire and set standards for best practice. Since the first edition, there have been many changes in the business of weddings and this second edition has been updated in the following ways: Updated content to reflect recent issues and trends in areas such as family dynamics, media influences, impacts of technology, legislation and the global economy. Every chapter is updated with the most recent research, statistics, vendor information and consultant guidelines. New international case studies explore current research, cultural traditions, vendor relations and consulting best practice. New companion website for instructors that includes PowerPoint slides, case study solutions, additional discussion ideas and assignments. The book is illustrated in full color and contains over 150 images by top wedding photojournalist Rodney Bailey end-of-chapter checklists, practical scenarios and review questions to test readers' knowledge as they progress. Maggie Daniels and Carrie Loveless bring a combination of over 40 years of industry practice and teaching experience, and have written a book that is the ideal guide to successful wedding planning and management.

Download or read book The Budget Savvy Wedding Planner Organizer written by Jessica Bishop and published by Callisto Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring your big day to life without breaking the bank Congratulations! Getting married is a thrilling time and a major milestone—but you might be overwhelmed at how much there is to do and how much it’s going to cost. Here’s the secret: You don’t need to spend a year’s salary on your wedding day for it to be unique and memorable. This complete wedding planning book shows you how. YOUR ULTIMATE WEDDING ORGANIZER: Worksheets, lists, and tips from an expert wedding planner to help you prioritize the things you want most and create a wedding that’s affordable, stress-free, and totally yours. FLEXIBLE BUDGET ADVICE: Learn how to save money and avoid common industry traps, so you can throw a beautiful wedding whether your budget is $1,500 or $50,000. THE CEREMONY & BEYOND: Find chapters that cover every aspect of your wedding, from your initial vision, to the venue, photography, food, music, and even the honeymoon. Pick up The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer today and start planning an affordable wedding you’ll never forget.

Download or read book The Practical Guide to Wedding Planning written by MARIE. HAVERLY and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise yet comprehensive guide offers highly practical insights and advice to those wanting to plan weddings as a career choice. Chapters take the reader through all the essential steps to creating the perfect wedding including the clients, budgeting, the venue, the ceremony, food and beverage, stationery and so on. The many business aspects of starting a career in wedding planning are also covered including marketing and pricing strategy. Written in an engaging and highly accessible style, this guide assumes no prior knowledge of the industry and is ideal for those just starting their careers. Packed full of case studies, activities, example forms, timetables, calendars, and helpful checklists, this is a guide that readers will undoubtedly come back to again and again as they gain more experience in the world of wedding planning. Written by a highly experienced ex-wedding planner, this will be invaluable reading for those looking to enter or progress in the world of wedding planning, those already working in the industry, studying an events management programme, or perhaps looking for a career change.

Download or read book The Wedding Planner Organizer written by Mindy Weiss and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed throughout with tips, tools, checklists, spreadsheets and schedules, a complete, three-ring-binder wedding planner includes tabs for: The Big Picture and Contacts; Budget; Location, Location, Location!; Menu and Flowers; Rentals; The Dress! (And What Everyone Else Is Wearing); The Guests and the Invitations; Music, Photography, and Videography; and more.

Download or read book Event Planning and Management written by Ruth Dowson and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Event Planning and Management, second edition, is an ideal resource for those seeking a step by step formula to plan and deliver a successful event. With the vital balance of professional experience behind them, the authors teach the next generation of event planners with unrivalled knowledge, ensuring an effective event process from start to finish. This book delivers practical understanding of the theory and practice needed to activate each stage of planning, from initial venue selection, budgeting and programme content, to managing stakeholders and sponsors, promotion, risk assessment, safety and post-event evaluation. Fully revised, the second edition of Event Planning and Management expands on managing events on the day, and explores the PR and experiential marketing boom for live brand experiences. Including updated real-world case studies from around the globe, it also features an invaluable toolkit of templates, planning checklists and budget sheets. Accompanied by a host of downloadable resources, this book is the ideal end to end resource for both event planning modules and certifications, plus busy marketing and PR professionals facing the new wave of live brand and customer experiences.

Download or read book A Practical Wedding written by Meg Keene and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to the popular website APracticalWedding.com and A Practical Wedding Planner, A Practical Wedding helps you sort through the basics to create the wedding you want -- without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? How to communicate decisions to your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches: the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.

