In this episode, Kathy Romero discusses the importance of building trust through the budget conversation during the event planning process. She emphasizes the need for planners to be prepared and armed with information when discussing numbers with clients. Kathy shares her strategies for pricing line items properly and breaking down the numbers with confidence. She also highlights the significance of providing clear and concise quotes that break down every single point discussed with clients. Kathy advises planners to be transparent and consistent about their numbers and fees, and to provide clients with comparable alternatives when necessary.

Takeaways

• Be prepared and armed with information when discussing numbers with clients
• Price line items properly and break down the numbers with confidence
• Provide clear and concise quotes that break down every single point discussed with clients
• Be transparent and consistent about your numbers and fees
• Tackle the money conversation head on with confidence
• Provide clients with comparable alternatives when necessary
  

Every episode I record is dedicated to event planners, producers, and the industry alike, who work tirelessly to elevate their craft and who believe that the work that they do brings joy to others as they walk in their purpose.

This Episode is Sponsored by KR | The Planner Collective. I you want to find out more about these workshops visit KR The Planner Collective

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event planning, budget conversation, building trust, pricing line items, clear quotes, transparent fees, comparable alternatives

In this episode, Kathy Romero discusses the importance of incorporating wellness into your business to prevent burnout. She emphasizes the need to prioritize what truly matters and to constantly improve oneself. Kathy shares her insights on the six main areas that contribute to business health: basics, brand, sales, pricing, process, and wellness. She also explores the eight dimensions of wellness: intellectual, emotional, financial, physical, occupational, social, environmental, and spiritual. Kathy encourages listeners to focus on success markers such as discipline, beliefs, and energy.

Takeaways:

• Incorporating wellness into your business is essential to avoid burnout
• Prioritize what truly matters most
• Business Health can be assessed through the basics: brand, sales, pricing, process, and wellness
• Focus on the eight dimensions of the wellness wheel
• We need to redefine the success markers that can work for us

Today’s podcast is all about how to RE-IGNITE YOUR FIRE

There are some weeks that just light you up and others not so much. But we learn from all of it. What we learn from those weeks is what matters. The good, the bad and the indifferent. All of those feelings leave us with life lessons.

I’ve been working on some deliciousness this week, between my live events and my coaching clients, I feel completely alive and aligned with all of it!

As I continue to chat with so many amazing ladies inside the event world and outside in other disciplines. I notice that doubt creeps in more than we’d like – So that’s where I got the idea for this podcast content today.

I want to touch on re-igniting our fire by paying close attention to the beliefs that we are holding on to. I’m sharing a few life hacks that have been life changing for me on today’s podcast. I know they will be so good for you too!

The first thing to focus on is mastering your craft. It’s the best confidence booster. Master the game on your own terms and in your style have your business or job fit and accommodate all the levels in your life. That includes, kids, hubby, boyfriend, partner, dog, whatever...

I know this to be true: Things will happen for you. You really just need to be patient and let it all unfold with ease. Release our need for control is a game-changer! You create resistance when you pull in certain directions. Let things happen in due time. Lean in to learning and let go of the grip.

I’m delighted to have my friend Kesha Franklin on today’s Front and Centered podcast episode.

Kesha is an accomplished interior designer with a fabulous sense of fashion. She has developed a high level of self-awareness, and her presence also embodies grace and sophistication.

One thing I always find remarkable about Kesha is that she really has taken her passion and made it work for herself. She operates from her core and stays true to her authenticity. Passion, love, and excellence have been the compass that she has used to shape the direction of her life and career.

Kesha is a perfect example of the importance of listening to your intuition and understanding that you do have something to give the world. When you give from within, that’s when magic happens.

Tune in to learn about Kesha’s creative process and her workflow as we touch on...

TODAY’S FOCUS ON THE PODCAST: UNLEASHING THE ART WITHIN US

- Exemplifying who you are with intention

- The art of transformation

- Staying true to yourself while creating with purpose We welcome Kesha with open arms.

Today’s topic is about how someone can build a legacy vs a business. Our guest today, Sharon Sacks knows all about this!

Can you imagine being able to say this about you and your business? Becoming an example to follow for so many? Sharon has created a business with the confidence of a true leader. Unassuming in her approach but very much aware of all the luxuries of the world. She’s built a business based on perseverance and dedication. A kind person at heart. She pulls people gravitate to because your aura and just that huge pleasant smile you greet everyone with. I admire you, Sharon. Thank you so much for being our guest today.

TODAY’S FOCUS ON THE PODCAST: BUILDING A LEGACY NOT A BUSINESS

HIGHLIGHTS:

- The Importance of having the right mindset

- Staying the course in a competitive market

- How to remain grounded while serving high profile clients

- The importance of having the right team

Sharon believes you are only as good as your last event! Everyone in the room should be a celebrity. She believes that the love, the service, the care, is what keeps you going in this industry.

She’s inspired by architecture, fashion, and nature. She understands that the event industry brings joy, and with joy comes health and with health comes longevity! As long as we remember that we will never be arrogant and as long as we are not arrogant, we will always be prepared to serve.

Tai Beauchamp is our guest today and I simply cannot wait for you to hear all the gems in this podcast. We agreed that she truly has a gift to allows people to feel seen and loved. She is a woman of tremendous strength. In her quest to help others find happiness, she has developed the innate ability to ask the right questions that lead people to go inward.

She challenges her followers to go deep and to ask themselves questions like these:

How have you challenged yourself to change your perspective?

What will you choose to see differently, more clearly despite what the world says?

How will you illuminate truth to elevate and clearly impact the lives of others?

The question is...do you believe that one woman, one girl, her choice to change the world can lead to monumental impact that creates cataclysmic shifts?

She believes that as women we need to lean in to our divine feminine and that we should take note that the divine masculine is essential too! Tai is such is an incredibly well-rounded human. As a former all-state athlete, champion AAU player recruited to play in college, she grew up not only in sports, but in gymnastics. Her mother influenced her style. She was a teen model who later became the youngest and first African American editor at Seventeen. But it’s her love for wellness as a whole that truly continues to inspire her to lead a better life and to help others to do the same.