Wedding Planning Software Review

When I first started working as a Wedding and Event Planner I lived and breathed excel spreadsheets and to do lists, which accompanied me to the event I was working on (and any associated planning meetings) in big binders.  These binders also housed contracts, contact sheets, brochures and basically anything to do with the event [...]

I have dreams and goals – now what?

Over the last few weeks we have been looking at Goal Setting and I have (hopefully) guided you towards setting some achievable goals.  One of the key elements of goal setting (as discussed), is the fact that to be a goal, a statement needs to be accompanied by an action.  When you write a goal [...]

Trade Shows & Exhibitions

To show or not to show, that is the question. I have often been asked whether or not trade shows or bridal fayres work for our industry and I guess there is no defined answer. However, what I can give you is the benefit of my experience. Let’s take bridal fayres first. I have attended [...]

Helping Elsewhere – helping to educate

The girls at the Academy have some exciting news. We have recently become a sponsor of a very special charity called Helping Elsewhere. Based in India in the small hamlet of Mandrem, Goa is a small school. Two close friends of mine discovered Goa in October 2006 and after returning every 6 months decided they [...]

Trendstop iPhone App

trendstop.com’s iPhone application is the must have tool for any professional who wants to know the latest trends even before they hit the industry. Created by trendstop.com, the global trend forecasting team for the fashion industry, trendtracker™ provides professional fashion trend forecasts, instant coverage from the fashion shows, inspirational photo galleries and daily catwalk trend [...]

Achieving Your Goals

Welcome back.  It is day 6 of our series and I am feeling very happy with myself.  I have almost achieved my goal of passing on, what I feel is practical, ‘how to’ advice on the art of setting goals.  If you have gone through the steps I have given you so far I expect [...]

SMART Goals

Hi and welcome back to our Goal Setting Series.  If you have been following me for the last two weeks you will know that I have set myself the goal of helping you set achievable and meaningful goals for yourself in 2010.  This is day five in the series, so if you have just joined [...]

Diploma of Wedding Planning, Styling and Design

We don’t often blatantly market our wedding and event planning courses from the Academy here on this blog as this is more an informational tool for our students and readers, but I am particularly proud of this course so wanted to let you all know what we are up to this year. We have just launched [...]

The Ebook Reader

The one thing about being in a different country is being able to source new products that aren’t necessarily available to you in your own country, or if they are they are allot more expensive. Last week I got introduced to the Ebook reader and what a fabulous little tool this is. It is still [...]

The Special Event Show

This week has seen the opening of the Special Event Show 2010 in New Orleans. This annual event is highly anticipated within our industry and is a great way to get back into the thick of things after the Xmas break. This year the Academy haven’t been able to attend the event due to being [...]

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