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The International Institute of Weddings provides some of the most
in-depth professional training available in the wedding industry,
both at entry level as well as more advanced levels. We offer
intensive and fully comprehensive home study courses in Wedding
Consulting, in addition to a variety of other areas of specialization
within the wedding industry.
Our mission is two-fold: To provide the wedding professional with the
most thorough and practical education possible, in addition to
providing ongoing opportunities for professional development and
advancement; and to produce exceptional service providers and
professionals for the couple who is preparing for what is likely to
be the single most important event of their lives. In producing
better, more knowledgable, qualified, and committed wedding
professionals, we can help produce better weddings! The long term,
abstract, "macro" aim of the Institute is to elevate the
level of skill, commitment, ethics, and professionalism within the
industry so that, ultimately, increasing numbers of couples walk away
with memories of weddings which went off without a hitch, and
surpassed even their own most imaginative dreams. For this to happen,
it must start with the wedding professional.
The Institute also administers a trade association for wedding
professionals who are dedicated to the highest standards of
professionalism which the Institute represents; who share our goals
of elevating the level of excellence within the wedding industry; and
who are committed to improving themselves through on-going
professional development and enlightenment. Read more information on
the professional association.
All
wedding professionals will find benefit and support with the
International Institute of Weddings - be they home based or store
front, large operations or small, on-line or traditional, newcomers
to the industry or well established major players. We are committed
to bettering wedding businesses of all shapes, forms and sizes; in
all countries through out the world, and in all sectors within the
industry. Further, we do not limit membership to only those
professionals who have trained through the Institute - all wedding
professionals who share our philosophies and ideals are welcome to
apply for membership. Read more information on the professional association.
The International Institute of Weddings is directed by wedding expert
Linda Kevich. Ms. Kevich has enjoyed a career in the wedding industry
since 1991. She has assisted thousands of brides and grooms in
planning the weddings of their dreams over the last decade. A
professional wedding consultant, she is now creator and editor of
SuperWeddings.com, a popular online wedding guide and ezine, and
writes extensively on the subjects of weddings and the wedding industry.
SuperWeddings.com
is recognized as a respected wedding resource on a world-wide level
for the quality and uniqueness of its content. It is widely
referenced by both wedding consultants and brides-to-be around the
world as a trusted source of accurate, in-depth, and inspiring
wedding information. Online since 1999, each day SuperWeddings.com
receives visitors from some 63 different countries on average - apart
from, of course, the United States and Canada. SuperWeddings.com was
named by Living TV in the United Kingdom as one of the 6 "Best
of the Best" wedding resources on the internet; has been
showcased on iAfrica - a major internet portal serving Africa; and
was selected as one of only three official wedding resources for
MyAsiaOne - a major internet portal serving Asia.
SuperWeddings.com
is also a content provider for other popular wedding sites on the
internet where Ms Kevich's expertise can be found.
Ms Kevich has
worked closely with wedding professionals across the world in
launching, developing, and expanding their wedding careers and
businesses, and continues to keep her finger on the pulse of the
bridal market through ongoing daily interaction with brides and
grooms-to-be, their families, and bridal party attendants. She is
heavily involved in developing all training programs offered by the
Institute and in directing the Professional Development Division. Her
courses have been used by wedding consultants and students internationally.
Her
experience and expertise in the wedding industry also span the areas
of retail, wholesale, mailorder, floral design, headpiece and
accessory design, and bridal show production.
Ms. Kevich's
educational background on the university level was carefully planned
with her intended career in the wedding industry in mind - and
clearly it has served her well. She studied Human Ecology (Home
Economics), specializing in fashion design and merchandising - with
an obvious emphasis on bridal. Her curriculum also included studies
in marketing, communications, design, marriage and family dynamics,
sociology, and psychology. Following her university education she
studied to become a professional bridal consultant and went on to
launch her own business and ten year career in the wedding industry.
Her warm, approachable manner and genuine love of weddings, and the
industry as a whole, has earned her the admiration and endearment of
brides-to-be, as well as other professionals and peers in the wedding industry.
Ms Kevich is
affectionately referred to as "the etiquette queen" by the
brides-to-be she works with. Her in-depth knowledge of and enthusiasm
for weddings, and of the wedding industry as a whole, is apparent to
all who come in contact with her. Her philosophies towards
exceptional levels of customer service and the highest standards of
professional conduct are apparent in the way her own businesses -
including SuperWeddings.com - are operated, and in the principals and
philosophies she emphasizes through the training and professional
development programs offered through the International Institute of Weddings.
Ms. Kevich
also shares her expertise with other members of the wedding industry
as a business and marketing consultant, and has authored numerous industry-related
training materials and business guides. |
