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

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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!

Leading up to the NFDA Convention & Expo in Las Vegas, October 6 – 10, 2007, we will be conducting interviews with some of the presenters. Please check back here often.

Over the past 30 years we as funeral professionals have slipped away from public view as lives have become busier, communities have grown, and long term staffing shortens. During this time the public has migrated from forming their opinions about us from first hand accounts to allowing Hollywood and Pop Culture writers define who we are. I am very excited about Funeral Gurus as we will be able to use this website to tell our own stories, offer examples of new funeral trends, and show us as the dedicated and compassionate members of the communities that we proudly serve!
…Hep