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About

A Paradigm Shift Event is a boutique wedding planning company in Raleigh, North Carolina that specializes in weddings that are elegant, personalized, and fun. The team at A Paradigm Shift Event will help make your event unique and tailored to your personality and preferences. Although A Paradigm Shift Event planners appreciate the etiquette and traditional aspects of weddings, the special day should reflect the personality of the couple and most of all, be fun! The goal for the team at A Paradigm Shift Event is for guests to walk into the room and say “wow,” and then have The. Best. Time. Ever. If you are ready to shift the paradigm and change your wedding planning experience, contact A Paradigm Shift Event.

Services Offered

A Paradigm Shift Event offers packages to suit a variety of needs and budgets, but can also provide hourly consultations and custom packages. Services include:

  • Month-of coordination
  • Partial planning
  • Full-service coordination
  • In-person meetings with consultant
  • Budget analysis
  • Vendor referrals and selection
  • Vendor contract review
  • Rehearsal coordination
  • Event design
  • Etiquette advice
  • Timelines and to-do lists
  • Prioritizing
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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?

$1,395

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$2,190

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$3,995

Do you offer an hourly rate?

No

What is the hourly rate?

$100

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Day-of Coordination
Full Planning
Partial Planning

What weddings do you have experience planning?

Civil
Cultural
Non-Religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

3

Reviews of A Paradigm Shift Event

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Arielle
Arielle Sent on 08/08/2022
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Jocelyn was an amazing coordinator who's services paid for itself

If you want a low stress, high impact wedding that follows your vision Jocelyn is your dream Month of Coordinator. I had previously done amateur day of coordination work for friends so had a very clear idea of how I wanted my wedding to look and wanted to do the bulk of the design and vendor picking myself but also knew that my husband and I just wanted to sit back and relax the weekend of our wedding. So when we met Jocelyn at a vendor showcase at our venue, The Museum of Life and Science, we knew we had found the right person. Because of her depth of experience with our venue she was able to plan and account for all of the idiosyncrasies of the museum, including when we threw in a curve ball of switching out the white tent included at the venue for a clear top tent and adding lighting. We ran into some last few week issues with logistics and fees with the venue for this detail and Jocelyn was able to jump in and get it handled efficiently and for half of the added cost we were originally quoted by the venue which meant we saved a good chunk of the money we paid for her services. I can confidently say that hiring Jocelyn was an “added cost” to our wedding planning that 110% paid for itself. We included add on hours to our planning to lay out budget expectations, because we had an idea of a total amount we wanted to spend but were unsure how that money should be broken up within that total, so we did not do something like accidentally over allocate money on food and leave none for flowers. This was insurmountably important to keep our budget on track, even though we did end up ballooning our budget a bit with the extra year we had from being a COVID postponed wedding. Which Jocelyn was also a consummate professional about. When we were overly cautious in April 2020 and postponed our October 2020 wedding for the following year Jocelyn was such a gem and reached out to all of our vendors and arranged the postponement with them so we didn’t have to do it when we were already emotionally drained from making this heavy decision. We were so touched and she was able to confirm all of our vendors so we were able to keep all of our “dream team”. Leading up to the wedding we had some meetings about a month out wherein Jocelyn was able to identify a hole in our planning and priorities - aka the fact that we had not picked a DJ as we did not intend to have dancing at our dinner party style wedding. She was able to recommend a trusted vendor - Frankie at Island Sound who was not only available but also the perfect fit for our wedding. On the day of we were confident all day that everyone and everything would be exactly as we planned and really truly did enjoy our wedding with no stress. I had a lot of signage, wedding branding, and even a memorial table with our passed family member’s favorite foods and photos and Jocelyn was able to execute all of the details just as I’d imagined. Even our photographer who works on hundreds of weddings a year complimented us on having one of the best coordinators she has ever worked with and has now recommended Jocelyn to her other clients still looking for a vendor. The closest thing to a disaster was that right before dinner a rattlesnake came to investigate the patio the dinner buffet had been laid out on, which delayed eating but the situation was handled so elegantly by Jocelyn and the venue that us and all of our guests now only consider it a funny story. That’s the type of coordinator you need, one that thinks on her feet and leaves you and your guests with nothing but happy memories. I would use Jocelyn again for a high impact event and have definitely recommended her to our friends.
Brittany
Brittany Sent on 11/27/2016
5 out of 5 rating
Jocelyn and her team helped make our day absolutely awesome! Jocelyn was very speedy at answering emails and any questions we had during our 16 month planning process. Although she was just our day of planner she made her self available to us the entire time and helped whenever needed. She also did awesome at pairing our personalities with vendors that were perfect for us when it was needed. She is definitely an expert in the field and I would recommend her to any and everyone!!!
Suzanne
Suzanne Sent on 10/07/2014
5 out of 5 rating
I hired Jocelyn and her team as my day-of coordinator for my 9/20/14 wedding. She and her team completely exceeded my expectations in every aspect. Despite technically being only a day-of-coordinator, she helped me in the months leading up to the wedding by suggesting vendors and just lending an ear to my ideas. She was always quick to respond and had me laughing during the entire planning process. The week of the wedding she organized all of my vendors and even they expressed how professional and wonderful she was to work with. She thought of things I had never considered, and I was an extremely organized and Type-A bride, and helped me feel comfortable and relaxed leading up to the big day. At the wedding she intervened when things went wrong and made sure that all of my needs were met. I never even knew about some of the things that she handled at the wedding because she was just that good.

I completely trusted Jocelyn with my wedding and she knocked it out of the park. I would hire Jocelyn again in a heartbeat. Best money spent on the wedding.

Professional Network & Endorsements

10 Endorsements
ELIZABETH ASHLEY & CO. ELIZABETH ASHLEY & CO. Wedding Photographers

Jocelyn is an amazing wedding planner to say the least. She is very organized, very experienced, and has an creative eye for details. She is highly professional and is amazing to work with. We love her team and they do what they do very well. It is absolutely a pleasure and a joy to work with this awesome wedding planner. We get so excited anytime she refers us, because we know the wedding day well go smoothly for us, the couple and the other vendors. We look forward to future weddings with this company.

Old Lystra Inn Old Lystra Inn Historic Weddings

I have had the pleasure of working with Jocelyn Warren of A Paradigm Shift Events on 2 styled shoots at our venue. She is a master of moving parts and has an amazing capacity to bring inspiration to reality! She is creative, talented, organized and communicative. I would not hesitate for an instant to put her in charge of my wedding day!

Flowers By Gary Flowers By Gary Wedding Florists

So professional and so easy to work with!

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