THE ULTIMATE LIVE, ONLINE FESTIVAL FOR AMBITIOUS CELEBRANTS AND OFFICIANTS WHO WANT TO GET AHEAD AND HAVE SOME FUN!
- GOING LIVE 6TH-7TH NOVEMBER 2023 -
You’re fantastic at the art of Celebrancy. But your business is stuck and your not moving as fast as you’d like.
Get closeto top industry experts
at our 2 day LIVE and RECORDED virtual summit aimed to help you tackle your biggest business issues plus a chance to have a lot of fun - celebrant style!
You're going to learn
How to stay AUTHENTIC with your BRAND and shine bright
How to BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE when competition is heating up around you
How to ROCK selfies and create a PROFESSIONAL image like a pro
How to approach and WORK WITH WEDDING VENUES
How to use Reels to get visible and bookings in the diary
How to get bookings outside of the FUNERAL director and modernise your offering
How to price yourself and find your NICHE
How to submit your CONTENT to top BLOGS across the globe
How to network with FUNERAL DIRECTORS and gain their loyalty
How to communicate on different levels with your CLIENTS
How to get MEDIA COVERAGE for your celebrant business
How to write CONTENT on your website and social media that attracts your ideal clients
- Are you working super hard to try and convert enquiry to booking?
- Perhaps you are stuck getting the enquiries into your inbox?
- Are you ready for celebrant focussed training that will deep dive into the areas you need to know?
this is notJUST a conference, this is an interactive business boosting LIVE virtual summit with an amazing community of celebrants
It's a virtual summit FULL of expert trainers!
It's a live learning event over 2 days
Each session is tailored to celebrancy, no noise from outside industries!
NEVER MISS A SESSION: LIVE and RECORDED giving you multiple opportunities to join in the sessions live from wherever you are in the world and catch up with the recordings.
With breakout rooms and live lounges - there's tons of networking and friendships to be built!
Designed by Celebrants,for Celebrants.
Meetyour expert trainers
Teresa BrooksBusiness Empowerment & Mindset Coach, NLP Practitioner & Sales Communication Expert.
SALES TRAINING
How to convert every enquiry into a celebrant booking
Award winning Businesswoman, Founder of COACH Magazine and Podcast and The Sales Success Accelerator Programme, Female Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist & listed in the 'Top 40 Digital Women to Watch' 2021.
Teresa works with coaches and consultants to help them become empowered both professionally and personally by discovering their true confidence and worth as well as leading them through the evolution of business creation and growth.
Teresa combines mindset coaching, NLP and sales strategy to help people overcome the fears and blocks that can arise around selling.
Recognised as one of the top 100 sales performers in the UK in her corporate career, she brings over two decades in media sales and high-performance environments and uses a holistic and energetically balanced approach to achieve sales and business success without the burnout and push.
She will be teaching you how to rock any consultation with a client and how to convert enquiry to booking using simple sales and NLP techniques. Trust us - this works!
Tara Heath-ArnoldBristol based Celebrant & Venue Networking Specialist
NETWORKING
How to build a network for your Celebrant business
Tara decided to step away from the corporate world after thirteen years, following a long career within the financial recruitment industry, progressing from Sales Support to Regional Director.
Tara has used many tools that she learnt through her career in recruitment in order to build her Celebrant business, specifically her development of venue relationships.
Tara has always applied a multi-layered approach to building her business. Being consistent and doing all the key things all of the time have led to multiple bookings and the development of some excellent relationships not only with couples, but with key venues.
Tara will be sharing her exclusive strategy to getting venues to recommend you to every couple they meet!
Kate & KateCoffin Club Founders & leading funeral celebrants
FUNERAL BOOKINGS
How to get your own funeral ceremony bookings & run a successful funeral business
Kate Tym and Kate Dyer are the founders of Coffin Club UK a social franchise and training organisation passionate about changing the face of funerals forever.
Alongside their own celebrant work, they also run Coffin Club UK - enabling people to set up Coffin Clubs around the country where they can be the go-to death experts at the heart of their communities and teach people about all the choices available to them for then end-of-life celebrations.
The Kates also train funeral celebrants to work in a more autonomous, authentic and creative way and also offer funeral training to other death professionals as they feel that through enabling others they can reach and support as many people as possible to have exactly the kind of funeral they want and deserve.
Kate and Kate will be sharing their secrets to successfully getting funeral bookings outside of the Funeral Directors. Not to be missed!
Kate BeavisOwner of Magpie Weddings, Indie Practice & Eco Wedding Fairs
BLOGGING & PR
How to write for wedding magazines & blogs and get your submission accepted
Kate is the company director of the original UK and award winning Magpie Wedding, running wedding fairs across the UK and is the editor of a wedding blog and directory.
