This Week In Weddings

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Synopsis

This Week in Weddings is a support group for wedding industry entrepreneurs. Co-hosts Kimberly Rhodes, a wedding planner, and Annie Roche, an invitation designer, chat weekly with others in the wedding industry about the business of weddings.

Episodes

  • Episode 10: Making Room For Yourself in Your Business

    15/02/2017 Duration: 44min

    Featuring Amy Karp, of Amy Karp Photography, this episode of This Week in Weddings discusses how incorporating health and fitness into your life can positively impact your wedding business. About our guest:  Since 2006, nationally and internationally published award-winning photographer, Amy Karp, has specialized in weddings, underwater photography, and telling silly jokes. The underwater photography side of her career started as a fun creative outlet, and then she realized how passionate she was about this style of photography. She has been commissioned for underwater by the Fort Worth Opera, clients all over Texas, and even jumped the pond with a fabulous couple from CHINA! She often gets a lot of curious people asking “WHY?”. It’s not for the faint of heart… it’s for an adventurous client who really wants something unique and different. Before she began shooting weddings full time, she worked in the accounting field for 8 years and was pulling double duty as a full-time office manager, shooting whenever sh

  • Episode 9: The Reality of Reality Television

    08/02/2017 Duration: 38min

    Featuring Bronwen Weber, of Frosted Art Bakery & Studio, this episode of This Week in Weddings discusses the experience of being on a reality competition program. About our guest:  Bronwen Weber, Executive Chef of Frosted Art Bakery & Studio in Dallas, Texas, started her 26 year career in a small bakery in Acton, Ontario. She has spent her time in bakeries and kitchens as a cake decorator, a cake designer, a baker, bakery manager, a management trainer, and cake decorating skills writer and columnist. Bronwen’s passion is teaching the art of the cake and she is a former Pastry Chef Instructor at the Cordon Bleu in Austin, Texas. For the last decade, Bronwen has reigned at Frosted Art, a bakery with a 70 year history, once owned by Neiman Marcus and now on its third generation of bride. As a grand prize winner of the most prestigious wedding cake competition in America, Chef Bronwen’s winning piece, “Bombay Romance” was featured on Food Network’s “Here Comes the Cake” production. Subsequent appearances

  • Episode 8: Getting Your Business in Financial Order

    01/02/2017 Duration: 48min

    Featuring Michelle Loretta, of Sage Wedding Pros, this episode of This Week in Weddings discusses the basics of financial management for wedding businesses, including tips for staying ahead of your bookkeeping and accounting tasks. About our guest:  Michelle Loretta is a consultant for wedding and event professionals and founder of Sage Wedding Pros. She blends her past as an accountant for Deloitte, a sales and marketing manager for DDLA, a merchandiser for Coach, and a stationery entrepreneur to help entrepreneurs better their businesses. Sage Wedding Pros produce The Simple Plan Workshop, The People Plan Workshop, and Be Sage Conference. Michelle has been asked to speak at NACE Experience, NAWP Conference, Biz Bash Live, and a number of other seminars and workshops. In this episode, listeners will learn about: Basics for tracking expenses Cashflow principles to help wedding businesses in the off-season The importance of cash reserves and business savings Professionals that can be helpful for your wedding

  • Episode 7: Meditation and Mindset Work for the Wedding Industry

    25/01/2017 Duration: 55min

    Featuring Rev. Laura Cannon, a wedding officiant and meditation instructor, this episode of This Week in Weddings discusses the hows and whys of using meditation and mindset work for entrepreneurs. About our guest:  Laura started her first business at 19 and is a true serial entrepreneur.  She is the founder and CEO of Ceremony Officiants, one of the #1 rated wedding officiant companies in the United States. She also continues to run several other businesses inside and outside of the wedding industry including The International Association of Professional Wedding Officiants and DC Elopements. She is also a professional public speaker and author. Her new book, The Conscious Entrepreneur: A Guide to Maximizing Your Potential for Success, Freedom, and Happiness is currently available on Amazon. In addition to her professional life, Laura has spent the past 20 years studying in various spiritual disciplines and traveling the world studying with indigenous healers in South America and Mexico. She is a yoga teacher

  • Episode 6: Vendor Relations - Getting on a Venue's Good Side

    18/01/2017 Duration: 31min

    Featuring Katy Taylor, Director of Event Sales at the Four Seasons Dallas, this episode of This Week in Weddings dives into best practices for working with a venue as a wedding vendor. From building a relationship to communication, Katy shares her tips for working successfully with an event venue. About our guest:  Katy Taylor is the Director of Event Sales at the Four Seasons Dallas at Las Colinas. As poised as she is skilled in the art of wedding and social event planning, Katy has 19 years of experience under her belt. A graduate of Texas A&M, Katy has worked for historic Dallas landmarks such as the Melrose Hotel and the Dallas Museum of Art prior to taking on her current role of Director of Event Sales for Four Seasons Dallas – which she has maintained for 12 years.  In this episode, listeners will hear about: Building relationships with venue managers Best ways to communicate for building relationships What sets vendors who have lasted in the industry apart from those that come and go How vendors c

