8 New Ways to Open Up Your Funeral Home to Your Community
Think your funeral home, chapel, or reception areas are just venues for funerals? Think again! Offering your space to your community for non-death-related events or purposes isn’t just...
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Bad News Is Traveling Too Fast: The Problem With Social Media, FindAGrave, and Instant Notifications
From his social media posts, you’d think one of my Facebook friends was a coroner, funeral director, or clairvoyant. I say this because rarely does a week go...
Dealing With Difficult Families
Our thanks to Dr. Davana Pilczuk of The Human Performance Group for this article. Dr. Pilczuk is an award-winning kinesiologist who specializes in human performance, including dealing with...
Shifting Generational Values Could Mean the Death of the Suit in Deathcare
A recent survey for funeral professionals put out by Connecting Directors showed that 33.8% of deathcare professionals identified recruiting and retaining quality employees as their biggest professional challenge,...
How Mental Health Support can Impact Employee Retention in Deathcare
According to a recent survey for funeral professionals put out by Connecting Directors, 32.31% of deathcare professionals said that mental health and compassion fatigue is a professional challenge,...
How to Manage and Discipline Like a Boss, Not a Friend
Thanks to Connecting Directors contributing writer Beth Campagno for this article! Being a boss has a lot of perks, like good pay, recognition, and maybe even a prime...
Cold Hands Embalming Tip of the Week
We are excited to collaborate with Cold Hands and Monica Torres, renowned licensed funeral director, embalmer, cremationist, cosmetic reconstructive specialist, desairologist, and owner/founder of NXT Generation Mortuary Support! Every...