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A summit for wedding professionals who are ready to build the profitable business they’ve always dreamed of!
This three-day summit by wedding professionals for wedding professionals will give you the chance to take a deep dive into the mindset, strategies, and systems you need to become the CEO of your business. It’s time to break the industry norm that wedding pros have to be burned out and overwhelmed to be successful.
Watch the video below to see what last year's attendees had to say!
Unlike any other educational summit in the wedding industry
I'm in!
Lake Nona Wave Hotel
Orlando, Florida
June 5-8, 2023
- Own an established wedding business
- Are "successful" but are feeling the overwhelm of growth
- Are passionate about learning how to scale your business without completely burning out
- Want help creating a roadmap for your next steps for building a team, creating profit and stepping into your role as CEO
- Are ready to create additional revenue streams or continue scaling your business...
The WPCEO Summit is the in-person event for established wedding pros who are ready to scale their business.
THIS IS FOR YOU!
It's Time to Ditch the Overwhelm and
Become the CEO
Your Business Needs It To Be!
Wedding professionals wear overworked and burned out
as a badge of honor.
We're on a MISSION to change that narrative by helping wedding pros go from overwhelmed business owner to confident CEO!
Wedding professionals wear overworked and burned out as a badge of honor.
We're on a MISSION to change that narrative by helping wedding pros go from overwhelmed business owner to confident CEO!
- Make you re-think your role in your business (hint: it's not 80 hours a week in the day to day details)
- Give you the tools and resources you need to grow a team, increase profitability and scale your business.
- Connect you with a community of like minded CEOs who are changing the industry one business at a time.
THIS INTIMATE 3-DAY EVENT
IS DESIGNED TO...
Here’s what to expect from the Wedding Pro CEO Summit!
01
Time with expert wedding professionals
Get in the room with some of the industry’s top educators. These educators aren't just teachers with theories — they're going to share real-life experiences of how they built their business from the ground up to help you avoid common pitfalls and fast-track your growth. They also deeply care about prepping the next generation of wedding professionals, who see the value in transparent teaching, and who focus on entrepreneur mental health.
02
Hands-on learning
When you attend, you won’t just get a teaser into how you can progress in your business and then be sold a high-ticket course. Through engaging lectures and hands-on workshops, you’ll be taken through actionable steps so you can walk away knowing exactly what to do next to move the needle forward in your business. Plus, you’ll have a chance to ask questions and receive personalized advice for your business.
03
Inspiration to build a sustainable life
No one has ever said, “I can’t wait to start a business so I can work 24/7!” That’s why during this summit, you’ll discover best practices you can implement into your business the day you learn them to build a healthy business from the inside out. The goal? Help you love your business and your life!
04
Authentic connections
This summit is all about real learning and real community. I want you to feel like you can show up and be authentically you. That’s why there's a limit on the number of attendees so that this summit is an intimate and catered experience. Community is so important as a CEO, so you’ll also have access to a private Facebook group so you can start fostering those connections (and new friendships) right away!
05
A little playtime!
The best part of being an entrepreneur, in my opinion, is being able to mix work with play! Lake Nona isn’t just a town but also a destination and a feast for your senses. We’ll have a mix of group events and solo time, so you can split off, network, and enjoy what this gorgeous area has to offer!
Yes, I'm in!
- 2.5 days of intensive learning, designed to help you re-think your business so it can be profitable AND fulfilling.
- Intentional conversations that build community with like-minded entrepreneurs who are doing the dang thing and excited to level each other up!
- Invitation to our exclusive Facebook community, specifically for attendees and speakers
- Welcome Party (no style guide required!)
- Round Table Luncheon
- Snacks and beverages throughout the summit
- Free time to network and set goals for your business based on all of the learning
- Summit swag (who doesn't love swag??)
- 2.5 days of intensive learning, designed to help you re-think your business so it can be profitable AND fulfilling
- Intentional conversations that build community with like-minded entrepreneurs who are doing the dang thing and excited to level each other up!
- Invitation to our exclusive Facebook community, specifically for attendees and speakers
- Welcome Party (no style guide required!)
- Round Table Luncheon
- Snacks and beverages throughout the summit
- Free time to network and set goals for your business based on all of the learning
- Summit swag (who doesn't love swag??)
Are you ready for...
*Room and travel not included
*Room and travel not included
Our Agenda
June 5
Come for the welcome party, stay for the learning! Make your way to Orlando, get your summit swag, and join us for the Welcome Party. This is a great chance to meet all the CEOs you connected with before the summit in the private Facebook group, share a drink with the speakers, and kick off an eventful week with some serious fun!
June 6 and 7
You’ll work your way through the six core competencies of building a successful business, including profitability, marketing/branding, mindset, team growth, sales, and automation and systems. Learn from the best in the industry and be among other ambitious entrepreneurs in engaging lectures, round-table discussions, hands-on workshops, and implementation pods.
June 8
We’ll laugh, cry, and hug farewell as we set off, confident to make changes in our businesses and lives. However, this is not a final goodbye. We will continue to foster connections and community in our private Facebook group! If you’d like to stay for the weekend with your family, Lake Nona Wave Hotel has extended its conference rate for all attendees.
