funeral education

It’s Monday. . .Here’s some listening ideas for the week.

By Funeral Director Daily / April 1, 2024 /

    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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CANA announces “First-of-its-Kind” credential for Cremation Specialist

By Funeral Director Daily / December 1, 2022 /
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The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) has developed an all new program to train cremation specialists.  The first class begins in January 2023 and registration begins today.  The following is complete information from CANA: By 2033, cremation is predicted to be the preferred form of disposition in every state. Too many businesses see this…

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CANA Peer Support tomorrow and more information

By Funeral Director Daily / October 17, 2022 /

As part of Funeral Director Daily’s continuing effort to make you aware of health and knowledge information available to the Death Care professional we turn this afternoon’s blog spot over to giving you some information on items of interest in the profession.  Learn about how to care for yourself when you tune in to CANA’s…

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NFDA puts blitz on Baltimore

By Funeral Director Daily / July 5, 2022 /

I recently received an e-mail from the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) informing me of the NFDA International Convention and Expo that will be taking place in Baltimore, Maryland, from October 9-12, 2022.  After two years of having to worry about Covid, I figured it is time to get it on my calendar and be…

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News you can Use

By Funeral Director Daily / March 14, 2022 /

Once again I’ve had some things pile up on my desk that I feel are important for readers to have available to them, but I just cannot fit them into feature articles.  Included in this batch of linked features are information on the NFDA’s Emerging Leaders program, NFDA podcasts, information on the Cremation Association of…

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Funeral directors, employee shortages, and death care license requirements

By Funeral Director Daily / January 12, 2022 /

Today we bring you this interesting article from the Iowa Capital Dispatch concerning a potential funeral director who believed he needed a waiver to receive his Iowa Funeral Directors License.  One of the requirements for licensure by the Iowa Board of Mortuary Science is that the applicant has completed 60 college credit hours and maintained…

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The bartender becomes a mortician

By Funeral Director Daily / September 24, 2021 /

I don’t know if it is just me or others see it too.  For years funeral directors seemed to work in anonymity, but when someone called us we were always there to answer.  However, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, I seem to think that funeral directors and morticians are finally seen in our society for…

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News you can use

By Funeral Director Daily / May 11, 2021 /

In an effort to get you more information to learn more and more about your profession, Funeral Director Daily brings you these opportunities that have been sent to us for your information.   From the National Funeral Director’s Association: A Brush with Death podcast — Going Green: Another funeral option.  Podcast #23 in a series…

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Students, scholarships, and a way you can help

By Funeral Director Daily / March 11, 2021 /

It is interesting that I came across this article as I was thinking of a topic for today’s column.  One of the items that I have been thinking about lately was the COVID relief bill that passed the Senate last weekend and passed the House on Wednesday.  It is expected to bring $1.9 trillion in…

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Afternoon Edition: Director/Agent license revoked, educational opportunities

By Funeral Director Daily / October 5, 2020 /

In today’s Afternoon Edition we bring you opportunities to continue to learn with a webinar from Disrupt Media and the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), a new podcast from the National Funeral Directors Association, and a useful article from Clifton Larson Allen on planning an exit from your business. We also have a couple…

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