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On Infusing Disney’s 5 Key Service Standards for A Disney CEO’s Private Event and Why Courtesy Wasn’t Our Priority
The Walt Disney Company knows that its mission must be actively practiced by every cast member (employee) at every level. To do this, every person on their team needs to know the priority of service standards so that they are equipped to make good decisions on their own every time. The 5 Disney Key Service Standards are: Safety, Courtesy, Show, Efficiency, and as of 2021: Inclusion. It may surprise you to know that these are in a certain order intentionally, and like Disney, our number one goal was not courtesy when producing the wedding of the daughter of a Disney CEO (say what?).
The 1st Annual Santa Barbara Wedding Industry Summit 2018
On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, an entire industry came together in the Santa Barbara region for the first ever State [...]
How We Helped Predict (and Prevent) 4 Potential Wedding Disasters This Week
Sometimes we have clients who contact us stating that they “just” need us to do what they “tell” us to [...]
Wedding Planner Ethics: 3 Stand-Out Points of Excellence with Clients & Event Partners
Whether you are a fellow event partner (vendor), or a wedding/event client, the ethics and integrity with which your chosen [...]
Event Partners Working an Event: You Are Not a Guest. Top Reason To Not Be Referred Again
Every event supplier working a wedding works incredibly hard, long hours. In fact, most of us have put in more [...]
The State of the Santa Barbara Wedding Industry Autumn Fireside Summit: “Define. Design. Evolve.”
“DEFINE. DESIGN. EVOLVE.” A Fireside Wine Summit Experience Tuesday, October 16, 2018 4:00pm-6:30pm at the historic Santa Barbara Club The [...]
Never A Better Time for a Santa Barbara Wedding – Or A Planner
Private Estate in Santa Barbara Wine Country | Contact us for more info. With the recent Thomas Fire [...]
A Mini Summit: Encore Presentation of Wedding Planner Mentorship PowerLunch Experience
On Wednesday, January 31st, we welcomed wedding professionals from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara’s own wine country for a “mini [...]
Fireside Wine With a Wedding Planner: An intimate “workshop chat” for wedding consultants
Continuing the Wedding Planner Mentorship Series is Fireside Wine With a Wedding Planner, an informal “chat workshop”, which will explore [...]
How Using An iPod Ruined One Wedding (And the Friendships That Went With It)
At a recent wedding, the couple thought they would save money and ask a friend to “man” their iPod for [...]
Why “Re-Using” Ceremony Chairs for The Reception Does Not Work (Or Save You Money)
Photo Credit: WonderTribe I am continually asked by clients who are watching their spending plan if moving chairs [...]
Intimate Destination Santa Barbara Wedding Experience: Mariachis, Margaritas & Merry-Making
If you are looking for a feature on an opulent wedding that included a 5′ tall wedding cake, three gown [...]
Patriotic Couple and Family Celebrate “I Do” at Beloved Historic American Guest Ranch
When a historic ranch hosts a family who has made it their annual destination vacation spot for generations, it is [...]