NFDA Launches Mobile App for 2015 Advocacy Summit
App will be useful to members beyond the event itself Brookfield, Wis. – Following the release of its successful 2014 International Convention & Expo smartphone application, the National...
NFDA Members to Urge Congress to Pass Legislation to Help Social Security Recipients and War Heroes
Brookfield, Wis. – When members of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) are in Washington, D.C., next week, they will urge their elected representatives to pass legislation that...
Carl Sandberg student wins Trigard scholarship
Danville, IL – Trigard proudly awarded a $250 scholarship to Michell Morrow, a Carl Sandberg College Mortuary Science student, earlier this month. Trigard’s Project Manager, Blake Swinford,...
InvoCare Launches in Southern California, Should SCI and Other Funeral Corporations Be Worried?
In a press release sent out Wednesday, InvoCare called itself 'an industry start-up' and said the "funeral industry is dying". InvoCare is hardly a funeral industry start-up (maybe...
Throwback Thursday: Swedish Funeral Candy
Article from: Nourishing Death During the mid-nineteenth century in Sweden hard sugar candies, typically in the form of a corpse and wrapped in black crepe paper with fringes...
3 Reasons Why Someone in Your Funeral Home Shouldn’t Be Managing Your Social Media
Article by Ryan Thogmartin, CEO of DISRUPT Media - Creators of the FUNERAL Social Design Process Most funeral homes owners don't hire professionals to handle their marketing -...
8 Imaginative Ways to Personalize a Funeral
Article by: Jessica Fowler, ASD - Answering Service For Directors Funeral Director and Writer, Thomas Lynch, once wrote, “a good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the...
Guidebook Helps Funeral Professionals Serve Pet Parents
Kates-Boylston Publishes “The Funeral Professional’s Guide to Pet Loss” WALL, N.J. – Kates-Boylston Publications is proud to announce the publication of “The Funeral Professional’s Guide to Pet Loss,”...
A Morbid Look at What Happens to Your Online Presence After You Die
Article from Business Insider Have you ever gotten a spam email from a friend who'd passed away? Or been reminded by Facebook of the birthday of a grad...
3 Tips For Creating Social Content That Engages Senior Citizens
Article by: Mark Thogmartin, VP of Biz Development, DISRUPT Media My 83 year-old father only recently ventured into the world of online electronic communication and Internet browsing, primarily...