Earlier this month, the funeralOne team was down in Nashville, Tennessee for the annual International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) conference! Not only is ICCFA one of our favorite events of the year because we get to meet with amazing funeral professionals from all over the world, but it also brings together some of […] Continue reading How John McQueen Turned Funerals Into A Lifelong Passion (And Success) on funeralOne Blog. How John McQueen Turned Funerals Into A Lifelong Passion (And Success) published first on YouTube via Tumblr How John McQueen Turned Funerals Into A Lifelong Passion (And Success)
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We are delighted to launch our new Good Funeral Guild website today, complete with photos of (most of!) our wonderful supporters who have already signed up. There are over 150 people who are now part of the Guild, making connections and having discussions, and helping us to keep the GFG afloat. Have a look here: www.goodfuneralguild.co.uk. What a great looking bunch! If you’d like to be part of this great new network we’d love to have you on board. Great things are happening already, and we have a second exclusive Guild get together planned for early June. Go to the ‘Join Us’ tab on the new website and you can be part of the change that is happening in funeralworld. And get to come to Guild Gigs. PS If you’re already a member of the Guild but find you have a logo instead of a photo on your profile, it probably means you haven’t sent us a pic yet. It’s not too late so send your best selfie over. Team GFG
The real faces of the members of the Good Funeral Guild published first on YouTube via Tumblr The real faces of the members of the Good Funeral Guild Attention residents of Manchester, New Hampshire: Gail Rubin is coming to your town to speak! Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium is pleased and proud to host “The Doyenne of Death®,” Gail Rubin, CT, for TWO end-of-life and funeral pre-planning seminars in May. She’s presenting “Kicking the Bucket List: Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before […] via Tumblr May 23: New Hampshire Phaneuf Funeral Home Talks With the deterioration of passenger treatment on airlines these days, this Non Sequitur cartoon says so much on behalf of the weary, tempest-tossed traveler. If you’ve ever been in a bad situation on an overbooked airliner, this “Final Reward for an Airline Executive” will give you a smile. via Tumblr Death Cartoon: The Final Reward for Overbooking Airline Execs When it comes to creating beautiful, effective funeral websites, we aren’t ashamed to say that funeralOne is one of the best companies out there (and we aren’t shy about sharing the stories that back up our claims). But we didn’t just start creating amazing funeral home websites overnight… we’ve spent years and years studying what […] Continue reading The Insider’s Guide To Creating A Valuable Funeral Home Website on funeralOne Blog. The Insider’s Guide To Creating A Valuable Funeral Home Website published first on YouTube via Tumblr The Insider’s Guide To Creating A Valuable Funeral Home Website Mom’s dog-eared personal phone book in the kitchen drawer is a thing of the past. How will you contact all of the family and friends who need to know about a death in the family? The answer is right there in your smart phone, with help of the Everdays app. Everdays introduced the Everdays Partner Dashboard […] via Tumblr Video: Everdays Gathers Supportive Family and Friends If you were at the crematorium this afternoon because someone has died, I’m sorry. If you were at the crematorium this afternoon because someone has died, and you used the conveniences only to find them in the condition above, then on behalf of the UK funeral industry, I’m not only embarrassed but I’m also deeply sorry. There are crematoria out there who are exemplary (see here). There are also crematoria out there who seem to have forgotten the reason for their existence – to serve the needs of bereaved families by providing funeral services. Consider the general state of affairs of certain funeral providers – buildings in terrible condition, stained carpets, poor sound systems, unusable toilets and conveyor belt timings that only allow for 20 minute services. Have you ever tried to acknowledge a life and a death in 20 minutes? Never mind telling a grieving family member that they won’t be able to talk about their loved one because there just isn’t time. And then having to tell them that the one available toilet on site isn’t actually working today. We wouldn’t accept this in life. So why do we think it’s acceptable in death? How we treat death is ultimately how we treat life. So it matters; it matters enormously. I personally have no interest in a life symbolised by a toilet with a lid that doesn’t stay open, a hand drier that blows out cold air and used tissues all over the floor. As funeral professionals, can we stop accepting the unacceptable on behalf of our grieving clients. If you are a professional who uses a crematoria as part of your work – ministers, celebrants, funeral directors, florists, attendants etc – then you are responsible. It’s the people who are out on funerals every day who can make a difference. We’re very good at driving around bereaved people in shiny cars that have been polished twenty times. But we drop them off substandard crematoria which fail to meet anyone’s needs, never mind the needs of grieving people, who have little idea of what to expect and mostly accept anything. That’s my Friday night rant over. Enjoy your weekend everyone. I hope it looks nothing like the photos above. Louise P.S. The photographs above were taken at a real crematorium before a real funeral at 4pm today in the South of England. If you recognise it as your local crem, I am SO sorry that your local council thinks this is what you deserve. P.P.S. The sticky mess on the toilet lid is an attempt to make the lid stay up when the toilet is being used. It doesn’t work. Something for the weekend published first on YouTube via Tumblr Something for the weekend When it comes to funerals, celebration is the new black. But seriously… today’s changing families are beginning to throw all of the formalities of a traditional funeral aside and opt instead for a more unique, personalized and celebratory service to honor the ones that mean the most to them. But before you write this article […] Continue reading How Celebration Services Are Changing What Families Think About Funerals on funeralOne Blog. How Celebration Services Are Changing What Families Think About Funerals published first on YouTube via Tumblr How Celebration Services Are Changing What Families Think About Funerals Whatever your political persuasion, come June 9th it’s likely you’ll be all politicked out after yet another trip to the polling booth. We know we will. What better way to switch off from the endless analysis that will undoubtedly fill the media when the polls have closed than to head to the heart of England, to the National Funeral Exhibition? This unique three day event takes place every two years with hundreds of exhibitors showcasing everything new in funeralworld, so don’t miss the opportunity to be there in 2017. The GFG has rummaged down the back of the sofa and inside our piano, and cobbled together enough money to pay for a very small stand at NFE, but we guarantee we’re going to maximise the use of our four square metres and have one of the most attractive and desirable exhibits in the building… Come and see for yourselves – we’re in Hall 1 on stand 146. If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so here . Perfect post election party published first on YouTube via Tumblr Perfect post election party When the cremated remains he was scattering ended up dropping in clumps on his shoes, Scotty Crandlemire knew he needed to invent a better way to disperse ashes at a memorial service. After that negative memorial experience, he created an answer to the problem: AngelAire release urns. “As with most inventions, necessity is the mother of […] via Tumblr A New Way to Scatter Cremated Remains |
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