  • Episode 5: A Bride's Perspective

    11/01/2017 Duration: 39min

    Featuring Lindsay Fleming, a past wedding client of co-hosts Kimberly Rhodes and Annie Roche, this episode of This Week in Weddings explores a bride's perspective after planning a wedding. Lindsay shares her experience working with vendors and provides vendors with valuable insight about the process from a bride's view. About our guest:  Lindsay Fleming is an actress who lives in Nashville, TN with her husband Jacob. Lindsay grew up in Dallas and met Jacob while they were both students at Southern Methodist University. Shortly after Lindsay graduated in 2014, Jacob proposed and they got married in August of 2015 at the Meyerson Symphony Center in downtown Dallas. Lindsay moved to Nashville after the wedding to live with her husband, who is a medical student at Vanderbilt. She is currently working for Vanderbilt’s Peabody Research Institute as a researcher in early childhood education, but she hopes to be able to continue her acting career when she and Jacob (hopefully!) move back to Dallas after he graduates

  • Episode 4: Getting Your Business Noticed Without Paying a Dime

    04/01/2017 Duration: 50min

    Featuring Meghan Ely, owner of wedding PR and marketing agency OFD Consulting, this episode of This Week in Weddings explores public relations strategies for the wedding industry. From Real Wedding submissions to being identified as an expert in the media, Meghan Ely shares her top tips for getting noticed in the media through means other than paid advertising. About our guest:  OFD Consulting owner, Meghan Ely, combines in-the-trenches event experience with a love of wedding marketing and wedding PR to empower her clients to take their businesses to new heights. Meghan is a WeddingWire Education Expert as well as a regular contributor to Wedding Planner Magazine, Book More Brides, Wedding Business Magazine, Catersource and SpecialEvents.com. She is an adjunct professor in the Mass Communication department at Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in Public Relations. Meghan is the national Director of Communications for the Wedding Industry Professionals Association national board and the 2016 chair

  • Episode 3: Get Your Client Contracts In Order

    29/12/2016 Duration: 01h01min

    Featuring attorney Betsy Butwin of Bernick Lifson, this episode of This Week in Weddings explores the do's and don'ts of client contracts. From the must-have clauses to the biggest mistakes wedding entrepreneurs make, Betsy Butwin shares her tips for protecting yourself and your wedding business through a well-written contract. About our guest:  Betsy Butwin is an experienced Minnesota intellectual property attorney with Bernick Lifson. She works with business and corporate clients in the wedding and event, music, scientific, technology, marketing, branding, arts, literary and additional creative industries.She helps entrepreneurs launch their businesses, draft and negotiate contracts, and protect, manage, and license their intellectual property. Betsy really enjoys her many opportunities for public speaking on legal topics to various creative communities as well as the legal community. Prior to moving back home to Minneapolis to practice law, she worked for record labels in New York City, including Atlantic

  • Episode 2: Navigating the Same-Sex Wedding Market

    21/12/2016 Duration: 36min

    Featuring Bernadette Smith, founder and president of 14 Stories and the Gay Wedding Institute, this episode of This Week in Weddings dives into the world of same-sex weddings and tips wedding entrepreneurs need to know about working with LGBT couples. About our guest:  Bernadette Smith’s life work is to ensure that same-sex couples, no matter where they live, have the most positive, supportive experience while planning their wedding. In addition to being a wedding planner, Bernadette is building a global tribe of wedding professionals who are sensitive, trained and ready. She is founder and president of 14 Stories and the Gay Wedding Institute and is widely considered the nation’s leading same-sex wedding expert. In 2004, when marriage equality first came to Massachusetts, Bernadette envisioned a wedding production company for engaged same-sex couples looking to navigate a traditional wedding industry. Since 2004, she and her team have produced hundreds of gay and lesbian weddings, working with couples from n

  • Episode 1: Running a Wedding Business Without Neglecting Your Kids

    14/12/2016 Duration: 42min

    Featuring floral designer Debby Jewesson, owner of Dallas, Texas-based Branching Out Events, this episode of This Week in Weddings dives into the challenges of running a wedding business as a parent. A mother of two, Debby shares her journey as well as tips for surviving entrepreneurship and parenthood.  About our guest:  Debby Jewesson is the Owner & Creative Director of Branching Out Events. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Debby began her professional career as a middle school PE teacher and volleyball coach. In 2000, a desire to change careers inspired the leap of faith that introduced her to the world of floral design. Debby launched Branching Out Events in 2009, and quickly developed a reputation for her high energy and creativity. Her love of flowers is contagious, as is her genuine enthusiasm for each event! That same passion and enthusiasm for bringing out the best in people as a coach is now channeled into encouraging her staff to work as a team and exceed the expectations for ea

  • Episode 0: Welcome to the Podcast

    04/12/2016 Duration: 17min

    Welcome to This Week in Weddings, a support group for wedding industry entrepreneurs. Through their weekly podcast, co-hosts Kimberly Rhodes and Annie Roche interview guests both in and out of the wedding industry to learn about bettering their businesses while maintaining their sanity. In this casual, introductory podcast, listeners will: Meet co-host Annie Roche, owner of invitation design company 5 by 7 Designs Meet co-host Kimberly Rhodes, owner of wedding planning company Hitched Events Learn who the This Week in Weddings podcast is for Learn what the This Week in Weddings podcast is all about Hear about a few upcoming guests on the podcast

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