Are you considering a career as a wedding planner?
Are you considering a career as a wedding planner? AACWP is the one of the premier organizations for training and certifying professional planners. Brides and vendors in the industry look for professional planners, and they know the first thing to ensure competency is training and certification. There are many programs, but only AACWP offers you an excellent curriculum, a mentor experience, continuing education, and fellowship with other professional planners. Here’s how it works:
AACWP has three designations for its members: Trained Wedding Planner, Certified Wedding Planner and Certified Master Wedding Planner. To get started towards these designations, prospective members begin by completing either AACWP’s training courses or another AACWP Board recognized wedding planner training course. This is the first step towards a successful career as a professional planner.
Training Course
AACWP’s training courses provide in depth training and information combined from the experience of professional planners. Guest speakers are chosen from among the top industry vendors. The course materials are reviewed continually and updated to assure the attendees receive the most current information on wedding planning, how to build a business and trends in the industry
Next Scheduled Training Course:
August 5 – 8, 2013
Embassy Suites Grapevine
2401 Bass Pro Drive
Grapevine, Texas 76051
(972) 724 – 2600
*A special room rate is available to course students – $149/night. Please mention AACWP when making reservations.
Payment for the complete course includes:
- Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Snack
- Training Materials to include Course Binder, Handouts and Exercises
- Examination after each course
- Free Admission to AACWP member meeting immediately following class
Course One: Our instructors will explore the role of today’s planner, defining the skills you will need and discussing the level of services offered by professional planners. You will learn how to interview potential clients and what role your certification and even your confidence level plays in the sales process.
With Course Two, you will learn that having a database of truly talented and trusted vendors is the biggest resource a planner can have, and we will show you how to carefully choose your vendors and build a contact list. You will learn about common wedding day emergencies and how to prepare yourself and build your own emergency kit. We will also talk about the hard lessons learned as a wedding planner. Lastly, we will guide you through the process of planning beginning with the first phone call to building a budget and wedding planning timeline to composing the dream team of vendors for your client.
Course Three, we will walk you through the fundamentals of starting your own business, discuss marketing, promoting your services and how to price your services. We will discuss essential social etiquette rules and trends for you to know how to advise your clients on sticky matters. Lastly, we will review religious and cultural ceremony traditions that impact the ceremony, along with basic ceremony structures.
Finally, during Course Four, our instructors will walk you through the rehearsal and how to direct your clients and their loved ones through the moments you have worked so hard with them to plan. We will also talk about reception coordination and how to make it all a flawless team effort.
To receive a certificate of completion, you must attend each course, pass the examination at the end of each day and complete and pass the assigned homework. Upon course completion, you will receive a course completion certificate. You are then eligible to apply for membership as a Trained Wedding Planner (TWP) with AACWP.
- Each course day is $375. An advance registration rate of $325 per course will be available to students who register and submit payment prior to 11:59pm May 15, 2013.
- For wedding planners who have already attended an education course through another association, all four courses may be available at a refresher rate of $750. Please email us at info@aacwp.org to inquire about this rate and for payment details.
- A discounted rate is offered to any company sending more than one employee to the training courses. Please contact info@aacwp.org for more information.
- All registrations received after July 29, 2013, including the refresher course, will incur a $100 additional processing fee.
- Registration for the August courses are open! Click here to register and pay for the AACWP Training Courses.
Once your application and payment is received, we will contact you to verify your information and send notices as needed for the training course.
