Calling all San Francisco wedding officiants! Looking for an affordable officiant training and networking course?

 

Don't miss this chance to learn new officiant skills, expand your professional network, and make like-minded friends with a one-day training seminar!

 

AMM and the International Association of Professional Wedding Officiants (IAPWO) are bringing our one-of-a-kind wedding officiant training & networking event to San Francisco, California on August 14th, 2024. We've helped wedding officiants across the U.S. get started, level up, and forge strong business connections, and now it's your turn! 

 

 

Officiant Accelerator: San Francisco

AUGUST 14TH ♦ 8:30AM-5PM 

2325 3RD STREET / SUITE 347

 

♦PURCHASE TICKETS HERE♦

 

 

This event is open to all Bay Area officiants and wedding professionals -- from first-timers to established officiants. Seize this opportunity to kickstart your career and make lasting friendships in the officiant community!

 

Join us for a full day of workshops and presentations, plus an expert speaker panel, a full-length wedding ceremony demonstration, and a no-dumb-questions Q&A session. You'll learn trade secrets from the best officiants in the business!

 

This event includes training sessions, hands-on demonstrations, discussions and panels, opportunities to meet your fellow officiants during a FREE networking luncheon, plus FREE coffee & refreshments throughout the day.

 

We're only in town for one day, so move fast to get a seat, because once the event is full, it's full!

 

► PURCHASE YOUR TICKET HERE!

Meet The Speakers & Explore Exciting Officiant Training Topics! 

 

Meet the expert educators behind the one-day Officiant Accelerator: San Francisco event and get a sneak peek at the exciting topics you’ll learn! 

 

Our friendly educators are the best in the industry, with useful advice for new and established wedding professionals. Learn tried-and-true strategies to start or grow your business, the best ways to connect with couples and build referrals, and how to market yourself for maximum reach – to help you build an officiant practice that’s long-lasting, rewarding, and uniquely YOU. 

 

◇

 

 

• Segment One with Maria Romano  

 

‘Ordinary to Extraordinary: Enhancing Your Impact as a Wedding Officiant’ 

 

You’ve seen the TV wedding reveals–the music swells, the camera flashes, they have you on pins and needles from start to first kiss! As a wedding officiant, the wedding day is a chance for you to design your own ‘big reveal,’ to capture your audience’s attention and keep them hanging on your every word! Your look, your style, the words you write–every detail is by design to engage your couple and their guests, and to make an impact that lasts a lifetime.

 

Maria will share nuggets of wisdom and industry insights to help you deliver your best ceremony yet. With over 6000 wedding ceremonies under her belt, she has the experience to teach you how to make your ‘big reveal’ the ultimate deal!

 

As a professional wedding officiant, you don’t just create custom wedding ceremonies–you create lifelong memories. Learn how to stand out, present yourself as a trusted polished professional, and leave a lasting impression on your clients with advice from industry leader Maria Romano.

 

 

♦ Meet the speaker! 

 

MARIA ROMANO is the founder of True Love Knots! She started her career in her 50s and found her passion. Previously, she was the President of Advantage Rent a Car of Las Vegas and grew her company's revenue to over 18 million dollars a year.

 

Maria performs wedding ceremonies, baptisms, and end-of-life celebrations. Her goal is to ensure the couples she marries to have a lifetime memory. When she started this company, it was not all hearts and roses. As a result, she is now working with people who want to add to their revenue stream, have fun, and impact other people's lives with her course "How to Become a Rockstar Officiant."

 

Maria is on the Las Vegas Wedding Chamber of Commerce board of directors, active in her Parish, and a mediator of Clark County neighborhood justice center.

Maria is based in Las Vegas, Nevada and serves couples throughout the 'Wedding Capital of the World' and surrounding area. 

