Member Talks! by WA. State Funeral Directors Association

Where can you look for qualified funeral service professionals to fill the growing number of open positions at your location? What if you are looking for a change in location and do not know where to start looking? David Speaks from www.thefuneralguyspeaks.com may have the answer you are looking for.  David stopped by #Membertalks! to share his thoughts and ideas.  Have a listen.

On today's brand new holiday episode, author, web host, and former editor of The Director magazine, Chris Raymond,  joins the conversation.  Chris stopped by the show to discuss coping with grief during the holidays on Member Talks! by Wa. State Funeral Director Association. Read the article that sparked this conversation at www.funeralhelpcenter.com

There is nothing like talking with mortuary students.  They are always so full of energy and ready to take on this sometimes crazy world that we call funeral service.  A.J. Stocker is no different.  We had the privilege to sit down and talk with A.J. back in Nashville. Have a listen and become revitalized as you re-look at funeral service through the eyes of a funeral service student on #MemberTal...

Alexandra Jo is the content manager at https://partingstone.com/ , She is a contributing author and researcher at https://connectingdirectors.com/ and host at the Decoding Deathcare podcast.  Alexandra stopped by #MemberTalks! to say hello and share some great information with us. Check it out

A very good friend of the show, Barbara Kemmis, stopped by our booth at the 2021 DeathCon convention to #JoinTheConversation on Member Talks! by WA. State Funeral Director Association

Need a Crematory? Need Cremation equipment? Check out Faculatieve Technologies on Member Talks! by WSFDA.  Ernie Kassoff, National Sales Manager sits with us to talk about https://www.facultatieve-technologies.com/

Our friend Brie Smith from Return Home joins us once again for this last recording from the 2021 CANA Convention held in Seattle, WA.  Join the conversation at #MemberTalks!

Have you ever wondered where one goes to buy a hearse? Butler Coach Company is the answer.  Today we sit down with Ron King from the Butler Coach Company to discuss custom-made funeral vehicles. 

Have you ever thought about the pilot and aircrew that is responsible for transporting a deceased person to their destination of disposition? Today we talk with Airline Pilot, Brian Ruddell about the experience of transporting decedents to their final destinations. Check out this brand new episode of #MemberTalks! by WSFDA

Searching for something to listen to while preparing for dinner this Thanksgiving? Check out this bonus episode of Member Talks! as we hear from our board of directors wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving.

On this New episode of Member Talks! by #WSFDA we meet Embalmer, Professor and Funeral Director, Mr. John T. Hill.  We met John at the #NFDA convention held in Nashville a few weeks back, however, we were not able to get our schedules to line up long enough to record an episode.  John Zooms in from North Carolina to #Jointheconversation on Member Talks!

On today's new episode of Member Talks! we meet Madeline Lyles and Dana Taylor from After Life Mortuary Service (ALMS). Madeline and Dana joined forces a couple of years back to become the first female-owned, African-American funeral home in Memphis, TN.  ALMS also continues to give to their community by offering a funeral education summer camp for kids in their community to teach them what death...

Welcome to Season 3 of Member Talks! by WSFDA.  Today we meet two funeral directors from Mexico and Colombia.  Alan & Comelo stopped by the Frigid Fluid booth to talk about funeral service in Central and South America.  Have a Listen!

In Todays's new episode we go back into the #Deathcon locker to discover some recordings of two great companies that joined in the conversation at our state convention this last August.  https://www.coldspringusa.com/ and https://www.plotbox.io/ sat down with us to share their stories of who they are and what they can do for your cemetery.  Have a listen to these two great companies on Member Talk...

In today's Brand new episode we catch up with an old friend of the WSFDA and some new friends.  Kevin Precht stopped by our recording booth at the CANA convention to share some thoughts.  We also heard from our new friends at https://www.cairnstack.com/mortrack They have a great new product called MorTrack.  #MorTrack is a Mortuary Decedent Case management tool used to create more availability, si...

Journey to Serve is a new program aimed at recruiting military veterans to careers in funeral service.  Journey to Serve was launched in 2021 by the Funeral Service Foundation, the ICCFA Educational Foundation, and is also co-sponsored by the Funeral Service Association of Canada. The Journey to Serve purpose is to engage, recruit, and hire more military veterans into various careers within the fu...

Today we had the privilege to attend a class at the #NFDA 2021 convention taught by Dr. Sara Murphy and Licensed Funeral Director, Tim McLoone.  The topic of conversation... the LGBTQ+ community within funeral service.  After the class ended we sat down with them for a quick conversation.  Check out this bonus episode of Member Talks! by the #wsfda

What do people do on a 4-hour flight to Nashville?  Record 30 minutes of a podcast show of course.    Check this one out.

  We are talking #Preneed #Preplanning and #Prearrangment with Shaune Hudson from our friends at United Heritage Life Insurance Company of Meridian, Idaho To check out more about UHL visit https://www.unitedheritagelife.com    

What do funeral Stereotypes, trade embalming, and stand-up have in common? The answer...Amy Baxter.  Amy stops by Member Talks! to share her story.  Have a listen.

Back by popular demand, Rob & Jess mic up for the car ride to the next district meeting. Listen as they discuss Nashville, cannabis, and whatever other ridiculous topics they can think of.   

Maggie Morton from Asco Pacific Supply stopped by our recording booth at #DeathCon2021.  Take a minute to listen to Maggie and be sure to check out https://ascopacific.com/ 

Mitch Smith from eFuneral stopped by the Member Talks! headquarters to join in the conversation.  Have a listen.

Professor Jennie Fredrickson stopped by the podcast booth at the 2021 CANA Convention to join in the conversation.

The International Order of the Golden Rule is an association of independently owned and operated funeral homes dedicated to ethical service to all. Founded in 1928, it is our mission to make independent funeral homes exceptional. We do this by building and supporting member interaction, information exchange and professional business development through a wide range of programs, services and resour...