The Celebrant Talk Show

The Celebrant Talk Show

By Josh Withers and Sarah AirdBusinessEntrepreneurship
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The Celebrant Talk Show episodes

  • The one in a hotel room with a lawyer

    After five months of fighting for wedding vendors affected by COVID-19 lockdowns, cancellations, postponements, delays, booking fees, deposits, contracts, and the wasteland that is the wedding industry in August 2020, Kathryn from Hallet Law joins the podcast to talk about it all, and about her new service contract product which you can get from hallettlaw.com.au

    1 hr 21 min
  • Preparing for the aftertime

    In today's Celebrant Talk Show podcast episode recorded Saturday August 1, 2020, we talk about how branded face masks should in no way be a thing, giving terrible advice to couples about COVID-19 lockdowns, preparing for the aftertime, how to make a customer journey, our new Celebrant Institute membership software (Memberful), and can celebrants act as a JPs in their community?

    1 hr 24 min
  • I think I've already mentioned this on the podcast

    It’s been 7 weeks since marriage equality finally became a thing.  Australia has figured out that all people are actually just people…So what is the LGBTTQQIAAP alphabet soup? Today S & J take a detailed look at CRM systems and processes and hash out the customer journey they take their couples on. There are heaps of tips and hints that may add some value for you and your clients. Feel free to steal, and if you have any further tips suggestions or questions email or send a recorded voicemail message to: [email protected]

    1 hr 40 min
  • Luna's debut on the podcast

    Legal help, cancellations thanks to COVID-19, OPD over Zoom update, how to become a travelling celebrant, and how to get audio to videographers, all in this podcast episode with Sarah and Josh.

    1 hr 13 min
  • A terrible time to buy a business
    Recorded on April 21 in the year of COVID-19, live on Facebook and here in the podcast. Talked about how OPD has moved to webinar, how business is in the era of the coronavirus, do we need business cards any more, and what to do if you're now doing a small wedding instead of a big wedding.
    55 min
  • I'm a CEO now!
    Thank you again for listening! This episode we chat about:
    • Sarah's exciting news
    • Privacy implications of hiring a virtual assistant
    • That old chestnut: thoughts about charging for travel and how to do it
    As always we welcome your thoughts and feedback at [email protected]!.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Do not murder
    It's our first episode for 2020, and in this one we chat about:
    • the Celebrant Institute's new partnership with Pod Legal
    • the pros and cons of leveraging the bushfire crisis (or any other charitable cause) for business purposes
    • what happens when a party changes their name before the marriage but after the NOIM has been lodged
    • a reminder that celebrants are not the police or the immigration department or anything other than celebrants
    As always, let us know if there's anything you'd like us to chat about on a future episode!
    59 min
  • The one with the solid tangent
    It's a month until Christmas and here we are again with another episode of your favourite podcast! This episode Josh and Sarah chat about the latest newsletter from MLCS, our thoughts about OPD into the future, our obligations in an online environment, not stressing too much about the smaller details of the marriage paperwork, and how to bring the magic to every single ceremony.
    1 hr 39 min
  • Written to elicit a response

    On todays episode, we discuss our seat at the big table with MLCS, caping celebrant numbers, and the new survey that was written to coerce celebrants into doing less OPD, the implications for the industry and what you can do about it. We also look at the celebrants obligations in an online environment and we finish the episode discussing the inclusion of children at ceremonies.  

    1.30 Preshow banter

    6.23 MLCS inclusion for Celebrant Institute

    15.55 Capping celebrant numbers

    33.46 The survey that was written to elicit a response

    45.27 Recap of electronic environment questions

    50.27 Children at weddings

    1 hr 5 min

About The Celebrant Talk Show

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A regular talk show on being a marriage celebrant, the Australian marriage laws around celebrancy, and the art of running a celebrant business, hosted by the editors of the Celebrant Institute, Josh…