Afternoon Edition
I found it more than a coincidence that the same day I received this press release for the next WilbertEDU session that Yahoo Finance published this article titled “Gen Z is projected to become the largest, wealthiest generation”. It was coincidental because the WilbertEDU session will feature the topic “Bridging the Generational Divide in…
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Tonight, Tuesday, July 16 at 8 pm Eastern Time (7 pm Central Time) the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) presents its monthly Funeral Professionals Peer Support Group virtual meeting. This month’s talking point will be facilitated by Peer Support US Program Director Kim Zavrotny and will deal with your working environment. Here’s…
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In what is probably a first for Funeral Director Daily, our “Finance” story headings took four of the top five spaces in “most-read” articles this past month. That is however, certainly understandable when you consider the potential take private movement of Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) and the commentary that development has brought about in…
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A quote from John R. Dijulius III goes like this “If you want to see how a company is doing today, look at their current sales; if you want to know how a company will perform in the future, look at their current Customer Satisfaction scores”. Customer satisfaction has always been a goal…
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The University of Nebraska is evidently facing a $58 million budget shortfall for the coming season and ideas to eliminate it are coming forward. One such idea mentioned in this article, proposed by Nebraska regent Barbara Weitz, is to build a columbarium under the football field where departed fans can have their cremated…
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In the last couple of weeks Funeral Director Daily has noticed three companies involved in the Death Care business being under review. You can read a short commentary from either Fitch Ratings or A.M. Best on the following companies: Matthews International Heritage Life Insurance Company Homesteaders Life Insurance Company Enter your…
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Funeral365, the management solution company for funeral service, is presenting a free online seminar tomorrow, Wednesday, June 26, at 4 pm Eastern Time (3 pm Central Time). Here’s what the people at Funeral365 say that you can learn from this presentation: The current state of the deathcare industry and financial trends Innovative approaches…
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Succession planning and driving enterprise value upward should always be in our minds as owners, managers, and key stakeholders in a business. “The why behind all we do.” – That sentence is part of a teaser put out for a webinar to appear on the Order of the Golden Rule’s WebEd” series tomorrow,…
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The middle of the month came up fast again. . . and at Funeral Director Daily we are excited that we continue to grow. Our readership, as measured by pageviews, is up another 4.5% over May of 2023. . .Thank you for reading us. As for stories of the past 30 days it’s…
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The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) sponsored Funeral Professionals Peer Support celebrates it’s 3rd birthday with tomorrow night’s virtual meeting. It was in 2021 when the meetings first started and according to information from CANA tomorrow’s meeting “will reflect on three years of change and growth in the funeral profession”. CANA…
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