Download or read book Event Planning and Management written by Ruth Dowson and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events industry is an exciting, innovative, diverse and highly challenging environment in which to work. Event Planning and Management offers a structured, practical approach to all types of events, from the initial planning, to final evaluating stages. It introduces the key models and theories but focuses on the practical side of building and working with a team, choosing a location, creating a programme, dealing with stakeholders and sponsors, promoting the event, essential financial and procurement considerations and finally evaluating the event. Each stage of the process is fully supported with online resources including templates and discussion questions to make up a complete event planner's toolkit. Balancing coverage of the key theory and models with essential practical guidance, tools and case studies from organizations such as London 2012 and the Prince's Trust, Event Planning and Management is an ideal handbook for students and practitioners alike. About the PR in Practice series: Published in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the PR in Practice series comprises accessible, practical introductions to day-to-day issues of public relations practice and management. The series' action-oriented approach keeps knowledge and skills up to date.

Download or read book The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner Revised Edition written by Carley Roney and published by Potter Style. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 wedding brand, the bestselling wedding book, updated with all-new budget ideas, online tools, and event planning and personalizing trends. First comes love, then comes . . . planning! Before a fabulous celebration, there are vendors to hire, budgets to calculate, decisions galore to make. Packed with The Knot’s top tips and worksheets, checklists, and contact sheets for you to fill in, this book is the one-stop resource that keeps brides focused but stress-free. The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner paperback takes you through the process step by easy-to-follow step, with: · Budget worksheets (and all the latest digital tools for keeping track of costs) as well as hundreds of invisible ways to cut costs when selecting everything from flowers to the venue and menu · Wedding planning timelines (including a brand-new express timeline for couples getting married in 3 months or fewer) · Guest list and invitation worksheets (with guidance on what you can now do online) · Vendor contract checklists (and tons of new online resources for finding the pros you need) · Fun ideas for personalizing your reception, from photo booths to signature cocktails in any color your heart desires · Web links and other useful resources for planning on the go (including recommended apps to download and up-to-the-minute advice on building your wedding website)

Download or read book Event Planning written by Judy Allen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling all-in-one guide to the event planning business is back and better than ever, fully updated and revised to reflect the very latest trends and best practices in the industry. This handy, comprehensive guide includes forms, checklists, and tips for managing events, as well as examples and case studies of both successful and unsuccessful events. Judy Allen (Toronto, ON, Canada) is founder and President of Judy Allen Productions, a full-service event planning production company.

Download or read book How To Be A Wedding Coordinator written by Allison Foster and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most detailed and informative book on wedding coordination you will find! This book is jam-packed with useful information and practical advice on starting your career as a wedding coordinator. How To Be A Wedding Coordinator includes step-by-step instructions on working with clients, communicating with vendors, putting together a realistic timeline, running a rehearsal, managing a wedding day, starting your business, and getting your first client. In addition, you will find a sample wedding day timeline, client questionnaire, rehearsal outline, and so much more! If you are interested in a career as a wedding professional, this is the book for you!

Download or read book Book Yourself Solid Illustrated written by Michael Port and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual way to easily access the strategies and tactics in Book Yourself Solid Learning new concepts is easier when you can see the solution. Book Yourself Solid Illustrated, a remarkable, one-of-a-kind work of art, transforms the Book Yourself Solid system into a more compelling and easy-to-consume playbook for any business owner. You won't find business school graphs or mind maps. Instead, you'll find compelling, visual stories that reinvent old and tired business concepts, making Book Yourself Solid Illustrated a fun and playful book that you will revisit year after year as you get more clients than you can handle. There isn't a business book on the market that can show you how to apply the strategies, techniques, and skills necessary to generate new leads, add more clients, and increase profits through visuals. Previously you could only read or listen to advice, now you can see it and get it faster. This illustrated version is organized into four modules: your foundation, building trust and credibility, simple selling and perfect pricing, and the Book Yourself Solid 6 core self-promotion strategies. Reengineering the book with visual strategist, Jocelyn Wallace, has given author Michael Port new ways of explaining and expanding his gold-standard material. Author Michael Port has been called a "marketing guru" by the Wall Street Journal and "an uncommonly honest author" by The Boston Globe, and wrote Book Yourself Solid (in it's 2nd edition), Beyond Booked Solid,The Contrarian Effect which was selected as a 2008 top ten business book by Amazon.com and the 2008 #1 sales book of the year by 1-800-CEO-READ, and The New York Times Bestseller, The Think Big Manifesto. Author is one of the most popular business coaches in the world and headlines events all over the world. Master the techniques in Book Yourself Solid Illustrated, and take your service business to the next level today. For the first time ever you can have the Book Yourself Solid Mobile app. Install it on any device and the Book Yourself Solid System comes to life. Do all of 49 exercises from the new book on any device, including your desktop computer. This thing rocks.

