Features

• Professionals in Paradise
  NFDA Professional Women’s Conference draws dozens of funeral directors to idyllic location for professional development, fellowship and fun by Connie Smith
• Beyond the Firm: Kind of a Drag
  NFDA members lead very interesting lives outside of their funeral firms. Here is one such story... by Benjamin Lund
• Dispelling Funeral Cost Myths
  Reports on unfair funeral prices fail to examine all factors
• Receipt of Third-Party Merchandise
  FTC staff approves funeral home use of NFDA form for compliance with the Funeral Rule by T. Scott Gilligan
• Drugs and Embalming: Today’s Dilemma
  Embalmers must now assume that everyone is on some type of drug, whether purchased in a pharmacy or on the street by Nelson E. Hayes
• Dream Job
  Applying career-development theory and the importance of employers fulfilling work values to the challenges facing the funeral service workforce by Thomas Shaw
• Passwords: The Art of the Eulogy by Cyrus M. Copeland
• Meaning Behind the Memorial
  A pictorial tour of the National World War II Memorial by Chris Raymond
• A Time for Tribute
  Memorialization in America reaches its zenith by Allen Whitmer