Students studying the Online Diploma in Wedding Planning Course in our virtual classrooms will benefit from the following:

 

• Live Classes provide the ideal opportunity for interaction with your Facilitator 
   
• Expert tuition from Siobhan Craven-Robins, one of the UK's leading wedding planners and sought after industry speaker
   
• Small groups with strictly limited numbers provide an exclusive and unique online learning experience
   
• Enjoy learning from interactions with your fellow students who bring different perspectives and experiences to the classroom sessions.
   
• Guest speakers providing different perspectives on roles in the wedding industry
   
• Live online classes in real-time, ideal for real-time interaction and feedback
   
• Interact in your online classes with other participants and share your learning and experiences
   
• Modules to support a range of wedding scenarios and client types
   
• Delivery style offers interactive exercises and practical activities.
   
• Post course career guidance to support your entry or progression in the event industry, including membership of our private Alumni LinkedIn group
   
• Supportive online learning management system with student only access to our opportunities board
   
• A wedding planning project that provides you with wedding planning research experience and a template for future wedding planning roles or for your own business

During your Diploma in Wedding Planning Course you will study the following topics with our industry experts in our virtual online classrooms:

The Wedding Industry

• Industry working conditions and work ethics
• Aptitude for wedding planning
• Developing and updating knowledge and skills
• Services provided by a wedding planner
• Opportunities for new planners
• Opportunities for existing planners
• Opportunities within venues
• How to apply for work
• Updating your CV

 

The Wedding

• • Order of the day
  • Traditions and etiquette
  • Inspiration advice
  • Trends in the wedding & event industry

 

Wedding Planning Skills

• Developing and monitoring wedding budgets
• Wedding planning tools - technology, timelines and checklists
• Managing guest lists, seating plans, invitations and RSVPs
• Participating in, and conducting, tastings,
• Planning the ceremony
• Planning the reception
• Wedding day scheduling
• Contingency planning
• Wedding and event planner responsibilities:
• Pre-wedding day activities
• Wedding day activities
• Post wedding activities

 

Coordinating Wedding Venues

• Venue selection criteria
• Conducting research
• Attending venue viewings
• Conducting venue viewings
• Room and table lay-outs
• Outdoor locations

 

Coordinating Wedding Services

• Catering
• Wedding cakes
• Music and entertainment
• Florists
• Designers and decor
• Photographers and videographers
• Cars and transport
• Accommodation
• Bridal party wear
• Production
• Jewellery
• Hair and make-up

 

Inspiration and Design

• Where to find inspiration
• Translating ideas into reality
• Creating a unique experience
• Weaving traditions, influences and preferences into a wedding
• Design tools
• Imagery and ideas  

 

Selling Skills

• Building a client profile
• Selling techniques

 

Relationship Management

• Effective communication
• Establishing boundaries
• Working with clients
• Approaches to resolving conflict
• Working with industry suppliers

 

Starting your Business

• Working for yourself
• Start-up advice
• Managing your business

 

Branding and Promotions

• Use of social media
• Branding
• How to promote yourself
• Advertising
• Networking

 

The Covid Effect

• Keeping up to date with statutory requirements
• Identifying client/guest comfort factors and barriers (the confidence factor)
• Planning for testing, tracking and social distancing
• Taking into account travel restrictions and uncertainty
• About The UK Wedding Taskforce

 

Business Planning for Wedding Planners

• Review your business
• Constructing a business plan

 

The Luxury Market

• VIP and celebrity clients
• Lavish/luxury wedding themes
• Meeting luxury market client expectations
• Attention to detail
• Sourcing and working with luxury market venues and vendors
• Working with larger budgets

 

Destination Weddings

• Specialising in destination weddings
• The research
• Need-to-knows about destination wedding planning – venues, suppliers and top tips
• The destination wedding planning process
• Researching and marketing your destination/s

 

