As with any podcast that involved any legal discussion, the information provided is not official legal advice and you should always consult your own counsel.

Mary Ellen Reihsen is a business attorney focusing on the legal needs of companies in the wedding and events industry. While working her way through law school, Mary Ellen was a high-end caterer, where she personally experienced many of the legal nuances that apply to time sensitive and emotionally charged world of weddings and events.

Mary Ellen works with hundreds of businesses, of every variety, in the weddings and events industry providing services in the areas of formation and corporate documents; all manner of client contracts; employment law issues; compliance; mergers & acquisitions; creative tech start-up consulting; hospitality law consultations; legal guidance on disaster planning and preparedness; and online privacy legal consulting.

www.WeddingsandEventsLawyer.com

Instagram: @Weddings_and_Events_Lawyer

As with any podcast that involved any legal discussion, the information provided is not official legal advice and you should always consult your own counsel.

Kasey was a joy to chat with and dive deep into some of the legal sides while still keeping it approachable and understandable. I think you'll find great value in the points we discuss.

Kasey: I got started practicing law after realizing I had a unique and specific skill set for advocacy, problem-solving, and strategic thinking. Peers and colleagues would come to me with challenging issues seeking my perspective. That, in essence, is the role of a lawyer. I cultivated those skills and learned others as I attended law school, and ultimately put them in practice after graduating and passing the Bar exam.

More on our show notes: https://medium.com/wedding-network-usa/kasey-johnson-rbf-law-c2862b7cf4f

http://rbf.law/firm/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaseymcdaniel/

Rebecca was a thrill to chat with and learn more about. From her experience with cultural weddings to a thoughtful communicator and hobbyist - Rebecca is someone who's always on the go!

Rebecca started her career by going to Hawaii to school for wedding planning. She ended up finding a planner looking for an assistant and worked for her for 5 years. After moving back home to Seattle, she launched her own business here in 2009.

New Creations Weddings is Seattle's only wedding planning company specializing in Asian and Pacific Islander Weddings.

Website: www.newcreationsweddings.com

IG: @newcreationswed

FB: https://www.facebook.com/newcreationsweddings/

Heidi Thompson is the best-selling author of Clone Your Best Clients and the founder of Evolve Your Wedding Business where she specializes in business and marketing strategy for wedding professionals. She helps wedding professionals grow their businesses and reach their goals without going crazy in the process. Her business & marketing expertise has been featured on several wedding and business outlets including The Huffington Post, Social Media Examiner, Wedding Business Magazine, Sprouting Photographer, Photo Biz Xposed, Honeybook, WeddingWire World & she’s an advisory board member for the UK Academy Of Wedding & Event Planning.

In this episode we had a great time chatting systems, marketing, and making sure you are working with clients you love.

Show Notes: https://medium.com/wedding-network-usa/heidi-thompson-evolve-your-wedding-business-818aa72b268c

From lavish weddings to intimate soirees, our certified planners are Here To Help! you every step of the way. Because of our 20+ years in the Austin and surrounding Hill Country event industry, we are well equipped to cater to whatever event needs you may have, from design and décor, to simply managing your wedding on the big day. Did you know that Austin is a top-ten wedding destination location in the United States? Over half of our clients live somewhere other than Austin, so we specialize in planning via phone and email in order to get things done on their behalf.

Before becoming a full-time event planner within her own company, owner Michelle Bromley worked for venues, catering companies, a charter ship, and local planning companies. She became owner of Allison’s Events in July 2010, and started Here To Help! in 2011. In her own words, her biggest talents lie in the overall planning and execution of an event because she does have such a well-rounded experience in the industry.

It's no wonder so many folks in the wedding industry know of Alan Berg. With more than 25 years in sales, marketing and sales management, Alan Berg has been called “The Leading International Expert on the Business of Weddings & Events”. He’s a Certified Speaking Professional®, the highest earned designation conferred by the National Speakers Association and one earned by less than 800 speakers worldwide.

Alan is a featured presenter every year at Catersource, The Special Event, Wedding MBA, the Irish, Indian & Dubai Wedding Summits, the UK Wedding Conference, WEPP Cancun, Love Elevated Saint Lucia and other major industry conferences in North America and internationally.

This episode we touched on actionable tips and tricks any wedding professional (or business professional) can use in their business today! Be ready to take notes. For more, check out the show notes at https://medium.com/wedding-network-usa/alan-berg-speaker-trainer-author-232accf77cf3

DWHSA -The Destination Wedding & Honeymoon Specialist Association is for travel agents who specialize in romance travel. Honeymoons, destination weddings, anniversary trips, vow renewals, etc. Our association's foundation is education and networking for the agents that want to focus on that niche. DWHSA has 900 members in the US and Canada, and a 3 members in Australia, New Zealand and Jordan.

We have an annual conference, The Romance Travel University, RTU and we do weekly webinars, offer an online certification course, specialized training in South Asian Weddings. www.dwhsa.com

Entrepreneur, event planner, author, business consultant, wife, and mother of four, Susan Southerland is one of the foremost experts in the event industry today. She is president of Just Events! Group, Inc., an event management company encompassing Just Marry!, Just Right! Destination Management, and Just Celebrate!, three brands that service events from intimate weddings to elaborate corporate functions. She applies her business savvy toward sharing tips and insights with new and established entrepreneurs throughout the world.

Susan’s exceptional events have been featured numerous times on The Travel Channel, Style Network, and The Learning Channel. Her cutting-edge advice has headlined national television news and radio broadcasts, and has appeared in Inc. Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and periodicals around the world. She is also a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.

Based in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia (though soon to be in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island, on the completely opposite coast of Canada), Brenda Cadman focuses much of her time on providing website marketing related education opportunities for the wedding industry, through platforms including Wedding Business Workshops, Wedding Business Websites, and Wedding Business SEO.

Or, you might know her as the host and facilitator of Website Marketing for Wedding Professionals, a free community on Facebook with over 3000 members.

Brenda also owns Bon Accord Creative, a web development boutique firm that specializes in creating organized, elevated user experiences for your web visitors, one website at a time. She has a particular interest in consulting with small business owners on the topic of website security and how they can better protect their websites.

Jen Taylor of Taylor'd Events (http://www.taylordevents.com/) is more than just a talented event planner and business consultant. She is an award-winning event professional, a thought leader in the events industry, a columnist for Catersource Magazine, co-founder of Wedding Network USA and also provides regular contributions to WeddingWire EDU and Special Events Magazine. In addition, she has shared her expert advice with Brides.com, Huffington Post, HGTV and The Knot. In her spare time, she is also a co-founder of Weddings in Woodinville, and the first member of Wedding Network USA! In this episode with Jen, we discussed Weddings in Woodinville and the Wedding Educator. We also touched on best practices to starting, maintaining, growing, and managing your business with actionable steps. For more information and additional links, check out https://www.weddingnetworkusa.com/