{"id":1157,"date":"2016-12-05T05:52:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T05:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2021-04-12T13:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T11:51:26","slug":"skills-needed-become-wedding-planner-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/skills-needed-become-wedding-planner-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"The skills needed to become a wedding planner | FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to wedding planning, you need a well-rounded skill set in order to be successful. A love for events management is not enough to make you stand out in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/career-advice\/become-wedding-planner-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wedding planning industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-events-management-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Event planning and management&nbsp;<\/a>is a very competitive field, and prospective events managers require a unique combination of skills and qualities in order to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these skills come naturally, but others are acquired by formal training. These skills include&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-basics-of-financial-management-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial management<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-project-management-foundations-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;project management&nbsp;<\/a>and effective people management and are essential to plan and execute an event successfully.<\/p>\n<p>In this short video, Mandy Mulder, Head Tutor on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-events-management-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCT Events Management online short course<\/a> and experienced events manager, gives insight into the key skills needed to begin a successful career as a wedding planner.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b4Tt_VHYSa4\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">An events manager must have excellent&nbsp;organisational&nbsp;skills. You need to be able to demonstrate proper record keeping and good time management, as it is often necessary to juggle a number of tasks. Recognised knowledge of project management and having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/career-advice\/how-to-take-the-work-out-of-networking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strong network<\/a> will also help you achieve more.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h5>&nbsp;To make your dream of becoming a wedding planner a reality, you need to start by learning the skills.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Learn how the UCT Events Management online short course&nbsp;will help you launch your wedding planning career.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button large postcta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-events-management-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>Transcription<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A wedding planner needs to love working with people, they need to be bubbly and friendly, but also professional. Strong organisational and time management skills are a prerequisite as is the ability to think on your feet and multitask. Wedding planners should have a creative side to them and be interested in design and d\u00e9cor trends and stay abreast of these at all times. They should be innovative and be able to think outside the box because being different is what will set you apart from the competition, especially in a competitive industry. Building relationships is also a vital skill to learn, be it with suppliers, venues or clients. Having good relationships will get you over the line very time. I think the key word is commitment &#8211; if you\u2019re committed to the job at hand you\u2019ll make it work.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how you can stand out in the wedding planning industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":40909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[134],"article-format":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-hospitality-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Skills Needed To Become A Wedding Planner | FAQs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out more about what the UCT Events Management online short course can do for your future wedding planning career.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/skills-needed-become-wedding-planner-faqs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The skills needed to become a wedding planner | FAQs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out more about what the UCT Events Management online short course can do for your future wedding planning career.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/skills-needed-become-wedding-planner-faqs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GetSmarter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-05T05:52:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-12T11:51:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Getsmarter_The-skills-needed-to-become-a-wedding-planner-_-FAQs_Blog_1500X844.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"844\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shameel Mohanlal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GetSmarter Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/skills-needed-become-wedding-planner-faqs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/skills-needed-become-wedding-planner-faqs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shameel Mohanlal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/527df7e5676f2bfa7c943e1653764bff\"},\"headline\":\"The skills needed to become a wedding planner | FAQs\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-05T05:52:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-12T11:51:26+00:00\",\"wordCount\":380,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/skills-needed-become-wedding-planner-faqs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.getsmarter.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/Getsmarter_The-skills-needed-to-become-a-wedding-planner-_-FAQs_Blog_1500X844.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Hospitality &amp; 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