OFDA 2008 Convention - Mark Stehn

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Mark Stehn, Executive Director of the Oregon Funeral Directors Association, speaks with Funeral Futurist, Robin Heppell about the OFDA’s upcoming convention at Seaside, Oregon from April 24th to 27th.

For more information about the OFDA Annual Convention visit www.OFDA.org

Justin Zabor ICCFA Pre Convention Interview

Justin Zabor of Justin Zabor Enterprises and Zabor Funeral Home in Cleveland, Ohio talks about his presentation, Marketing & PR: Media Buzzing Made Easy. Then he turns the tables on Robin Heppell and asks about his presentation, Web 2.0 - the Future of the Internet.

Go here for more ICCFA 2008 Pre-Convention Interviews

Creative Memorial Folders with Photoshop - Craig Williams

Funeral director Craig Williams of McCalls Funeral Homes in Victoria, B.C. explains how creating service and memorial folders with Photoshop sets them apart. Interview by Funeral Trends Expert, Robin Heppell.

Memorial Video Tributes - John Ellwood

Funeral director John Ellwood of McCall’s Funeral Homes in Victoria, BC describes the process that they use when creating DVD memorial tributes - including the most requested song for those tributes. Interview by Funeral Consultant, Robin Heppell.

2007 Recap and Looking Ahead to 2008

Robin Heppell briefly looks back at 2007 - the first 6 months of the Funeral Gurus, and shares what is in store for 2008. Heppell also shares how the idea for the Funeral Gurus came about and includes an 2003 radio interview where he got the idea for the name - Funeral Gurus.

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Robin Heppell - FPC Pre-Conference Interview

Robin Heppell of Heppell Funeral Solutions presents “Google, YouTube and Your Funeral Home” where funeral directors will learn how to promote their funeral homes on the Internet beyond their own website as well as creating preneed leads once they get the visitor’s attention.  Interview by John Welsh of Funeral Plans Canada. For more pre-conference interviews,  see the list of presenters - FPC 2007 Presenters.

Funeral Plans Canada - Pre-Conference Interviews

Funeral Plans-Canada is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of its Annual Conference - November 28-29, 2007 in Kitchener, Ontario. You can listen to pre-conference interviews with the all of the presenters:

• Sheila Nunn - Funeral Plans Canada - Host of the 10th Annual Sales Conference 
• Ron Downey - Total Performance Ltd.
• Dan Isard - Foresight Companies LLC
• Robin Heppell - Heppell Funeral Solutions
• Dr. Bill Webster - Centre for the Grief Journey

Future Interviews:

• Quinn Eagan - Preneed Funeral Programs

To register visit: http://funeralplans.net/Events.htm

For further information, please contact Tina Dietrich at 1-888-428-4444. The registration deadline is November 12th.

Funeral Blogging Buzz - BT Hathaway

Funeral director BT Hathaway, of Hathaway Funeral Homes, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, created some buzz at the recent Funeral Industry Trade Show hosted by the NFDA. One of his blog posts at “Funeral Words” BT challenged the industry’s leading vendors “My Casket Company Challenge” and another questioned a vendor’s direction “Has Wibert Jumped the Shark???.”

Other blog commentary from the NFDA Convention & Expo can be found at:

• Tim Totten’s “Final Embrace” Blog
• Robin Heppell’s “From the Hep” Blog
• plus Video Interviews right here at www.FuneralGurus.com

Listen to the Wrap Up Interview with BT Hathaway, where he talks about the buzz and the challenge. Interview by Robin Heppell of www.FuneralFuturist.com.

Funeral Technology - Larry Schildmeyer

Funeral director Larry Schildmeyer of Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Homes, Loveland, Ohio, talks about how he has implemented technology in his funeral home and how it is received by his staff and customers. Interview by Robin Heppell of FuneralFuturist.com.

Website Promotion for Funeral Homes - Bill Haskett

Funeral Director Bill Haskett of Haskett Funeral Homes, Exeter & Lucan, Ontario, shares how his funeral home’s website get an enormous amount of traffic by old time marketing techniques. Interview by Robin Heppell of FuneralFuturist.com.