Guide
The Event Planning Certification Guide
Compare event planning programs by curriculum, assessment, cost, study format, and credential, with an explanation of accreditation and exemption.
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Guides
The long answers
Free, complete guides to getting into event and wedding planning: what the job involves, what it pays, and how the certification options compare. No email required to read them.
Guide
How to Become a Wedding Planner
What wedding planners actually do, what the work pays, whether you need a license or a qualification, and the seven steps from where you are now to your first paid wedding.
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Guide
How to Become an Event Planner
The routes into event planning, what employers actually screen for, what the job pays according to BLS, and how to build a portfolio when you have never run an event.
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Guide
What Does an Event Planner Do?
The actual work of an event planner, phase by phase (from the first client conversation to the post-event report) plus how the planner, manager and coordinator roles differ.
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Explore Module 1 before you enroll.
Seven lessons from the actual course, with exercises, answer keys, and three assignment briefs with grading rubrics. Free access to the first module shared by all three programs.