When searching for celebrant training, there are now many companies and lone trainers to choose from. With so many to choose from, how do you know which is the best online celebrant training for you?
Your Training, Your Choice
As we are all individuals, we should all have the option of choice, (which isn’t something generally offered by most companies and people offering celebrant training). Many teach the same course content to every student celebrant who trains with that company. How you learn (online, group and fast track or accelerated learning or in person on an individual basis) doesn’t matter as potentially it could be the same course content. Why is this? Why is there uniformed training for a role which offers personalised ceremonies to those who seek them?
The role of a celebrant is about creating and leading ceremonies centred on and around people. Teaching the same course content to everyone in a group training session or online only gives knowledge and experience of specific or limited ceremonies styles. Newly trained celebrants who want to offer varying styles of ceremonies, or who want to focus on an alternative style not covered during training, have to learn to adapt what they were taught, or spend further money seeking additional training. Choosing what you learn rather than how you will learn should be the main focus.
Individualised Celebrant Training
Once the decision has been made to train as a celebrant, choosing how to learn is usually the only decision most people make.
Ways to train:
Group training (up to 10 people in a hotel, office or designated premises)
Online Zoom group training (up to ten people online)
1-2-1 online training on Zoom
1-2-1 in person training
Online training with course materials sent by email
Video watching training
If travelling is an issue due to personal commitments, 1-2-1 online training is the better option but, what you learn during any course should be the deciding factor when choosing a certain training provider.
Shouldn’t the focus be on the course content rather than where the course is taught? If everyone receives the same training and information, how is this beneficial to those who want to be alternative rather than traditional celebrants?
Alternative Celebrant Training
What is an alternative celebrant? Choice Celebrant Training are the founders of alternative celebrant training, and the only company offering this style of individualised training. Alternative celebrancy isn’t about the venue, clothing the clients are wearing or how the clients look, it is about the ceremony content and the knowledge required to be able to create such a ceremony for unique clients. It is thinking outside the box rather than expecting people to choose what is offered to them.
Modern Celebrant Training
Modern celebrant training is based on traditional wedding and funeral services of the past with some additions such as unity ceremonies included. Unity ceremonies are also an important part of alternative ceremonies, but they are less likely to be traditional ones taught in modern celebrant training.
Cheap Online Celebrant Training
With so many companies and businesses offering celebrant training, many are swayed by the costs of training and decide who to train with based on how much it costs. It is important to consider what the overall costs of cheap training will be.
Facebook celebrant groups contains newly trained and current student celebrants. Many seek advise on specific topics which should be covered during every training course, regardless of the style of training undertaken. It is important to take a step back and ask yourself what your personal requirements and expectations of a celebrant would be if you needed one for a wedding or funeral ceremony for yourself or a family member. Does the course you are considering include information and training on this?
Celebrant Support
Is the best online celebrant training determined by additional support once training has ended? Many state they offer continuing support but what is that support? Is it just the offer of being in a Facebook group with others who trained with each company, or is it online email advice, text advice or help through a phone call? If advice is needed, how long is it between seeking it and receiving support?
It is perhaps worth contacting other celebrants who trained with the company you are considering signing up with. The advice and experience of established celebrants rather than newly qualified ones is preferable as established celebrants will be able to relate how the training or support they received has enabled them to gain work as a celebrant and how they have been supported.
Continuing Professional Development For Celebrants
We never stop learning, and once initial training has ended, seeking continuing professional development (CPD) learning is beneficial. Does the training provider you are drawn to offer these courses?
As wedding (and funeral) trends change, ensuring current celebrants have knowledge of these trends and changes is important if a celebrant is to be successful. Here at Choice Celebrant Training with have regular Zoom presentations for our community of celebrants with trends one of the many subjects discussed.
We offer CPD courses on an individual basis. From handfasting and creating unique unity ceremonies, to self-care and self-employment information. Our CPD courses are on whatever subjects relating to celebrancy you require information and support on.
The Best Online Celebrant Training
We aren’t egotistically stating we are the best online celebrant training company because we aren’t right for everyone. The best online celebrant training course is the with courses which meet your needs to become the kind of celebrant you want to become. It is the courses which provides you with individualised adequate learning and continuing support. It is what you will learn and how this will be the starting point of your future role as a celebrant. It is a question of which is the best online celebrant company for you.
You do have choices, would you lie to learning the same course materials as others, or do you prefer an individualised training programme created specifically for you? It isn’t really a difficult choice to make is it?
One final thing, ‘the market is flooded with celebrants’, ‘there are too many celebrants’ and the favourite, ‘training companies should stop training celebrants as there isn’t enough work to go round’. Commonly heard phrases which are incorrect and raise smiles to us here at Choice Celebrant training.
There are a lot of celebrants; there are also too many celebrants offering the same kinds of ceremonies, and Choice Celebrant Training isn’t going to stop training celebrants who want to specialise in specific styles of ceremonies. In our experience as established and current wedding and funeral celebrants, we need more unique celebrants to help those who looking for the right celebrant for them.
To find how more about individualised celebrant training, call us, email us or request one of our training team to contact you.
