September 2018

Page A31 SEPTEMBER 2018 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A IN THE DEATH CARE INDUSTRY Dedicated and focused, Bill’s knowledge and experience of the death care industry provides you with value added services in connection with audited financial statements, trust fund compliance audits, multi-state taxation and much more. Bill Newman, CPA Partner withum.com Photo Courtesy of ICCFA member Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio This Labor Day, Let Us Work With You Don’t do the hard work of your business alone! Membership with ICCFA gives you access to member networking events, money saving member only offers, educational events addressing all facets of the deathcare profession and so much more. Network with the profession’s best to make your work a little lighter this Labor Day. Join today at iccfa.com . iccfa.com Membership That Matters. News Association ContinueD NFDA Will Bring Professional Women’s Conference to Canada BROOKFIELD,WI— The National Fu- neral Directors Association (NFDA), in partnership with the Funeral Service As- sociation of Canada (FSAC), will host a second Professional Women’s Conference in 2018. Known as the profession’s leading gathering for women in funeral service, the event in Canada will take place November 16-18 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. This intimate gathering will be the perfect setting for funeral direc- tors, educators, students and suppliers to generate new ideas, grow personally and professionally, and create lasting relation- ships with other professionals. The conference begins the evening of Friday, November 16 with a complimen- tary welcome reception to help confer- ence attendees get to know one another in anticipation of the forthcoming day-and- a-half of learning. Attendees can expect engaging conference sessions led by experts covering a wide range of topics. Saturday, November 17: Funer- leave with fresh approaches and new ideas to transform arrangement conferences. The Funeral Service Foundation will award up to five NFDA-FSAC Professional Wom- en’s Conference scholarships that will cover recipients’ conference registration fees and provide up to a $1,000 travel and accom- modation stipend. The Professional Wom- en’s Conference scholarships are part of the Foundation ‘45 Awards, which are designed to transform the careers of funeral service professionals through scholarships, awards, resources and mission-focused outreach. All women in funeral service, including students, are invited to apply. Visit the Fu- neral Service Foundation website, www. funeralservicefoundation.org, for more information and to apply. Applications are due September 16. Complete details about speakers and ed- ucation sessions that will be featured dur- ing the Professional Women’s Confer- ence can be found on the NFDA website, www.nfda.org/pwccanada. als Build Resilient Kids pre- sented by Joe Primo, Good Grief, Morristown, NJ; Pro- fessional Presence: Body Lan- guage presented by Sandra Corelli, Corporate Class Inc., Toronto, ON; and I’ll See You at My Living Funeral presented by Lacy Robin- son, NFDA. Celebrate the accomplishments of wom- en who have earned Pro- fessional Women’s Confer- ence scholarships from the Funeral Service Foundation during a complimentary recognition luncheon On Sunday, November 18, choose between con- current workshops: Tech- niques for Edema and Long Bone Donation presented by Adam Rogalsky, The Dodge Company Canada, Mississauga, ON; Digital Marketing Done Right pre- sented by Ashley Montroy, FrontRunner Professional, Kingston, ON; and Embrac- ing Diversity: Tapping into Your Team’s Unique Strengths presented by Sandra Per- ron, A New Dynamic En- terprise Inc., Ottawa, ON. Attendees can kick off their Professional Women’s Conference experience by participating in the NFDA Arranger Training program on November 16. Rob- inson, NFDA director of member development, will help attendees learn how to make the most of arrange- ment conferences through a creative, five-step pro- cess they will only discover during the NFDA Arrang- er Training workshop. This high-energy, interac- tive program provides at- tendees with the tools they need to convey the value of the funeral to families and partner with them to de- sign memorable life tribute events. Through a combi- nation of small- and large- group discussions, prob- lem-solving and creative collaboration, attendees will Association Officers: Send Us Your News! PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 Fax 1-800-321-9040 • Email info@nomispublications.com FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS

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