Afternoon Edition
As we’ve started to do in recent months, we recall the most read Funeral Director Daily stories of the past thirty days. There is a little for everybody in this edition as the top story has to do with mergers and acquisitions, the second most-read story is a little-known history story from the death of…
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Funeral Director Daily’s morning message was one that its essence pointed out that in business, businesses will prosper best if the management and the employees can be on the same page. With that in mind we bring you the following Webinar entitled “The Future of Work — What comes Next”. We believe that this webinar…
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Just perfect to leave you with for this weekend is access to this podcast from Let’s Get Social entitled “How the funeral industry is using social media effectively”. It comes to us from one of our readers in Ireland who sent us the access information along with this note: “I co-host a social media for…
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Park Lawn Corporation (PLC), the Canadian based funeral and cemetery operator announced in this press release yesterday that they had entered the state of Georgia with an agreement to purchase the Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory located in Cumming, Forsythe County. The press release stated that the acquisition is scheduled to close in December of…
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Over the holiday weekend we came across the following podcasts that you may enjoy: From Deathcare Decoded: “Core Values – Gratitude” Kicking off the 2021 holiday season with this special episode of Deathcare Decoded, Alexandra explores the concept of gratitude, which is one of Parting Stone’s four core company values. She explains how Parting Stone…
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As we have started to do in the last several months we will list here the most read articles published by Funeral Director Daily over the past 30 days. For the period from October 15-November 14 the number one article was entitled “Park Lawn Announces Three Acquisitions”. Following is a link to it and the…
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Last March a public service announcement (PSA) created by the International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association (ICCFA) Education Foundation began airing. In early November the association announced that the PSA campaign has been one of the best in media history by, according to Nielsen TV research, being broadcast 7,955 times and viewed by an approximate…
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The top read article for the last 30 days published on Funeral Director Daily dealt with, not only the loss of men in the funeral service workforce, but the loss of men in the workforce in general. We’ve all seen many more women in funeral service over the past decades but what about the participation…
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Roosevelt Investments, a wealth management firm with 50 years of experience working with funeral and cemetery professionals, will host its next live video call on Thursday, October 14, beginning at 12 Noon Eastern Time. The topic will be “Short-Term Turbulence but Medium-Term Optimism: Our Thoughts Into Year End” John Roscoe, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, and…
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We are happy to remind you of the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) co-sponsored peer support meeting. This is for anyone who works for a funeral home, cemetery, or crematory serving the public or supporting those who do. Students, apprentices, and interns are welcome Join your peers on September 21 (Tonight) to talk about…
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