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Since 1999, The Wedding Consultant
Training Program offered by the Professional Development Division of
SuperWeddings.com and The International Institute of Weddings has
assisted hundreds of individuals internationally in successfully
launching wedding consultant careers and businesses - quickly and effectively.
Through this unique training
program, individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, in a
wide variety of locations - from major metropolitan cities, to small
rural towns, in North America and abroad - have been able to realize
their dreams of pursuing careers in the field of wedding consulting.
The fact that this program has been used to fully to prepare such a
diverse range of individuals to establish successful businesses in
this field speaks volumes about the effectiveness of our training
methods, and sets this program apart from any other course which is
remotely similar. It is not uncommon for students of this program to
have their first client prior to even completing the course (if they
are actively working to establish the business in the process), and
certainly, within a relatively short time of having completed it. That
is how powerful and effective this program is in imparting
knowledge. That is how quickly students of this program learn.
Interactive Learning
Although this is a distance
education program, it is extremely interactive and there is a very
high element of personalized and individualized attention given to
every student who desires it. Each student has the opportunity to
work closely with wedding expert Linda Kevich, the course developer,
via e-mail, in a one-on-one environment. The instructor, in many
respects, goes beyond the role of just 'instructor' and is in essence
more like a "business coach". She will be available to
provide encouragement and advice, answer any questions you have, and
offer guidance on your overall plan for entering this profession
(which you will develop based on the lessons taught in the course
material). All you need to do is ask, and she will be happy to
provide any additional assistance you may require. She is committed
to your success. All feedback provided by the instructor is extremely
thorough and highly specific in nature. Whenever you have a question,
or require additional guidance, you simply need to e-mail your
instructor and you will receive a prompt and detailed response.
The Benefits
of Distance Learning
Today we have the technology to
telecommute, to work from home, and our society is beginning to
recognize that this ability is not only desirable, it is vital to our
changing world. It is no surprise, then, that progressive thinking
individuals are looking to distance learning opportunities to get the
training they need to pursue the careers they desire. Why spend time
travelling to and from a classroom, or worse, travelling across the
country - or to another country - to attend a brief training seminar,
when you can structure your learning on a schedule which is most
comfortable to you, from the convenience of your own home? No need
for transportation, no need for the expenses associated with travel.
Best of all, the training you receive in the process is, because of
its individualized nature, more intensive than would likely ever be
possible to experience in any classroom environment.
With this particular course, the
fact that you are not with an instructor "in person" is not
a factor - you are likely to find that you receive a higher level of
personalized attention through this program than you have ever
received in an in-person learning environment. Most of our students
report that this is the case, and it's certainly what we strive to
provide. It's part of our commitment to each student's success.
Additionally, the fact that all
correspondence with the instructor is done in written form is also
very purposeful. All of the instructor's answers to your questions -
her suggestions, advice, guidance, , etc. are provided to you in
written form which allows for more in-depth comprehension of what has
been explained to you. Students retain a much higher percentage of
information when they have had the opportunity to 'read' it, than
when information is given to them verbally, either via telephone, or
in a classroom environment. Although this method of instruction
clearly demands more of your instructor's time, our track record in
producing well prepared consultants convinces us that it is worth it
to make that investment in our students. All of your written
correspondence with the instructor through the duration of the course
should be retained permanently (we recommend adding it to the back of
your course training manual) so that, at a later date, if you are
ever unsure about something the instructor previously offered
guidance on, or if you have forgotten some of the details or
suggestions she offered, you may go back and review what was stated
to refresh your memory.
Upon enrolling in the program, you
will receive a shipment containing our extensive 320+ page training
manual packed with everything you need to know to achieve success as
a wedding consultant (see course
outline of topics covered). The section of this web site on How
the Course is Administered will provide you with further info on
what to expect, including information about the two assignments which
are required to be competed for certification through this program.
Certification
Upon successful completion of the
program, you will be certified by The International Institute of
Weddings as a Professional Wedding Consultant. You will be awarded a
certificate, suitable for framing, which certifies that you have
successfully completed the training program. This is an important
credential which you should make sure all of your prospective clients
are aware of.
Our course material consists of
proprietary information which includes trade secrets, business
formulas, operating methods, proven business strategies, techniques,
processes, systems, and concepts which pertain to the field of
professional wedding consulting - making this the most practical,
effective, and in-depth program currently available anywhere in the
industry. Many of the concepts we teach are unique to our course,
have been proven to be highly effective in enabling new consultants
to become established in this field in a very timely and smooth
manner, and are not available in any other training program in the industry.
Fully Prepared Students
This program has achieved an
extremely high satisfaction rate among students, which means that we
turn out students who are fully prepared and confident to embark on
their new career/business.
At the conclusion of the course, we
ask each student directly about whether they feel adequately prepared
for the launch of their wedding consulting business. This is the
student's opportunity to ask any questions or raise any issues which
may still be of concern to them. If the student does not feel ready,
we continue to work with them until they do. This is the level of
commitment we make to each and every student.
Of the hundreds of students who
have taken our program since it was launched in 1999, we have never
had a student who was dissatisfied or disappointed with the course
material, or who has left our program feeling that it failed to
adequately prepare them for a career/business as a professional
wedding consultant. Few training programs possess a track record
which enables them to make such a statement. In fact, we regularly
hear from students who have been disappointed by the material
contained in other courses pertaining to this field, and who turn to
our program to finally get the training and knowledge they need to
get their consulting businesses going. We don't let them down. We are
completely committed to the success of each and every student who
enrolls in our course. Our philosophy toward the training we provide
is that our student's success is our own success. We aren't satisfied
until our students feel confident, prepared, and well equipped to
successfully embark on their new career. Talk with our former
students and you will quickly get an understanding for why this
program has perhaps the very highest satisfaction rate in the industry.