Arranging a Styled Shoot

• Preparation
• Bringing together a team
  • Agreeing common goals
  • Identifying and clarifying roles
• Creating a vision
• Team Briefings and communicating your vision to the team
• Creating a budget for your shoot
• Identifying and securing your location
• Sourcing and choosing models
• The day of the shoot – activities and responsibilities
• Getting your shoot published and promoted
• Maximising the content created by your shoot

 

Experiential Planning Exercises

• Planning and budgeting for three wedding scenarios

 

Mood Boards - Theming and Decor

• About Mood Boards and their purpose
• Choosing a format and tools to create mood boards
• Creating a theme, choosing colours and imagery
• Creativity exercise - creating mood board for three venues/clients
• Working with trends, working with tradition
• Creating themes to suit client preferences and personality

 

Business Development and Consultation

• The ideal client
• Practice consultations

 

Risk Assessments

• Why you need to know about assessing risk
• Identifying risks
• Preparing a risk assessment

 

Marketing for Wedding Planners

• Preparing a marketing plan for your wedding planning business
• Researching the wedding industry market (collect, organise and analyse data)
• Identifying and understanding your competition
• Developing and describing your wedding product or service
• Creating a mission statement
• Common marketing strategies
• Pricing, positioning and branding – how can you apply them to your wedding planning business, service or product?
• Establishing quantifiable marketing goals
• Monitoring the results of your marketing

 

Event Production for Wedding Planners

• Introduction to audio and sound options
• Introduction to lighting and vision system options
• Introduction to staging and dramatic effects

 

Micro or Intimate Weddings

• What is a micro wedding?
• Working with smaller budgets
• Creating impactful intimate wedding settings and experiences
• Identifying must haves
• Ensuring the venue/location compliments the wedding size and theme

Your Online Diploma in Wedding Planning Course fees include:

• 16 Virtual Classes - comprehensive, interactive LIVE online classes
   
• Expert tution from wedding industry experts
   
• Specialist Guest Speakers
   
• Post-course support
   
• Alumni community membership - with volunteering and employment updates and opportunities
   
• Digital copies of course materials and a supportive online Learning Management System
   
• Assessment - wedding planning project

The following entry requirements apply:

 

• Minimum age: 18
   
• Competent English language skills (comprehension and spoken, reading and written)
   
• Competent computer literacy enabling basic use of email, website access and video-calls (we will provide instructions in the first class for our specific video-call platform)

 

Once you book your course place, you'll receive course confirmation and within 48 hours. 

 

Then, prior to each class, your course trainer will email you a link to join your online classes. You'll need to download a small piece of software before you're first class - so it's a good idea to get ready approx 15 minutes before the first class start time. 

 

At the beginning of the first class, your trainer will explain to you how the functions of your online learning platform work and what to expect from your online classes.

Join us for an intensive, comprehensive and exclusive, premium online learning experience.

 

Our Online Virtual Courses are:

 

• Live Classes...Not Pre-Recorded ​

• Taught by Industry Specialists...Not Self-Taught

• The same Teachers as London courses

• The same Content as London courses

 

With our live-classes, delivered through video-conferencing, connect and interact with your course trainer and classmates from all around the globe, creating a vibrant and dynamic learning community.

 

No matter where you are, we hope you'll find our online courses an opportunity to develop your skills through live, real-time interaction with professional, industry experienced trainers from The Event School London. 

 

​Whether you are looking for career change, or want to improve your prospects with new skills, our online courses provide the opportunity to work with our experienced trainers who can guide and advise you on achieving your professional goals.

In order to undertake your online classes you will need:

 

• A PC, laptop or tablet device with a webcam and reliable internet 
   
• A quiet space away from noise where you can participate in your online classes without distractions 
   
• You will be required to have your webcam on during your online classes as certification requires attendance and participation
   
• Certification requires a minimum of 85% attendance plus a Pass Mark on the course assessment

The assessment for your Diploma in Wedding Planning is an individual wedding planning project. 

 

Your course trainer will allocated class time in the middle and at the end of the course to ensure all students understand the requirements of the project. 

 

The project is due within two months of your course completion.