The first large-scale speech I gave at an NFDA convention was in Orlando in the 1980s. In the room next to me was an industry “expert” whose presentation denounced the use of funeral directors as salespeople and asserted that preneed was an inferior way of promoting funeral home services.
How to Create an End-of-Life Planning Binder to Help Your Family
For busy parents juggling work, caregiving, and the quiet job of keeping everyone’s details straight, the hardest part of end-of-life planning is knowing that loved ones might be left guessing when emotions are already raw. In many families, family organization lives...

