Enhance Your Career with Professional Development
Customize Your Training Plan to Meet Your Career Goals
Every course offered by QC gives you a professional certification. Advanced and Specialty event planning courses are designed to build off your core planning skills, helping you to elevate your career. Professional development is a crucial part of any successful event planner’s career.
Here’s the best part! After you enroll in a foundation event planning course, you receive a 50% discount on all additional courses!
Why Professional Development Matters:
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Adding event certifications to your professional profile increases your earning potential
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You’ll become an expert and influencer in your industry
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Top clients look for well-educated certified event planners
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Expanding your services allows you to retain clients through various milestones and special events
QC students normally follow one of the professional development training paths outlined below. Note that each foundation course provides you with an industry-recognized certification and professional designation. Learning new facets of the event profession will help you advance your planning career.

Expert Planner Development Path
For the planner who wants to do it all! Many professionals don’t want to limit themselves so they offer a broad range of services to their clients. This training plan is extensive, but allows you to keep your options open as you build your planning business from the ground up.
Your Courses:
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Start with the Event and Wedding Planning Course. This is QC’s most popular course. You will learn everything you need to know to plan private events AND weddings. You’ll receive the International Event and Wedding Planning Professional (IEWP) certification.
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Continue your training with the Event Decor Course. Offering decor services as a part of your planning business helps you become a full-service solution to your clients. Clients will appreciate not having to hire a separate event decorator!
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Once you’ve launched your business, the Accelerate Your Business Course is a perfect next step to take your business to the next level. You’ll work with your tutor to advance your website, marketing strategy, and more.
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Offering specialty wedding services will elevate your business and allow you to attract more clients. Destination weddings are increasing in popularity. The Destination Wedding Course builds off your core skills.
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Finally, learn how to create extravagant events and appeal to luxury clients with the Luxury Wedding Planning Course.

Corporate Planner Development Path
If you want to become a corporate event planner, you’ll pursue a completely different professional development path. Whether you want to start your own corporate buisness or work for an established company as an in-house planner, these courses will help you expand your career.
Your Courses:
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The Corporate Event Planning Course is your first step. You’ll learn the ins and outs of planning corporate events and working with corporate clients. You’ll receive the International Corporate Planning Professional (ICPP) certification.
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Specialize your services by taking the Festivals and Live Events Course. This course builds off the skills you learn in the corporate planning course. You’ll learn the specific requirements of running live events like concerts and festivals.
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Finally, the Promotional Event Planning Course will show you how to plan major events for brands like a product or service launch.

Wedding Planner Development Path
Wedding planning is a booming industry. QC’s foundational wedding planning course will train you to be a professional wedding planner. Additional advanced and specialization courses will help you tailor and expand your wedding planning business.
Your Courses:
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The Professional Wedding Planning Course is your first step. This course will teach you everything you need to know to become a certified wedding planner. You’ll receive the International Wedding Planning Professional (IWPP) certification.
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Continue your training with the Event Decor Course. Offering decor services as a part of your wedding planning business helps you become a full-service solution to your wedding clients. Clients will pay a premium for this service!
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Offering specialty wedding services will elevate your business so you can attract more clients. Destination weddings are increasing in popularity. The Destination Wedding Course builds off your core skills.
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Finally, learn how to work with large budgets and appeal to luxury clients with the Luxury Wedding Planning Course.

Get Started Today
Enroll in a single course OR a full professional development training plan, and start your planning career today!