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A detailed agenda will be sent to attendees 60 days prior to the event
Our Speakers
Megan Gilikin
Ashley Ebert
Kristin hubbard
Laylee Emadi
Danielle hayden
Julie Painter fried
Teambuilding
mindset
branding
Systems and Automation
speaking/education
Finance + Profit
Cece todd
Andrea janko
amanda shuman
brand strategy
personal branding
design
brandee gaar
MICHELLE TAYLOR/BERNADETTE GIRVIN
wealth management
ceo strategy
susan southerland
diversifying your income
meghan ely
PR Strategy
SEO
Leah weinberg
legal strategy
Sales Strategy
maria Bayer
sara dunn
About the host:
Brandee Gaar.
BUSINESS MENTOR | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | MULTI-BUSINESS OWNER | PODCAST HOST | MOM | WIFE | YOUR CHEERLEADER
Hey there! I'm Brandee, and I help creative business owners sustainably scale their businesses so they can create a thriving career and work-life balance. (Yes, it’s possible!)
During this summit, I'm not going to give you broad direction for any business stage. My vision is to do what I always do for my clients:
To help drill down the nitty-gritty to provide solutions where you feel the most stagnant and stuck, all while building a community of like-minded entrepreneurs!
The truth is, you have the skills, the chops, and the smarts to scale your business. And with the right guidance and community, you'll know exactly how to apply all that to skyrocket your growth.
I've been in the events industry for 20 years and created three 6-figure businesses, all while raising the #Gaargoyles! (What we affectionately call our 3 daughters.) So you could say I’ve learned a thing or two about building a real business — not just an expensive hobby or cute side hustle.
Hope to see you there!
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Where we’ll be: Lake Nona Wave Hotel
Lake Nona Wave Hotel is a beautiful boutique hotel with lots of amazing hang-out spots for networking and connecting with other business owners attending the summit. Our group will be the only one staying for the week, so you can bet there will be many opportunities to build community!
The hotel itself is nestled in the heart of Lake Nona, a modern city located just outside of Orlando and minutes from the Orlando International airport.
Plus, there are plenty of shops and entertainment within walking distance of the hotel so you can feel free to explore after the learning portion of the day is over.
I wouldn't miss it!
Thank you to our amazing sponsors!
I have high standards when it comes to investing in continuing education, and have often felt disappointed in the "fluff" the wedding industry sometimes puts out when it comes to education. However, the WP CEO Summit BLEW ME AWAY - and I do not say this lightly. This is the education I have been looking for for ten years! From SEO to business finance to branding to social media strategies to serving luxury clients - every single piece of information was presented in tangible, actionable ways that EVERY SINGLE HUMAN who owns a business could not just benefit from, but THRIVE with.
If you are in any phase as a wedding professional and want to level up (or just get started on the right foot) - this summit is your ESSENTIAL guide. THIS is the conference you've been looking for, and quite possibly the very best investment back into your business you will ever make.
~Veteran Wedding Photographer, 10+ years in business
We've all attended the workshops or conferences where ego stands out more than education, and the atmosphere sparks more competition than a sense of community - this isn't like that.
The WP CEO Summit offered countless opportunities to foster natural, meaningful connections with industry peers in meaningful, real ways. The speakers truly led from example, and were warm, vulnerable, and REAL with attendees, taking the time to get to know us, pour into our businesses, sit and chat with us at lunches and dinners and late night cocktails - they opened up about their own struggles, the lessons they learned along the way, and encouraged and uplifted the attendees with their contagiously optimistic CEO mindset.
I left feeling like I was a valued member of a wedding community who no longer had to go it alone - I had like-minded friends both near and far, and a sense of belonging and camaraderie within the wedding industry community I have never experienced anywhere else.
~Rachael Osborn Photography
Woah, what a life-giving time. This may be the first time I’ve walked away from an industry conference and physically missed my peers and educators.
This week was packed with learning from leaders who care. Like, really care. They stayed in the room with you. They remained available to chat at any time. They showed vulnerability and attended the classes that weren’t their own with eager curiosity—they didn’t pretend to know everything. They stayed out after hours when they didn’t have to, just to connect with each other and the attendees
And those attendees…let me tell you. The egos were dismissed. Everyone was honest about their goals and their struggles. The summit set such a pure tone of safety. There was not a drop of judgement in this place. Friendships were formed...There was no fake networking. It was replaced entirely with vulnerability and genuinely helping each other.
~Cayla Cummings, Carhart Photography
DO IT. This will be unlike any other conference
you've seen or attended.
You'll leave a changed person/business owner and gain friends that you'll carry with you throughout the rest of your career.
DO IT. This will be unlike any other conference you've seen or attended.
You'll leave a changed person/business owner and gain friends that you'll carry with you throughout the rest of your career.
Do it! I loved the intimate setting and gained so much from it. There were connection opportunities with really awesome speakers AND attendees. It didn't feel too big to glean growth tips from. Also, it was a ton of fun, but didn't focus too much on the entertainment and socializing. It was a perfect blend if you are coming with a serious intent of growth and improvement.
The community that you feel with all the other CEO’s is worth its wait in gold. Not only do you learn from the speakers, but you also learn from your peers.
It was so valuable to the business who is 2+ years into their business and wants to scale to the next level with market or team.
Buy your ticket today! The speakers and workshops were so educational AND what I learned can be implemented easily within my business. If you are a year into business or 20 years into your business you will find the summit beneficial. The group immediately clicked and we were vulnerable, grew deep relationships and now have a lifelong network built.
DO IT! It's not your average summit. Education is the foundation for real connection wrapped in a luxury experience.
Stop what you are doing right now and invest in yourself and your business. There aren't any other conferences like this and to actually get to network one on one with the speakers was worth it !