As Director and Founder of Indie PR, she helps creative indie businesses get noticed. Focusing on 20 years retail experience she mentors on branding, marketing and social networking. She's also a pro at TikTok and loves nothing more than editing and getting her businesses in the press.
Kate will be teaching you exactly how to get your blogs visible and in digital magazines and blogs. Getting yourself featured outside of your website will help you grow on the google ladder so this session is vital to getting your business growing organically. You'll love it!
Justine CoombsThe SEO Queen
SEO & GOOGLE
How to get your website to the top of google and fast
Justine specialises in helping wedding business owners to improve their own SEO, so that their beautiful websites get seen when their ideal clients Google them.
Like you - she is a Celebrant. She built her own website and it now ranks on the first page of Google for the searches she wants to show up in. She doesn’t use jargon or high tech terminology when training - Justine keeps it simple and straightforward, so that you can get the results without being bamboozled!
At Celebrattopia she will be sharing valuable hints and tips on quick fixes to boost your SEO without using up too much of your valuable time. By making these changes Google will start to notice your website!
Jennifer ConstantCelebrant Business Growth Coach & Founder of The Celebrant Directory & Academy of Modern Celebrancy
PRICING & PACKAGES
Getting your pricing right for 2022 and beyond
Jennifer Claire is Celebrant Business Growth Coach, plus the CEO of Academy of Modern Celebrancy and The Celebrant Directory. Passionate about seeing celebrants grow into confident and successful business owners, her session will be focusing on how to get your pricing right.
An author, award winning blogger, multi-entrepreneur and a very sought-after wedding celebrant, Jennifer has officiated weddings across the UK and Europe since 2010. With thousands of followers and a Pinterest monthly unique view of over 3.3 million, Jennifer knows exactly how to turn your celebrant business from slow to flow.
Jennifer will be taking you through niching and pricing. She'll be teaching you how to niche, how to stand yourself apart from others and how to nail your pricing so it gets your couples excited from the off!
Daphne van den BoogaardCelebrant, ritual designer, trainer & communications expert
COMMUNICATION & CONNECTION
How to connect with your clients & give a service to be remembered
Daphne van den Boogaard is a Dutch life-cycle celebrant, certified ritual designer and a qualified marriage officiant for 13 years now. She also trains celebrants to be the best communicators and storytellers they can be.
Daphne works for and closely with couples and families who want to experience their life very consciously. In that sense, Daphne is also called the ‘minister of love’. ‘Celebrating love together’ is her motto.
Daphne will teach how to ensure that the ceremony you have created is seen by everyone as a top-quality experience? During her session, she goes deeper into the four levels of the human being.
The result? Packed with ideas and inspiration, you’ll look at every ceremony from a very complete perspective, to surprise your customers with quality that exceeds their expectations.
Photo credit: Nina Flitst
Michelle TaylorCelebrant, Mentor & Equalities coach
DIVERSITY – A BASIC 101 FOR WEDDING PROFESSIONALS
Michelle is a multi-award winning wedding celebrant ( #FunkyCelebrant ®), trainer and mentor at The SavvyCelebrant.co.uk®
Following the death of Floyd George in 2020 and the rise in prominence of the black lives matter movement that swept the world as a result, her desire to educate herself about the discrimination so many people were facing was fuelled. And then her focus and research turned to our own industry where it was glaringly obvious there had been a serious and total under representation of black and brown people in social media, magazines and wedding promotional materials…So…what else was missing?
Working with others who have both lived experience and advocacy experience she has created a course that takes a shallow dive into cultural, disability and LGBTQ issues that affect us all in our ever expanding industry.
Michelle will cover 5 basic quick fix steps to get you thinking about how inclusive your own business is. You don't want to miss this in your business, it's gold!
Vanisha PatelSocial Media Queen
INSTAGRAM & REELS
How to have a scroll-stopping Social Media
Elana SchutteFacebook Ads Expert
FACEBOOK ADVERTISING
Mastering facebook ads to automate and scale your marketing
Elana specialises in online marketing strategies and is a Facebook Ads Expert.
She runs a successful digital marketing agency working with 6-figure $ clients and is also super passionate about empowering business owners, virtual assistants & social media managers with Paid Ads Skills - so that they can automate their marketing, scale and spend more time serving their clients.
Elana will teach you how to set up a basic Facebook ad, how to locate your ideal couples, where to post and how to create the right graphic. This is a step by step session giving you the tools you need to make your own ad work and convert!
