Coasson: Preserving Tradition in a New and Modern Way
If you attended the 2019 NFDA Convention and Expo in Chicago, chances are you noticed the Coasson. It’s hard not to. This sleek pull-behind innovation attracts attention in...
Advocating For 1A Vaccine Priority for Funeral Workers: “You Name It, We’ve Tried It”
The message from our recent Connecting Directors COVID Vaccine Priority Survey is loud and clear: The deathcare profession is not being consistently treated with the urgency and understanding...
“Priorities Are A Little Screwed Up”: Results of Our COVID Vaccination Survey
On Monday, January 11, we asked you to tell us how your state or community was handling COVID-19 vaccinations — specifically, what priority was assigned to deathcare professionals....
Ohio Latest State to Pass Fetal Remains Disposition Law
As 2020 drew to a close, Ohio Governor Mark DeWine signed a bill that requires fetal remains from surgical abortions to be cremated or buried. The measure clarified...
COVID-19 Vaccination Survey: Are You Getting Phase 1A Priority Treatment?
Deathcare advocacy organizations, including the National Funeral Directors Associations (NFDA) and the International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association (ICCFA), have fought since last summer to put funeral workers...
Charbonneau Prevails! A Huge Win for Alkaline Hydrolysis in Canada
It’s been a long, difficult, and expensive four years for Ontario funeral director Trevor Charbonneau. In 2017, Charbonneau was simply a funeral home owner looking to offer widely-used...
5 New Year’s Resolutions for Deathcare Professionals
Do you make personal resolutions at the dawn of every new year? Lose weight, spend less, yadda, yadda, yadda. The goal of a resolution is to improve yourself...
The 10 Top Stories of 2020
2020 was a year we don’t really want to remember, but unfortunately can never forget. We certainly had a lot of deathcare-related news to share here at Connecting...
6 Ways Deathcare Professionals Embraced Their Communities in 2020
Every funeral home, crematory, and cemetery owner and manager knows that getting involved in the communities they serve is not only a valuable marketing tool — it’s just...
Harris Transgender Case: Modest Settlement, Immeasurable Impact
Last week’s $250,000 settlement may have closed Aimee Stephens’ landmark transgender case, but it marked the implementation of sweeping reforms across the employment landscape. And to think it...