A Big Round of Applause for Our Newest Members

They are:

Embassy Suites
Kalyani Rogers

Bluebird LLC
Danielle Tate

Marriott Crystal City at Reagan National Airport
Sharyn Lodgen

Musket Ridge Golf Club
Joyce Ruane

Don't Forget...

Let your expert advice do the talking - we are looking for articles written by AWP members to add to our website.  If you have advice for couples planning their wedding, or professionals looking to improve their level of service, consider posting them online with AWP.

We want to hear from you, our members, of any newsworthy item about you, your business or other news you would like to write that would help our members or brides and grooms.  Send all articles, news items, etc. to:  records@weddingprofessionals.org.

You Won't Want to Miss Our March 27 Meeting

 "Bringing in the Brides:  A Cost Effective Approach to More Sales"

Creating a strong presence in the minds of today's on-the-run bridal couples is getting more and more expensive, right?  WRONG!  But it CAN be very expensive if you're not highly informed of the alternatives.  If it has always been your dream to spend ad dollars like a Madison Avenue powerhouse, you have more options than ever to do just that.  But, today you also have more options to build a distinguished and trusted presence without breaking the bank.  Join us on March 27 as  Brian Lawrence, VP of Sales and Marketing of Encore Studios and author of "Sell The Bride," shows his time-tested steps to:

1)  Use the Internet to increase local business
2)  Use PR to posture yourself as an expert and expand your exposure
3)  Use the hidden power of professional networking

REGISTER TODAY for this powerhouse seminar!
Learn more about our dynamic, results-oriented speaker, Brian Lawrence at http://www.sellthebride.com/aboutus.htm

  6:00-6:45 pm Networking 

 6:45 pm Program

7:45 pm Dinner

(Late Fee Applies After 5pm on 3/23)

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...and Next Month on April 24

This seminar is designed for Business Owners, Self Employed Professional & Senior Executives who find they have a lot to do and not enough time to do it all. They try to correct this situation by working harder & longer.  In spite of their best efforts, they tend to make more & more poor decisions, start missing deadlines, lower their productivity, all of which leads to stress, unrealized goals and many a times health issues.

This seminar will focus on the techniques that will help them to become highly productive. By practicing the techniques, they will be able to prioritize & manage their work very efficiently. It will help them to create a very good balance between career, family, health & spirituality.  They will be consistently achieving their goals.

(Late Fee Applies After 5pm on 4/20)

February's event at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town was a very lively affair.  Thank you to the talented, gracious staff of the Hilton for the outstanding service provided to our members.  The cocktail hour featured passed hors d'oeuvres; dinner started with an elegant mixed salad of mango, raspberry, tomato, spinach and cucumber, followed by a sorbet cleanser, and a main course of potato encrusted sea bass.  The room was elegantly dressed in white and gold, and each guest was treated sweetly to a miniature snifter of after dinner mints.

Members and guests rated the evening as a highly successful networking event, citing the great atmosphere, the interesting mix of attendees, the conversations sparked by the program's topic, and the new assigned table seating, designed as a way to keep all attendees in circulation.

The evening featured Tiffany Bacon, Account Executive with Rosenthal Partners of Bethesda, who updated us about what sets today's 27 - 42 year old women apart from their predecessors.  She stressed that today's women are highly informed and highly distrustful, and that today's women expect transparency in their relationships and transactions.  She also stressed that reaching today's women requires a mix of traditional trust-building elements, along with fresh proactive efforts, especially those that capture the imagination.  Because today's women are so tech-savvy, they are alert to trends, and are themselves spreaders of trends.  Before, "different" might have been isolating.  Today, "different" can be liberating.  She suggested posting a "different" video clip on YouTube to gain viral exposure.