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 where we throw eggs at Sarah's house
    Get your eggs ready folks, for once Sarah Aird says something controversial. Don't worry though, anything she said is not as bad as whatever Josh has to say.
    This episode also dives deep into what price to charge your clients, and why? Everyone has an opinion on this and want to ask the question, but the conversation is taboo right? Not on this podcast! Undercutting, undervaluing our profession, but more importantly encouraging you to charge what you are worth, are just some of the topics we chat through today.
    1.00: Rain event/Consider your back up plans! (inclement weather)
    1.22: https://tattersallsclub.com.au/ Tattersalls Club Brisbane City.
    Massive Grand old Ball room. Well priced and beautiful backup option for outdoor weddings in the event of inclement weather $250 (Weekend rate). Good for Summer wet weather backups.
    2.15: Community Park Hall across the road from Centennial Parklands Sydney, in the event of inclement option $185 https://www.centennialparklands.com.au/venue-hire/functions ??
    4.00: Ceremony and reception at the same location is the norm? Or close by? Are guests going to have a good time travelling if at different locations? Consider your guests.
    4.30: McLaren Vale Pennys Hill Winery (reference) https://www.pennyshill.com.au/
    5.52 https://www.petethecelebrant.com.au/ (reference)
    6.45: 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics - chat - Nerdy numbers stuff- An industry in need of help. Annual marriages reached new low. ABS actual data cubes.
    14.00: Money. What we charge. To chat about or not to chat about it...
    15.50: Opening up the conversation
    16.20: Celebrant pricing conversations - The background.
    17.00: Price fixing conversation (ACCC) - The history / Dally Messenger.
    20.00: Why our conversations are NOT price fixing
    21.00: Karen's points and opinion on the subject- Melbourne Celebrant
    (Highlighting the variety of products and levels of pricing in the handbag industry - to compare with celebrants in celebrant industry)!
    27.30: Karen highlights the different reasons people become celebrants and what factors may contribute to their price.
    36.48: Karen's respectful request for us to stop howling at each other for devaluing our profession by undercharging, without knowing all the circumstances. ?
    37.15: Josh and Sarah dive deeper into money - knowing your worth.
    39.35: Pricing Tips- What should I be charging? Where to start? Charging an hourly rate?
    47:17: Celebrant.fm (reference)
    47.22: Tenielle Nuske Adelaide Celebrant reference
    48.20: Charging an hourly rate?
    52.10: Charge what you are worth, what covers your bills, and what you are proud of.
    55.46: Feeling comfortable with your fee
    57.02: Sarah's price points
    59.35: Josh's pricing structure
    59.56: Alex from Time With Alex
    1 hr 7 min
  • The only podcast banned by the AFCC!
    Welcome to the only podcast that's officially banned by the Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants. We'd like to thank our families and our industry colleagues for supporting us thus far!
    Seriously though, here's another sweet podcast episode, enjoy!
    • Emily asks for a podcast episode with top tips for new celebrants, we'll release it soon!
    • Marriage celebrant matters, the AGD newsletter is out and boy is it fun/boring. We deliver a blow by blow recap of this industry-defining PDF file.
    • CoCA comments "we don't want the right to discriminate" in the SMH
    • Send in your feedback - why are you, or are you not, a member of an association
    • The Marriage Act (legislation) has not changed yet, so we can't accept notices (NOIMs) for same sex couples until the marriage act allows us to.  On the 23rd of November the current statement is "celebrants are currently not able to accept a Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) from same-sex couples."
    • BDM (Births, Deaths and Marriages) chat on the new Queensland BDM online marriage registration system, NSW's Lifelink and Victoria's Marriages online, and why you might want to, or not use them. Facebook post to the new forms in beta release from the Qld BDM. When the new Qld BDM online system goes live, you'll access it here.
    1 hr 5 min
  • I've never seen marriage paperwork fly like that
    ​Two marriage celebrants with wedding hangovers bring you this November 6 episode of the Celebrant Talk Show,
    In follow-up Evie writes in on the topic of titles for the individuals booking celebrants, and Sean asks how does Josh sign marriage paperwork on an iPad.Topics covered in this talk showAFCC advertising in the "Qantas magazine".Stat dec required for proof of date and place of birth.Listing your pricing and packages live on your website for the public to see.WTF?!? "CoCA does not support the September 2017 guidelines and position paper on the Conflict of Interest and Benefit to Business because the Policy does not uphold the professionalism of celebrants and the consultation process was flawed."
    1 hr 10 min
  • I'm not a scientist, it's way above my pay-grade

    Josh discovers that not everyone (no-one?) likes a rebrand; Sarah discusses how marriage equality will likely affect celebrants; and why both Josh and Sarah think telling people to kiss is a bit weird. Plus, the Marriage (Queensland) Arrangement 2017, why the marriage industry needs to start being less heterocentric now, and Josh is not a scientist.


    0:00 Sarah and Josh have made a thing (podcast). Please send your questions.

    2:45 Josh makes a boo boo – a lesson in rebranding. 

    25:36 What we think marriage equality will mean for celebrants (recorded pre-postal survey).

    44:38 How the Marriage (Queensland) Arrangement 2017 will affect the Marriage Act 1961.

    48:32 Making the wedding industry less heterocentric. 

    1 hr 4 min
  • We accidentally started a podcast

    And so it begins. In the very first episode, Josh and Sarah discuss the change in the Conflict of Interest guidelines for marriage celebrants, and introduce the world to their very particular sets of skills; skills they've acquired over their celebrant careers; skills that make them a delight for people like you.

    0:00 Josh & Sarah decide to start a podcast.

    1:35 Chit chat: Josh discovers how expensive it is to plan a holiday in less than a week; when exactly is "wedding season"?; and the one thing Melbourne wedding expos always seem to forget.

    6:27 The change to the Conflict of Interest Guidelines. 

    22:00 Introducing Josh and Sarah.

    30 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…