Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) Certified Wedding Planner Program

What you will learn

• Identify the skills needed to successfully manage the demands of being a bridal consultant and apply these skills to the tasks needed during the planning process.
• Determine how to coordinate every detail of events, from beginning to end.
• Identify how to organize and conduct wedding ceremonies and receptions to ensure they meet the client's requirements.
• Recognize the various types of wedding ceremonies and etiquette to share with a client.
• Determine how to develop agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements.
• Recognize how to charge clients and collect payments; set up bookkeeping and files, inventory and billing control.
• Determine how to monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise.
• Recognize how to promote bridal show services through meetings with professional and trade associations.
• Explain how to produce brochures and other publications to publicize events and promote the business.

Certification

Once all seven section exams, final exam and project have been passed under ABC’s grading standards, the student will earn the designation of Certified Wedding Planner and 25 education points that will be placed toward their Education and Professional Development requirements to earn more advanced and distinguished designations.