Download or read book The Loverly Wedding Planner written by Kellee Khalil and published by Temescal Press. This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Modern Guide for Planning a Wedding that's Perfectly You Planning a wedding can be a bit overwhelming, but with the helpful how-tos and insider advice in this handy guide, you can forget the stress and focus on creating a day that truly reflects you as a couple. The Loverly Wedding Planner has everything you need to navigate the planning process in a way that is simple, meaningful, and really enjoyable. Kellee and Loverly's team of experts will help you plan a memorable, and perfectly personalized wedding, with: - Updated advice for fast-evolving wedding customs like mixed-gender bridal parties, social media etiquette, unplugged weddings, same-sex ceremonies, and more- Wedding worksheets and timelines that will help you stay organized and on track with detailed schedules, budgets, and to-do lists- Down and dirty checklists to help you prioritize and streamline every step of the planning process - Insider tips from Kellee, the Loverly team, and real-life couples who have recently said "I do"- Budget breakdowns from modern couples with differing allowances and priorities, as well as a handy section on contracts and negotiation

Download or read book EVENTS written by Kevin Van der Straeten and published by eventplanner.tv. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVENTS² is a reference guide for every organizer of events and parties. This new edition on event planning and event management is thicker than ever before, offers more depth and insight, and also contains a whole host of entirely new topics that you, as an organizer, simply cannot afford to miss! This fully updated edition is thicker than ever before and contains completely new topics that you, as an organizer, just cannot afford to miss out on! Think 'green events', 'hybrid events'... But also ROI, event logistics, marketing, security and creative business models will be discussed extensively. All the other chapters have also been completely revised and updated. EVENTS² is a complete guide for anyone interested in all aspects of the organization of events, congresses, meetings and parties: from the preparation of the event to the event itself, and the evaluation afterwards. The book is packed with practical tips and useful checklists for both corporate events as well as private parties. EVENTS² ensures that nothing is overlooked, while keeping your eye firmly focused on the smallest details. The book has its finger on the pulse of the very latest trends in the events industry. EVENTS 2 was created in collaboration with dozens of professionals in the event industry as well as event management mentors. This eBook will be delivered digitally in PDF format.

Download or read book How to Become a Wedding Planner written by Nadia Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to become a Wedding Planner and build a successful career in the business, then this book is for you!So you want to become a wedding planner? That's great! You love the glitz and glamor of bridal gowns, fancy invitations, wedding parties, flowers and other decorations. You probably already feel certain you can do it because you have the passion for planning events and paying attention to details. But just keep in mind that success in this business depends on much more than that. Becoming a successful wedding planner entails a LOT of hard work and determination and a bit of business savvy and social skills too. The good news is that the need for wedding planners nowadays is increasing and the financial and personal rewards are tremendous. This book will present all of the things you'll need to consider and conquer in order to establish a successful wedding planning business. Let's get started!

Download or read book Rock My Wedding written by Charlotte O'Shea and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to planning your perfect wedding day, from the UK's most-loved, and multi-award-winning wedding website and podcast - Rock My Wedding. With friendly advice, tips, ideas and stunning photography, it's the perfect pre-wedding purchase for any couple! 'The UK's most influential brand in the wedding industry'- Conclusion from an independent study carried out by Universal McCann, one of the world's leading ad networks. 'Absolutely brimming with wedding inspiration' -- ***** Reader review 'Every fiancé/fiancée needs this masterpiece' -- ***** Reader review 'Beautiful and inspiring' -- ***** Reader review 'Full of inspiration - this book is one every fiancé/fiancée should own to help them create their perfect wedding day' -- ***** Reader review ****************************************************************************************************** Just like you, your wedding day will be personal, one-of-a-kind, and completely unique. We're not here to tell you what you should do to make your day perfect, only that you can do it. Covering floral décor, table plans, lighting, photography, venues, outfits, food - as well as much more - this is your one-stop-shop to planning the perfect wedding for YOU. With advice and guidance on the individual aspects to consider when planning your wedding day - from where to begin and recommended questions to ask your suppliers, to plenty of alternative décor ideas - we hope that you'll find inspiration, reassurance and a little bit of escapism in these pages as you embark on planning one of the most special and joyful days of your lives.

Download or read book Event Planning written by Alex Genadinik and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become an event planning pro & create a successful event series

Download or read book How to Start a Wedding Planning Business written by Sherrie Wilkolaski and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional Wedding Planners MUST HAVE THIS Book! Whether you're just getting started or need to improve your business.Used by the most premier industry educators, "How to Start a Wedding Planning Business" is unlike any other instruction manual for the business of planning weddings.