SympathyNet: A Professional, Passionate, and Proactive Livestreaming Provider
Love or hate it, you can’t avoid it. Your funeral home needs a livestreaming option. If you didn’t realize this prior to 2020, the pandemic proved that offering...
This O.G. Embalming Text Is The Ultimate Guide to Mummification
Last week’s Friday Funeral Fast Wrap included a cartoon illustrating one of the dangers of offering services personalized to “fit every individual and family” … Oddly enough (we...
Credit Union Insurance Group CUNA Buys Assurant Preneed Business
In a $1.3 billion deal announced on March 9, 2021, CUNA Mutual Group is acquiring the preneed business of Assurant, an exclusive, longtime partner of Service Corporation International...
Deathcare Survey 2021: And the Winners Are …
The Connecting Directors 2021 Deathcare Survey netted 399 responses and an incredible amount of information. Your feedback presents an amazing snapshot of the state of deathcare today: who...
Death from Broken Heart Syndrome and Isolation Are Real and COVID is the Culprit
It’s a record no one wanted to break: 500,000 deaths officially attributed to COVID. On February 23, the United States reached that milestone. Unfortunately, that “official” number is...
Does “Buried By The Bernards” Show the Reality of Family-Owned Funeral Homes?
If you’ve had the time (which, considering the state of the things right now you probably haven’t) you may have caught at least a few episodes of the...
Florida Man Turns Uncle’s Bones into Functional “Skelecaster” Guitar
We cover a lot of unusual and unconventional death-related topics here at Connecting Directors, but this is a new one. It seems a man from Tampa, Florida who...
SURVEY: Let Your Voice Be Heard and Win One of Three $100 Amazon Gift Cards
Our goal at Connecting Directors is to provide superior deathcare industry content and free tools to help our readers advance your careers and grow your business. To support...
Keep Your Cemetery From Becoming a Crime Scene
Thanks to Connecting Directors contributing author Eric Pereira for this story. We’d like to think of cemeteries as safe sanctuaries where families can mourn and remember their loved...
2020 Celebrity Deaths: Privacy Prevailed
Customarily, funerals and memorial services for deceased celebrities are star-studded, widely-publicized, and well-photographed events. Last year, though, was different — as you well know. The pandemic changed memorialization...