Lee AthertonBestselling author, speaker & coach
FUNERAL & SUPPORTING THE BEREAVED
Lee Atherton, an international best selling author and speaker, is a first responder chaplain and an end-of-life, grief, and resilience coach with over 15 years of experience. Her passions are to help people “live their dying” by discovering the beauty in the process and the gifts to be found and to journey with people through the white waters of grief, navigating the chaos until they reach the tranquil pool of stillness.
Lee will be giving resilience training and teaching you how to support people who are dying or grieving, touching on grief support in difficult circumstances. She will also be teaching you how to approach death and dying before it takes place and how to navigate and approach this journey with a family.
Adam StraneyAward winning Australian Celebrant & Radio presenter
CEREMONY SCRIPT WRITING
Creating a script that packs punch: How to create ceremony scripts that SCREAM personality.
Adam Straney really is The Master of Ceremony and there is never a quiet moment with this guy around!
There's no crappy, boring weddings with this bloke. He speaks from the heart, unscripted and with a wicked sense of humour, Adam is making hundreds of couples happy every year from Australia to Austria, California to Canada, couples rave about this Australian celebrant. Pushing boundaries on his breakfast show, also educating in the US about social media strategies and how to push the ceremony into a different space.
A #1 bride's choice award winner, no one uses customer feedback like Adam. He will show you exactly how to get the best testimonials and use them to get more clients.
His session:
Adam is going to show you exactly how he packs punch into his ceremonies and how he crafts unique, fun, personalised ceremonies every time with ease. Listen to his steps, implement his training and watch your scripts go from boring to ones that shine!
Zena BirchTop Humanist Celebrant
BRANDING
How to build your reputation as the go to celebrant by being authentically you
Chantal Edouard-BetsyAward winning Serial Entrepreneur & Website Developer
WEBSITE DESIGN
Creating a Celebrant website that gets you leads
Chantal is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, super mom and website developer with over 20 years experience working with celebrants, coaches and entrepreneurs who don’t have the time, money or stamina for long and complicated website processes. Chantal loves to take the tech out of technology and make the whole website process super easy to understand! She’s passionate about keeping her meetings short and empowering her clients to freely maintain their websites without the fear of breaking them!
What does it take to create a website that not only looks pretty & professional but get’s you those leads from people wanting to use your celebrant services? Where do you even start? There are many important elements and here are some of the things we’ll cover : Branding & Logos (do’s and don’ts), copy - yes your website needs words, and lots of them!, photos (where to find them and how to make then work on your website), clear calls to action (what are those even?) and some other design tips to help you create a website that converts browsers into leads.
Danielle GarberBrand Expert
How to Create Scroll Stopping Selfies
Danielle is a brand designer and marketing expert who has 17 years' experience working with the likes of Apple, Amazon and other leading brands as well as helping small businesses
Her Session:
When you're building a personal brand for your business, the quality of the photos you share matters; poor quality, unflattering selfies aren't going to cut it. If you want to build community and connection online, you'll need to put your best foot forward. In this value-packed seminar, I'll guide you through finding your style and share some pro tips on getting better quality photos without having to invest in tonnes of camera equipment.
Sign up todayand grab your spot and access to recordings
Be part of the community
This isn't just a summit. It's a lot of fun too! With workbooks, quizzes, competitions, live lounges, meet ups and networking, you'll enjoy every minute of this!
Your ticket includes:
15 incredible interactive workshops worth well over £1500 with leading industry experts that give you the know how, the insight and the knee up for your business growth.
Live Q&As with celebrant coaches, trainers, funeral professionals, wedding publishers, even a sales and minset coach.
Full lifetime access to all the sessions so you can watch back and implement whenever works for you.
Sessions ranging from beginners to advanced so where ever you are in your business, there is a power boost for everyone
Official CPD badge to display your dedication to your business growth and couples
Chance to meet other celebrants and grow a base of friends doing what you do.
what our time together will look like
Day 1 - 7th February 2022
9:30 am - Danielle Garber
THE POWER OF BRAND IMAGERY
10:30 am - Daphne van den Boogaard
COMMUNICATIONS AS A TOOL TO CREATING EPIC CEREMONIES
11:30 am - Kate Beavis
BLOGGING FOR THE PROS - GETTING YOUR SUBMISSION ACCEPTED EVERYTIME
12:30 pm - Group Lunch: Open Networking Zoom Lounge
Chance to meet other celebrants, chat about your business and relax!
1:30 pm - Zena Birch
BRANDING & BEING AUTHENTICALLY YOU.