 

Find Maria online: TrueLoveKnots.com / Facebook / Instagram / YouTube / TikTok

 

◇

 

 

• Segment Two with Bethel Nathan

 

‘Long Term Business Success and Happiness in 5 Steps’

 

Dive into the business end of officiating! With Bethel behind the mic you’ll learn how to price your professional officiant services, when to lower or raise your rates, and what to charge for wedding packages and add-on services. You’ll also get a one-of-a-kind crash course in marketing with expert advice on identifying your ‘ideal couple,’ to make sure your marketing efforts reach the right clients! 

 

Start or grow your officiant business by following just five simple steps, with advice from officiant, author, and business coach Bethel Nathan.

 

♦ Meet the Speaker!

 

BETHEL NATHAN is a successful business owner, award-winning officiant, and WeddingPro Educator, and she knows how to build and run a successful wedding industry business.

 

By focusing on her ideal couple and having a rave-worthy customer experience, as well as her strong support for marriage equality, Bethel has married over 1200 couples over the past 14 years, and has received over 450 5-star reviews as Ceremonies by Bethel. 

 

Combining her background in both large Wall Street investment banks and small businesses with her experience building her own wedding officiant business, Bethel also enjoys helping other wedding industry businesses grow and prosper as a business coach, industry speaker, and educator under Elevate by Bethel. 

 

Bethel is based in San Diego, California, and serves couples in the San Diego and Temecula area and beyond.

 

Take Elevate by Bethel's Business of Officiating Course

Find Bethel online: Instagram / Facebook / WeddingWire / The Knot

 

◇

 

 

• Segment Three with Jimmie Berguin

 

‘The Couple Connection’ 

 

Get to know your couples on a deeper level and create custom ceremonies that capture the very essence of their love! Crafting a truly unique ceremony comes down to trust, comfort, and connection: the more you connect with your couples, the more personal their ceremony will be!

 

Learn how to ask the right questions during your consultation meetings, put your couples at ease with humor and personality during the planning process, and craft a personal ceremony they’ll never forget with expert advice from Officiant Jimmie Berguin. 

 

♦ Meet the Speaker! 

 

JIMMIE BERGUIN has made a name for himself in the wedding industry and on social media (Officiant Jimmie) by officiating visually compelling wedding ceremonies that resonate with couples who want something exciting and different.

 

He’s also become the face of AMM's Professional Wedding Officiant Certification course, raising the profile of wedding officiants across the country and promoting officiant best practices. 

 

Jimmie is based in Eugene, Oregon, and serves couples throughout the Pacific Northwest.

 

Find Jimmie online: Instagram / Facebook / Adventure Elopement Officiant Spotlight

 

◇◇◇

 

► PURCHASE YOUR TICKET HERE!

 

---

 

Have more questions about this event?

 

Contact AMM's Events and Marketing Coordinator Marisa Correa with questions before the event, or come find her the day-of to say hello!

 

 

Marisa N. Correa

AMM Marketing & Events Coordinator

 

This exciting event is hosted by Marisa N. Correa, AMM's incredible marketing and events coordinator. 

 

Marisa has been working with AMM since April of 2023, and leads the team behind-the-scenes at every Officiant Accelerator event. She's the magic force behind every unforgettable seminar! 

 

Marisa has been involved in marketing and event planning and coordination for more than five years in the greater Seattle area, with experience in the arts, finance, and hospitality industries.

 

In her free time, Marisa loves participating in local musical theatre, and brings the creativity, spontaneity, warmth, and stage presence she's developed as an actor into all that she does.

 

---

 

Need Wedding Officiant Training Online? 

 

We've got you covered there, too! 

 

Click the links below to learn more about our online wedding officiant classes:

 

• AMM's Professional Wedding Officiant Course

 

• Elevate by Bethel's Business of Officiating Course

 

• Virtual Events with AMM's Officiants Online

 

• Free Online Wedding Officiant Training for AMM Ministers

 

 

Want to compare our training courses? Click the link below:

 

• Which AMM Minister Ordination Package or Training Course is Best for You?
   

 

---