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 . We've been working feverishly on new posts for you and we hope that they will prove very helpful in growing your wedding business. We hope you had a terrific summer! See you soon!

The Wedding Fixer: Mary Dann-McNamee

Mary Dann-McNamee is one of the most popular wedding and special event coordinators in Southern California. She is a  contributing writer for "Inside Weddings" magazine, “Ceremony” magazine and an on-air talent for many nationally syndicated television shows. These shows are Style Network’s "Whose Wedding Is It Anyway," and “Married Away”, and WE Network’s “Platinum Wedding” and a special segments of “Top Ten Wedding Destinations”. In 2009, Ms. Dann recently released her book Wedding Wisdom: An Insightful Approach to Wedding Planning.  It offers a unique point of view based upon Mary's eighteen years working as a wedding planner and ten years working as a marriage and family therapist. Wedding Wisdom is filled with tips, insights, forms and photographs for planning a perfect wedding for yourself or your clients

Engage 10! Speakers Lineup Announced

The famous luxury wedding business summit lineup of speakers has been announced! These are some of the top wedding professionals in the event industry. Get your tickets soon because this seminar sells out fast! 

Speakers:

Mindy Weiss

Darcy Miller

Randy Fenoli

Carly Roney

David Liu

Bryan Rafinelli

Sylvia Weinstock

Maria McBride

Cindy Novotny

Marcy Blum

Abby Larson

Todd Fiscus

Amy Atlas

Tara Guerard

Sean Low 

Michelle Rago

Simon T. Bailey 

Lisa "Ceci" Johnson

Carol Poon

Susan Moynihan

Harmony Walton

Liz Banfield

Lara Casey

Liene Stevens

Jill Meister

Rebecca Grinnals

Kathryn Arce

Joan Beaver

Kate Parker

Walt Shepard

Brooke Thomas

Ali Phillips

Donna von Bruening

Grace Ormonde Book Tour

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 The long awaited Grace Ormonde 20-city book tour is under way! Book launch parties are popping up all over the country. Click here to find our more information of dates and how to get your invitation.

Marcy Blum: Eventiste

Marcy Blum is well respected in the event planning industry. She is the owner of world-renown Marcy Blum Associates. In addition to her event planning services, Blum has a culinary background and is the author of Wedding Planning for Dummies, Wedding Kit for Dummies and Weddings for Dummies.  How awesome is that!  Recently she teamed up with fellow event designer Preston Bailey for an interactive weekend workshop. Be sure to keep up with Marcy on her blog The Adventures of Wedhead & Eventista.

Lara Casey: Someone To Watch

Another person that I follow vigorously is Lara Casey. Ms. Casey is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Southern Weddings Magazine, in 2009 she launched Lara Casey Reps, a luxury market wedding consulting firm and she is the founder of MTH2010 Making Things Happen in 2010). In her own words, "I am passionate about business, relationships, mentoring, faith, my family, adventure, pushing my limits and helping people transform themselves."

Sean Low

Who is Sean Low? I'll tell you who he is. Sean Low is one of the smartest businessmen I've come across in years. Sean Low is the President of The Business of Being Creative LLC. The Business of Being Creative provides practical business advice to those in the business of being creative. I follow his blog like the religiously. He was the President of Preston Bailey Design, Inc. for several years. Armed with a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Mr Low has helped to navigate some career of other leading event planning industry professionals such as Marcy Blum, Sylvia Weinstock and countless others.

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