A Festival Where Death Talk is Cool
Originally published by: NPR In a sunny patch of grass in the middle of Indianapolis' Crown Hill Cemetery, 45 people recently gathered around a large blackboard. The words...
Dozens Of Clergy Hope To Get People Talking About Death
Originally published by: The Huffington Post Ninety percent of Americans believe it’s important to talk about the end of life with loved ones. Just 30 percent have done...
Memorial Day Story: Coffee, Ink & Tears
Guest post from: Jeff Harbeson, The Funeral Commander A few weeks ago I made my trek cross-country from Virginia to Arizona to start a new position with The...
Perfect Memorials Announces Their 2016 Father’s Day Specials
Perfect Memorials, the leading online retailer of premium quality memorial products, has announced their largest Father’s Day promotion to date that will run during the two weeks leading...
SIX FEET UNDER: Why these women chose the world’s saddest profession
Originally published by: BizJournals.com Jillian Rutherford remembers one of the first funerals she organized. It was for a man who was a huge University of Michigan fan. She made...
LEGACY.COM WINS SILVER IN CUSTOMER SALES AND SERVICE WORLD AWARDS COMPETITION
Legacy.com was named as a Silver Award winner by the Customer Sales and Service World Awards. The award will be presented June 26, 2016, in San Francisco. Legacy...
Mid-America Student and Ivy Tech Student Win Trigard scholarship
Trigard proudly awarded a $250 scholarship to Kenneth Bruington, a Mid-America College mortuary science student, earlier this month. Trigard Chief Executive Officer Linda Darby-Dowers, Director of Business Development...
The Laws They Are A-Changin’ | FUNERAL nation Episode 033
This week: Stephanie Ramsey of the Foresight Companies educates us on the new Governmental Overtime standard changes and what this means to funeral homes. Also, spotlight on a...
DOL ….. FLSA…… EAP……. Wait! What?
Are you confused? Don’t worry, you aren’t alone! Many of us are confounded by all the acronyms currently flying around since the White House Press Secretary’s press release...
Demystifying the Facebook Newsfeed: What Death Care Companies Need to Know
The reason funeral homes maintain a Facebook page is simple…they want Facebook users in their community to see their content on a regular basis. When potential customers enjoy...