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Funeral Director Daily learned last week that “ASD – Answering Service for Directors is proud to announce a new partnership with Continuing Vision, an education provider that hosts virtual and on-site events with the goal of helping funeral directors fulfill their CE requirements. This collaboration aims to support funeral professionals in their efforts…
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The “Funeral Rule” came into effect in April 1984. That’s 40 years ago. Don’t get me wrong. . . . I’m an advocate for consumer protections. The “Funeral Rule” was supposed to offer those protections back in 1984. But in my opinion, the actual reality of the rule ever since it was implemented,…
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As I’ve been formulating this article in my mind before putting the thoughts on the computer screen and into print two words come to my mind — “Experiences” and “Vision”. I think of “Experiences” in the realm of what do our client families expect for the “experience” of their funerals and or tributes? …
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Americans have moved into a realization that when it comes to grief, memorialization, and remembrance that not one size fits all. That’s apparent by the growing number of options chosen for human disposition and remembrance. This article and news video story from the Central Oregon Daily News brings up the relatively new memorialization process…
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While we cannot guarantee success with every idea, one of the reasons for reading Funeral Director Daily is that we endeavor to give ideas to Death Care professionals that can have a positive impact on the financial results of your funeral home, crematory, or cemetery. And, with the continuing choice of cremation as…
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It hit me the other day while I was in the process of reading a new book, “Meeting the Moment”. It’s a story of how six United States Presidents “met the moment” and “Inspired Presidential Leadership that transformed America”. It’s also probably an odd place to get insight and inspiration for putting down…
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Parting Stone, the creator of solidified remains for cremation memorialization, has had created an AI generated desktop calendar for funeral homes. Here’s what their recent press release says of the calendar: “Parting Stone, the innovators behind solidified remains, is proud to announce the release of their 2025 “Death Rocks! Calendar,” an AI-generated page-a-day…
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Next week is Chrsitmas. . . . . And, almost everybody has their own traditions on how they spend time with their family or their community. But what about your funeral home? What are the traditions that they follow? Having looked-forward to annual traditions is not only a way to celebrate with…
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It’s probable to say that the fad of Green Burials has turned into a trend and may have become an accepted norm to human disposition. Evidence of this is given by the decision of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs announcing in this press release that it is instituting a “pilot program”…
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Funeral Safe announced last week that they had received almost $US 9 million in additional funding to expand their funeral-based consumer finance company. In business since 2016, the latest round of capital investment by Black Lion Ventures will give Black Lion Ventures a controlling interest in the company. Funeral Safe is a United…
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