Build Your Brand – Professional Practice
Wednesday evenings 17, 24 & 31 March 2027Original price was: $435.00.$360.00Current price is: $360.00. incl. GST
Prerequisite: Intended for students who have completed at least one Certificate paper, but practising celebrants wanting to improve their management and marketing systems may enrol for Ongoing Professional Development that is recognised by Celebrants Aotearoa. This first part of our Professional Practice strand is complemented by Polish Your Practice, PYP.
Student feedback has shown that celebrants often start making decisions about their brand early in their training, and appreciate some guidance to help avoid expensive mistakes. This is the reason we now teach our Professional Practice in 2 parts. This first part, BYB, helps you to define and/or refine your brand and establish the systems to manage and support your practice.
The course consists of three Zoom evening sessions held at 7.00pm-9.30pm on Wednesday 17, 24 & 31 March.
Enrol before 10 February to access the earlybird rate. Early enrolment ensures there is adequate time for pre-course work which requires some research on which to base your celebrant branding and systems.
Part 2: Polish Your Practice will be available twice during 2017 for anyone eligible to graduate in November 2027.
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Our facilitator, Karen Tangaere (Ngāti Porou), who is both celebrant and teacher, has been highly endorsed by previous workshop participants for creating such a supportive, encouraging learning environment that gently reduces fear, builds understanding, and supports accurate pronunciation and respectful use of te reo Māori in ceremonial contexts.
In this workshop you will:
- Explore opportunities to incorporate te reo Māori into your ceremonies
- Practise pronunciation of the Māori words you already use (or want to use)
- Rehearse greetings, commonly used phrases, and blessings relevant to various ceremonies
- Identify common barriers to using te reo Māori — and learn practical ways to move through yours
You will have time to ask questions, voice concerns, request specific content, and most importantly, practise aloud (but in private).
The workshop is delivered over two sessions, allowing space to consolidate your learning and build real confidence in your language use, so you can stand proudly as a professional celebrant of Aotearoa-New Zealand!
If you miss a session, a recording or written resources will be provided — though nothing replaces the value of live practice.
He Karanga ki te reo Māori – invite Māori language into your ceremonies now.
Tūwhitia te hopo! Feel the fear — and do it anyway.
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starting Monday 10th May 2027Don’t miss this fantastic combination of online and face-to-face funeral celebrant training. It gives you the best of both worlds – the convenience of Zoom to begin and the added depth of in-person training to complete. If you want to competently and confidently design and lead funeral ceremonies in NZ, there is no better option. You will build some skills and knowledge in the online classes and then meet for an intensive, practical weekend in Mt Eden, Auckland. Here you get the inside view of the funeral industry with Q&A’s, site visits and presentation practice to a real live audience. This enriching experience has been highly endorsed by past students – it’s real and builds your collegial network at the same time!
We prefer you to have completed the Ceremony and Celebration paper first (available in February 2027), as this provides the in-depth planning a design components you will apply in this course. Practising celebrants, funeral directors, and others with experience in the industry and/or with loss and grief work may also apply. (Contact the Director to discuss your suitability). Grab this opportunity for the ultimate funeral celebrant training package.
Save the dates:
Monday 10th May: 7:00pm-9:30pm online
Monday 17th May: 7:00pm-9:30pm online
Monday 24th May: 7:00pm-9:30pm online
Monday 1st May: 7:00pm-9:30pm online
Saturday 12th June: : 10:00am-5:00pm face-to-face in Auckland
Sunday 13th June: 9:00am-3.00pm (Please note: the weekend times allow for those travelling)
Earlybird rate available until 1 April. Payment plans are offered up till this date.
Precourse work is sent prior to the first Zoom session, so early enrolment enables precourse prep and a smooth start for the group. Ideally we like all enrolments/course admin to be concluded 10 days before commencement – enrolments after this incur a 10% surcharge. Please enrol early. This course sold out in 2026.