Instructor Spotlight: Heather Porcella at the University of Akron
Apr 7, 2010 Wedding Planning InstituteAre you an aspiring wedding and event planner in the Akron, Ohio, area? Heather Porcella is already running a successful business, and she can show you how it’s done.
Heather Porcella considers it an honor to create a spectacular wedding that brings her client’s vision to life. As the owner of Truly Your Events, Heather was voted the “Best Wedding Planner for 2008” in the Akron/Canton Ohio area by the MyFoxCleveland.com Hot List. Her company has coordinated numerous events of various sizes, budgets and styles.
After graduating from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design and a minor in Business Administration, Heather worked in Residential and Commercial Interior Design as an art teacher and as a floral designer. Her experience planning showers and weddings for friends combined with her education led her to create her own event-planning business in 2003. Truly Your Events offers the latest in wedding-planning trends including eco-friendly designs, full event coordination, and free initial consultation to provide clients complete planning services to help them save time and money and alleviate stress.
After becoming an LWPI Certified Wedding Planner in the spring of 2008, Heather agreed to share her knowledge and expertise with students in the Wedding Planning Institute’s certification course at the University of Akron. Heather will be teaching aspiring students how to become successful wedding planners by bringing personalized attention and creativity to every client’s occasion. “In today’s busy world, trying to plan a special event can be very stressful and time consuming. By providing solutions to the demanding needs of event design and coordination, you can allow the client to enjoy a stress free celebration,” Heather writes.
Candidates for the wedding-planning certification course at the University of Akron can register by calling Cheryl Beckwith at 330-972-6460 or by visiting http://www.uakron.edu/ce/schedules/WeddingPlanCert.php. The Spring 2010 session is scheduled to begin April 12, 2010, and will meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 8:30 p.m. for eight weeks. Tuition is $795 and includes classroom instruction, textbook, six months’ online curriculum and support access, and post-graduate job-placement assistance.
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May 6th, 2010 at 1:11 am
Going through my own wedding without a wedding planner to oversee all the little details on my wedding day, I have to admit that I always thought my wedding day was not that special. A few things had happened, for one, the baker forgot my wedding cake although I made a deposit early and they had given me other cakes as compensation. Since then, I have wanted to be a person who can assist brides on their wedding days so that they can relax and enjoy this special day of their life. I don’t wish another woman to go through what I had experienced.
The Wedding Planner Certification class at Kapiolani Community College serves good starting point. This class provides you a very detailed, informative, and realistic picture of what a wedding planner is and how you can start your own business as one from studying the textbook, listening various speakers, visiting venues, and completing mandatory assignments. I have enjoyed this class even if I should change my mind to become a full-time wedding planner and coordinator, but I am inspired by all the speakers that I feel motivated to do something about the wedding industry.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:07 am
I am currently enrolled in Heather’s class at The University of Akron. I am about halfway through the course now, and I am very glad I chose to take it. The best part is that Heather is real wedding/event planner, with real experiences. If someone in our class has a question she is able to answer it and give details or reasons for why, unlike a text book where it gives you straight facts and no inside look into the industry. I think this class is better taught than most of my other college classes. in other classes professors are teaching things that they have never experienced, and in my opinion experience is the best teacher of all.