AMM's Officiant Accelerator Comes to Seattle May 2025!

Calling all Seattle wedding officiants! This is the affordable officiant training & networking course you’ve been waiting for!

 

Don't miss this chance to learn new officiant skills, expand your professional network, and make like-minded friends with a one-day wedding officiant 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 our hometown of Seattle on May 20, 2025. 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: Seattle
MAY 20TH ♦ 9:30AM-4:30PM 
1201 3RD AVE SEATTLE WA, 98101

 

♦PURCHASE TICKETS HERE♦

 

 

This event is open to all Pacific Northwest officiants and wedding professionals  -- from first-timers to established officiants. Seize this opportunity to kickstart your career and make lasting friendships in the wedding 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: Seattle 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. 

 

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• Bethel Nathan

 

Dive into the business end of officiating! With Bethel behind the mic you’ll get a one-of-a-kind crash course in marketing your business, with expert advice on identifying your ‘ideal couple,’ to make sure your marketing efforts reach the right clients. Plus pro advice on how to price your professional officiant services, when to lower or raise your rates, and more. Start or grow your officiant business 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

 

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• Jimmie Berguin

 

Jimmie is an expert in getting to know couples on a deeper level to create custom ceremonies that capture the very essence of their love. He's also an expert on creating videos that get noticed on social media! Learn more about 'doing it for the 'Gram' to connect with couples one-on-one and grow your online audience with expert social media marketing 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

 

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The Officiant Accelerator May 20th Itinerary

 

Check out our day-of activities below to see what we're planning for this seminar! 

 

The day's activities will include a meet & greet with coffee, a welcome from AMM's Executive Director Lewis King, a full length wedding ceremony demonstration by Jimmie Berguin, a discussion about wedding vows and rituals with Bethel Nathan, a segment on social media marketing with Jimmie, a light lunch, business advice, an interactive workshop, and an informative Q&A. 

 

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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.

 

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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

 

 

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