Event and Wedding Planning Course

Course Outline

The IEWP™ professional event and wedding planning course will equip you with all the skills and knowledge you need to be successful in this fast growing industry. Bonus business modules have also been added to the course, providing you with the tools needed to start your own event and wedding planning business. The course is full of practical assignments to prepare you for a rewarding career, and the best part is there are no exams. Study from home and get professionally certified today!

Here is an overview of what you will learn:

Unit A

• Introduction to event planning: An in-depth look into industry opportunities and your role as a professional event planner.
• The planning timeframe: Learn how to collect important information from your clients and plan on short timeframes.
• Primary event components: Discover the eight primary event components and learn how they apply to every event.
• Secondary event components: Learn about the more complex components used for larger events.
• The planning budget: Learn how to set the budget, how to organize budget priorities, and how to raise additional funds.
• Starting your own business (optional): Learn how to choose a great business name, how to write a business plan, and exactly how to get established.
• Internal corporate events: Discover the world of corporate events and learn how to plan meetings, workshops, and team-building retreats.

Unit B

• Milestone parties: Learn how to plan birthday parties, baby showers, retirement parties, and other life markers.
• Holiday and theme parties: An exciting module on holiday functions and a variety of creative theme parties.
• Social internal corporate events: A close look at how to plan parties and many other social events for corporate clients, from incentive travel, to staff training, and more.
• External corporate events: Learn how to plan groundbreaking ceremonies, open houses, product launches, and customer appreciation events.
• Marketing and promotion (optional): Learn how to sell your services and start making money!

Unit C

• Parties for children and teens: Learn how to create fun and memorable events for tots and teens.
• Religious rites and funerals: You'll learn all the special considerations involved in planning baptisms, first communions, and other religious rites. Next, we'll show you how you can appropriately assist those who have lost a loved one by helping them organize the funeral and the gatherings associated with the service.
• Industry and special events: Gain the skills you need to plan large-scale industry and special events like fundraisers, public exhibitions, tradeshows, and arts events.
• Working with clients and vendors (optional): Develop selling skills, learn how to respond to requests for proposals, learn how to work with vendors, and much more.

Unit D

• The world of wedding planning: An exciting look at the duties and responsibilities of a wedding planner and the services you can offer.
• The wedding step-by-step: A detailed look at all the events that take place before, during, and after the wedding.
• Wedding roles: Learn the roles of all the important people involved in a wedding and their responsibilities. Learn how to manage and help them.
• Working with the wedding party: Take a look at all the possible situations that might arise with brides, grooms and attendants during the wedding process. Learn how to solve all sorts of predicaments.
• Religious wedding variations: An overview of the customs and traditions of a wide range of religious faiths.
• Civil and cultural variations: Learn the basic practices and requirements for both civil and cultural ceremonies.

Unit E

• Early planning tools: You’ll get a complete wedding planning timeline, including planning forms, templates, checklists, and handouts to give to the bridal party.
• The wedding budget: Examine examples of wedding budgets, both small and large, and discover how to spend money wisely.
• Pre-wedding parties: Help your clients plan elegant parties, wedding showers, bachelor and bachelorette parties, stag and doe parties, and the important rehearsal dinner.
• The guest list and wedding stationery: A detailed look at how to develop and manage the guest list, how to select and design wedding stationary, as well as invitation etiquette and wording.
• Wedding attire and aesthetics: Learn how to help your clients choose engagement and wedding rings, how to guide the wedding party in choosing their attire and accessories, and how to help them find professional hair and makeup services.

Unit F

• Planning the ceremony: Learn the different options available for religious and non-religious ceremony venues. You’ll also learn about poetry and readings, music, the marriage vows, and the rehearsal.
• Planning the reception: Learn how to choose the perfect reception location, how to select the menu and how to get special event permits.
• Reception vendors: Practice sourcing vendors for the reception including food and catering, music and entertainment, alcohol and bartending, and many others.
• After the wedding: Learn about the reception take-down, wedding gift transportation, dress and flower preservation, thank-you cards, and the professional planner's post-wedding wrap-up.
• Special topics: You'll learn about second marriages, vow renewals, and destination weddings. You'll also cover planning on short notice and what to do if the wedding is called off.