funeral directors
I’m guessing that if somebody asked you to picture an “old time mortician” in your mind, you might think somewhat like I do and picture that pioneer mortician so often portrayed from the days of the United States westward expansion during the 2nd half of the 1800’s. That time period between…
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You decided to become a funeral service professional. What were your expectations at the time you made the decision? Tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 21, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) Peer Support Meeting delves into that question among those that will be attending the virtual sesson. Here’s what CANA says in…
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Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had the opportunity to visit with many from the “Death Care” or “Funeral” industry. Those discussions made me realize that our profession has came a long way from the days of individual mortuaries owned only by individuals or families. By some accounts there are about…
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“This rule affects every segment of the American economy and in a simple 3-2 vote destroys billions of dollars in value that employers have spent in compensation for a covenant not to compete”. That quote is part of the message delivered in a National Funeral Directors (NFDA) Special Bulletin on Tuesday by NFDA…
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Every thirty days Funeral Director Daily runs this little section where we recap the Top Read articles of the past 30 days. From my point of view as the author of all of the articles I get a sense of what has been of interest to funeral professionals during that time period. .…
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It’s only Monday, but you don’t know when you will be caught in your car, or the removal vehicle, for a thirty to forty-five minute drive. Just so you have something worth while and timely so the boss can’t say you are “off the clock” here’s some ideas of podcasts that you might…
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In this recent article from the student operated Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota) the Director of the Mortuary Science program Michael LuBrant says this, “Really, it’s a form of health care. It’s serving families, deceased individuals and people at the end of the life cycle. . . . “ LuBrant explains that…
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It’s already the 3rd Tuesday of the month when our friends at the Cremation Association of North American (CANA) help to produce the monthly Death Care Peer Support meetings online. It will happen again tonight at 8 pm Eastern Time/ 7 pm Central Time. Here’s what CANA says about these meetings: “Join…
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“Customer Experience”, or “CX” for short. It’s an extremely important part of your business operation — whether you know it or not. Customer Experience is a subjective thought process of how your clients and others — such as shoppers and people who may simply look to your website for obituaries or to…
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Over the past couple of years many in the Death Care profession have identified that there has been a labor issue in funeral service. Anecdotally, in my opinion, most of that labor issue has simply been in being “short-staffed” on the licensed funeral director/embalmer realm. There seems to be somewhat of a lull…
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