Wedding & Event Management

The weekend courses are highly enjoyable as well as useful. They are an intensive course suited to those wanting to find employment in these competitive industries or those considering their own business. The essential ‘kick start’ to a career change, or refresher course. The taught course takes place over 2 consecutive days, usually a weekend from 10am – 6.00pm Saturday and 9.30-4.30pm on Sunday (see enrolment form or .uk/coursedates.html for forthcoming dates and venues). We strive to keep class sizes very small, always between 2 and 12 trainees so that the regional market is not flooded and students receive maximum benefit. We welcome staff and partners to attend and offer reduced prices for multiple bookings. The course includes all teaching, resources, room hire, a frameable certificate, lunch and refreshments both days. Trainees may use their course tutor as a referee and may show the recognised certificate to future employers and customers. The certificate acts as an indication of your core competence and the support facilities you have available to you while you build up your portfolio of experience. Candidates should be aware that this is a genuine qualification and as such we reserve the right to fail students who do not meet the standards of the course. Assessment is continuous and based on interactions with your tutor, common sense and quick thinking displayed in class. A short quiz will make up 10% of the mark. Students may specify which topics they wish to focus on and extra time will be allocated to those areas where possible. At the end of Day 1, students will be asked to complete a brief evaluation which is a chance to influence the content or teaching style of day 2.     
 
Example syllabus for day 1  

Welcome Drinks & Course Introduction  
Developing the role
Examining your Job Description, Boundaries and opportunities
Client Expectations & differences
Marketing & Sales
Effective marketing Guidelines
Getting customers & exhibiting at wedding and trade fairs

REFRESHMENT BREAK

Planning stage 1
Meet the clients
Budgeting for the Event
Mood Board & creativity  

LUNCH

Doing it by the book
Licensing & Responsibility
Contracts –what they include & why
Terms & Conditions
What makes a worthy supplier?
Avoiding scams

REFRESHMENT BREAK
Celebrity Weddings
What makes them different?
How to get VIP clients
Inspiration, trends & critique
Working with media sponsors/glossy mags
Cultures & Religions
Recognise the types of cultures and nationalities apparent in the West
Use them to inspire your clients     
 
Day 2                         
On the day
Preparing for & Coordinating a wedding day

REFRESHMENT BREAK

Handling staff & suppliers
Choosing the right supplier
Managing staff  
Starting in Business
Personal appraisal and run through the worksheets together
Q&A session
Franchises Etiquette
Wedding & Business etiquette  
Events & Weddings Abroad
Planning events in unfamiliar territory & overseas  

LUNCH

General Recap
Recover anything flagged up in yesterday’s evaluation  
Troubleshooting
Discuss all the things that can go wrong at different times of the planning process. 
Activity – In pairs select two and discuss how you would prevent & solve the problem (10 mins).
Present the solutions to the class.

REFRESHMENT BREAK

Health & Safety  ‘risk assessment’ and the duty of the event planner  
Quiz Short-answer questions covering the topics you have learned this weekend  

ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION