Nick Morgan: Authentic Communication

February 25, 2010

Dr. Nick Morgan of www.PublicWords.com of Boston, MA  talks about his presentation, Authentic Communication at the 2010 ICCFA Annual Convention.  Interview by Funeral Marketing Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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Funeral Forums Discussion Boards

June 18, 2008

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Heppell has just launched his Funeral Discussion Board for funeral and cemetery professionals at http://www.FuneralFuturist.com/forum.  Join the conversation at the Funeral Futurist Funeral Forum!

Funeral Discussion Forum

Funeral Catering and Receptions – Allen Dave

June 16, 2008



Allen Dave of Allen Dave Memorial Funeral Home, Houston, TX, shares how his wedding planning experience helps him offer receptions for his funeral home. Interview by Robin Heppell.

Joe Sehee on Green Burials

April 8, 2008

Joe Sehee of the Green Burial Council discusses the opportunity for funeral homes to embrace the new trend of Green Burial and Green Service offerings. Interview by Funeral Marketing Consultant, Robin Heppell.

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2007 Recap and Looking Ahead to 2008

January 1, 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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Funeral Director’s Story – Aron Meier

November 2, 2007

Funeral Director Aron Meier of Valleyview Funeral Home, Kelowna, BC share his story of how choose funeral service as a career. Interview by Funeral Business Management Consultant, Robin Heppell.

Mike Kubasak NFDA Pre-Convention Interview 2007

September 14, 2007

Mike Kubasak introduces his new book, “Traversing the Minefield, Best Practice: Reducing Risk In Funeral-Cremation Service” and presents “Power-Full or Power-Less – Questioning Skills to Make Revenues Soar” For more information about Mike Kubasak, visit his website at www.kubasak.com.


For more interviews, see the list of presenters – NFDA 2007 Presenters

Michael Nicodemus NFDA Pre-Convention Interview 2007

September 12, 2007

Michael Nicodemus presents “Is Your Firm Doing Business Like It’s 1979?”For more information about Mike Nicodemus, visit his funeral home’s website at: www.hollomon-brown.com.


For more interviews, see the list of presenters – NFDA 2007 Presenters

Justin Zabor NFDA Pre-Convention Interview 2007

September 7, 2007

Justin Zabor presents “The Cremation of Sam McGee“For more information about Justin Zabor, visit his website at: www.justinzabor.com.


For more interviews, see the list of presenters – NFDA 2007 Presenters

NFDA Expo ‘07: Exhibitor Interviews

September 6, 2007

We hope that you have been enjoying the interviews with the speakers here at the Funeral Gurus, but we also wanted to let you know that Tim Totten, of Final Embrace is showcasing 45 Suppliers who will be exhibiting at NFDA Trade Show in Las Vegas.  If you haven’t checked out Tim’s blog yet, you are missing a great example of the new way to connect to your customers and the community through the Internet – keep up the great job, Tim!

Final Embrace

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