2:30 pm - Tara Heath-Arnold
BUILDING A NETWORK FOR YOUR BUSINESS
3:30 pm - Elana Schutte
MASTERING FACEBOOK ADS
6:30 pm - Lee Atherton
CONFIDENCE TRAINING
7:30 pm - Adam Straney
CREATING AN 'UNBORING' CEREMONY AND SERVICE
Day 2 - 8th February 2022
9:30 am - Justine Coombs
HOW TO OPTIMISE YOUR WEBSITE WITH SEO
10:30 am - Coffin Club
HOW TO GET BOOKINGS OUTSIDE OF THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR
11:30 am - Teresa Brooks
HOW TO 'SELL' EASILY IN YOUR CELEBRANT BUSINESS
12:30 pm - Group Lunch: Open Networking Zoom Lounge
Meet your fellow Celebrants and grow your network
1:30 pm - Michelle Taylor
DIVERSITY TRAINING FOR YOUR CELEBRANT BUSINESS
2:30 pm - Vanisha Patel
SCROLL-STOPPING SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING
3:30 pm - Chantal Edouard-Betsy
WEBSITE POWER: HOW TO CONVERT VIEWER TO BOOKING
6:30 pm - Jennifer Constant
PRICING YOUR CELEBRANT BUSINESS - HOW TO NICHE & PRICE YOURSELF RIGHT
7:30 pm - Closing PARTY
PARTY & PRIZE GIVING!
CELEBRANTTOPIAGet ready for 2 days of jam packed business boosting power, with interactive seminars, live focussed training, recordings to give you the scalability you need, competitions, challenges, prizes and a whole lot of laughs. If purchased separately, these workshops would cost well over £1500.
Meet your hostJennifer Claire
Jennifer is the Celebrant Business Growth Coach and the founder of The Celebrant Directory, a search and review site dedicated to Celebrants, promoting and supporting hundreds globally. Jennifer is also the CEO of the Academy of Modern Celebrancy, a leading celebrant training organisation based in the UK. She is also a very sought after UK and destination Wedding Celebrant. Since 2010, Jennifer has officiated hundreds of high end UK and European weddings.
Jennifer is a speaker and workshop leader for Celebrants, along with The Wedding Industry Awards judge for the Celebrant Category and running her own industry awards, The Celebrant Industry Awards.
Jennifer is a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) digital marketing specialist with 11 years commercial experience and is the founder of Jennifer Claire Media, an agency focused on web design and digital marketing for wedding professionals. She also runs two award winning blogs and four successful Facebook pages with over 4k members and followers, one of which is Become a Wildly Successful Celebrant, a group dedicated to providing the tools and resources for Celebrants to grow their businesses.
Jennifer is an avid promoter of Celebrancy, a desired industry speaker and CPD trainer, and works tirelessly to support the growth of the industry.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A virtual summit is an online conference. Packed full of AMAZING business transforming content, CelebrantTopia is designed to give you the skills to uplevel your business. Watch LIVE and join in the chat from the comfort of your own home, or catch up later and ask questions in the forum, this virtual summit gives you the opportunity to view all without missing out.
The summit is 7th & 8th February 2022. Each session will take place so that celebrants from all over the world can watch as many as possible LIVE and catch up on the recordings. Can't make it live, you won't have to miss a thing!
All recordings will be placed into your very own CELEBRANTTOPIA HUB.
When you are signed up, you will be given access to your very own CELEBRANTTOPIA HUB. In this hub you will find the recordings and workbooks as and when they are ready.
Due to the low cost of this summit, no refunds are given.
All training will take place in the private CELEBRANTTOPIA Facebook group and the recordings will be placed in your CELEBRANTTOPIA HUB.
No worries! All sessions can be accessed afterwards in your very own personal CELEBRANTTTOPIA Hub and if you have any questions, all presenters will be available in the group to help.
This is part of your growth as a celebrant. You'll be learning how to uplevel your marketing as well as your offering as a celebrant. So yes, this counts towards your Continued Professional Development and you will receive a certificate and badge to show attendance.
Why
There is nothing like the celebrant community.This is a global virtual summit like no other.
It’s a topia of ambition.
Is this official Continued Professional Development (CPD)?
This is part of your growth as a celebrant. You'll be learning how to uplevel your marketing as well as your offering as a celebrant. So yes, this counts towards your Continued Professional Development and you will receive a certificate and badge to show attendance.
2 days of POWERFUL MASTERCLASS training by the best
Join in LIVE when you can, catch the recordings when you can't
LIVE Q&A breakout sessions with Jennifer each day
Interactive community in the private FB group
Focus on upleveling your business in the celebrant industry
All recordings to watch as many times as you need in your own dedicated CELEBRANTTOPIA HUB on jenniferclaire.com
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Tickets just £97
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