Our program provides an
individualized level of instruction to each student which is
unsurpassed in the industry, and at a cost which is the lowest for
any serious, legitimate program in the field.
Cutting-Edge Teaching &
Student Evaluation Methods
This program has achieved an
extremely high satisfaction rate among students, which means that we
turn out students who are fully prepared and confident to embark on
their new career/business.
Course developer, wedding expert
Linda Kevich, is available to all students to provide assistance. She
is on hand to work closely with students as they prepare for the
launch of their business.
The assignments for this program
perform go beyond merely assessing the student's level of
understanding of the course material, but also perform a dual purpose
by guiding them through the most critical steps in successfully
establishing one's self in this profession. Through our cutting-edge
teaching and evaluation methods, students actually continue to learn
and further strengthen their level of preparedness for successfully
entering this field as they work through the course assignments. By
the time students have successfully completed the assignments, they
have necessarily completed many of the steps essential in the
business start-up process. As a result of this unique approach in
training, our students experience a very high success rate in
establishing their businesses following completion of the program.
Our course content and method of instruction offer very practical
value in terms of equipping students with the tools they require to
successfully get started in this profession.
By its very nature, this valuable
additional learning which occurs through the process of completing
the written assignments is something which would be impossible to
achieve through a simple multiple choice format of assignment or
test, which is the format used for student evaluation in most other
programs of this type. Because the method of student evaluation used
in this program is much more practical, and ultimately provides a
higher quality - and more practical - learning experience.
The two assignments for this course
also play a critical role in the quality of learning experience we
provide. They are extremely practical in nature, causing the student
to learn even more through the process of completing them. They are
designed not only to carefully measure the student's understanding of
the concepts taught, but also to truly get the student thinking
about, and "mentally going through the processes" of the
key aspects involved in a) launching and successfully establishing
their business as a wedding consultant b) functioning as a
professional wedding consultant. As you go through the program we
mentally put you through many of the important steps and processes
you will face in real-world situations, to measure your level of
preparedness. We will cause you to consider situations and scenarios
you would never have otherwise known to anticipate - whether it be
some element pertaining to the successful establishment of the
business, or some aspect of fulfilling your role as wedding
coordinator. Students of the program report that because of this
approach, by the time they have completed the course, they feel like
they have already "experienced" many of these tasks, since
we have already mentally put them through them. This serves to
greatly reduce that feeling of being brand new in the
business, and it does wonders for building confidence. Thus, when it
comes time to actually "going it alone" and doing such
things for real, our students manage to do them more
competently, comfortably, and confidently.
Practical, Relevant Training -
Not a 'What to Do If it Rains' Course
As one of our recent students - who
happens to be highly schooled with a PHD in chemistry, no less - put
it so well, this is not a "What to do if it rains"
course. You will find "no fluff" here - our program
truly gets down to the nitty-gritty of what you need to know to get
up and running, and to be successful in this field. It provides
practical, highly relevant, and very crucial information which makes
the difference between success or struggle. By the time they are
finished with the program, it is not uncommon for many of our
students to already have their first clients (prior to competing the
course), because we lead them through the start-up process, and have
them doing the ground work for establishing their businesses, WHILE
they are taking the course. Certainly, students who apply themselves
and take a serious approach to their businesses have clients within a
relatively short time of completing the program, if not before.
We have students in every type of
market - big cities, as well as small towns in rural areas - and
everything in between. Our students come from working class towns
right through to upscale, affluent cities. We have helped establish
consultants who cater to budget brides in small middle-America towns,
and we have helped establish consultants who specialize in celebrity
and sports-star weddings in London, England and Los Angeles,
California. From tiny towns in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri,
to big cities like New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, we have
trained consultants for successful careers. Our consultants are
located in countries all over the world. This ability to successfully
equip and prepare such very diverse groups of students from such a
diverse range of markets is a huge indicator of the quality &
success of our program. We know of no other like it.
When you enroll in the program you
will receive our complete training manual all at one time - we don't
send the material out in small bits and pieces as other programs may
do. Our manual is filled with very essential, practical, enlightening
information which guides our students step by step through every
aspect of launching and operating a wedding consulting practice. We
do not fill our pages with insignificant filler - all information you
receive is not only relevant and practical, it is powerful.
Our Philosophy
and Approach
We believe that to be in the
wedding business, you must have a very genuine love of weddings, and
the natural inclination to get very excited or "pumped" about
what you do. However, we also believe that the same holds true for
those of us who provide training in this field - to be successful at
what we do, a training provider must have a strong and very genuine
level of concern for their students. They must take personal interest
in each and every one of their students, and feel a very real level
of excitement about putting those people into the wedding business,
and watching them rise to success.
Ask any student who has taken our
program, and they will confirm that this is what we provide. We offer
ongoing support to all of our students, regardless of their location.
We are very interested in developing long term professional
relationships with our consultants, and we encourage students of our
program to remain in touch with us after completing the program so
that we can continue to provide them with assistance and
opportunities for exposure and further professional development.
In fact, we keep in touch
with the students we have trained indefinitely after they have
finished the program - checking in with them from time to time to see
how they are progressing, to offer a word of advice where we can,
etc. As mentioned, we also strongly encourage all of our former
students to stay in touch with us and to call upon us at any time
after completing the program if we can offer any support or
assistance - and we don't require a 'membership' or fee in exchange
for this; it's offered at no additional charge. This is a
demonstration of the high level of care, concern, commitment and
genuine interest we have in each of the consultants we train. And it
is a powerful factor behind the success of this program, and its students.
 
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