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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Barbara Kemmis Phone: (312) 245-1077 499 Northgate Parkway Wheeling, IL 60090-2646 Barbara@cremationassociation.org FIND THE OPPORTUNITY IN ANY SITUATION Strengthen Your Mental Fitness to Lead at the Green Funeral Conference 2022 WHEELING, As a decision-maker, you’re celebrated for your ingenuity and dedication to growing your business. Rather than telling anyone the “right way” to do green at your company, the Green Funeral Conference 2022 is designed to spark ideas that you can test in your business and discover what works for you. Join the Cremation Association of North American (CANA) and Passages International, Inc. September 13-15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and be inspired! The Green Funeral Conference is designed to help professionals from across the funeral profession find new paths that keep them ahead of their competition. Janice Honeycutt Hering, Albuquerque-based CEO Coach of Firecracker Leadership, leads the event with a keynote on How to Strengthen your Mental Fitness to Find the Gift and Opportunity in any Situation. She will guide participants on how to react and respond to the circumstances beyond their control and find peace. “Today’s highly volatile environment makes the ability to look ahead and proactively implement changes to satisfy future market opportunities a critical strategy for company survival,” explains Hering. “Being aware of our own mindset and building and strengthening our muscles to approach our challenges from a positive mindset opens opportunities we never considered. The leaders who master that will have a definite competitive edge.” She will contribute throughout the conference with insights into leadership and mental fitness that professionals at any stage of their career can use. Sharing their own expertise at the Green Funeral Conference: Jodie Buller of White Eagle Preserve and Rachel Essig of River View Cemetery Funeral Home will talk about Cemeteries – In Shades of Green for developing financially sustainable green business models. Tom Antram, of French Funerals, will speak on Greening the Cremation Process: A Case Study on Value Additions for Cremation Families to be more sustainable for the future. Three experts from across the profession come together to share their experience on the Emerging Trends Panel. Lindsey Ballard of Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation will discuss alkaline hydrolysis, Brie Smith of Return Home gets to the heart of natural organic reduction, and Darren Crouch with Passages International, Inc. provides insights on sustainable products and fair trade. Marketing professionals Elizabeth Davis and Kilian Rempen of Passages International and Katey Houston of Return Home will discuss strategies for Articulating the Value of Green. The Doing Green Practitioner Panel invites practitioners to the stage to share their successes and struggles implementing green activities in their business. Rounding out the event, Barbara Kemmis of CANA will lead attendees in a Workshop – Putting it into Practice on key takeaways from the Conference. Plus, the always popular Roundtable Conversations allow attendees to spend more time diving deeper into the content presented throughout the convention. Each presenter will facilitate a roundtable on their topic, answering questions and encouraging discussion about how attendees will apply this to their business. Become the innovation champion inside your business with Janice Honeycutt Hering! Join your eco-curious colleagues September 13-15, 2022, at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque. With thanks to lead sponsor Passages International, Inc. and fellow event sponsors Nomis Publications and Starmark Cremation Products. See the full schedule and register to attend: goCANA.org/GFC2022. ABOUT CANA Founded in 1913, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) is an international organization of over 3,300 members, composed of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematories, industry suppliers, and consultants. CANA members believe that cremation is preparation for memorialization. ABOUT PASSAGES INTERNATIONAL Passages International, Inc. has led the green sector of the funeral industry for 20 years, with the largest selection of innovative, environmentally-friendly urns, caskets, and memorial products. For more information on green funerals and their benefits visit www.agreenerfuneral.org. For more information on Passages products or Fair Trade, visit www.passagesinternational.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Barbara Kemmis Phone: (312) 245-1077 499 Northgate Parkway Wheeling, IL 60090-2646 Barbara@cremationassociation.org
FIND THE OPPORTUNITY IN ANY SITUATION Strengthen Your Mental Fitness to Lead at the Green Funeral Conference 2022
WHEELING, As a decision-maker, you’re celebrated for your ingenuity and dedication to growing your business. Rather than telling anyone the “right way” to do green at your company, the Green Funeral Conference 2022 is designed to spark ideas that you can test in your business and discover what works for you. Join the Cremation Association of North American (CANA) and Passages International, Inc. September 13-15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and be inspired!
The Green Funeral Conference is designed to help professionals from across the funeral profession find new paths that keep them ahead of their competition. Janice Honeycutt Hering, Albuquerque-based CEO Coach of Firecracker Leadership, leads the event with a keynote on How to Strengthen your Mental Fitness to Find the Gift and Opportunity in any Situation. She will guide participants on how to react and respond to the circumstances beyond their control and find peace.
“Today’s highly volatile environment makes the ability to look ahead and proactively implement changes to satisfy future market opportunities a critical strategy for company survival,” explains Hering. “Being aware of our own mindset and building and strengthening our muscles to approach our challenges from a positive mindset opens opportunities we never considered. The leaders who master that will have a definite competitive edge.” She will contribute throughout the conference with insights into leadership and mental fitness that professionals at any stage of their career can use.
Sharing their own expertise at the Green Funeral Conference:
Plus, the always popular Roundtable Conversations allow attendees to spend more time diving deeper into the content presented throughout the convention. Each presenter will facilitate a roundtable on their topic, answering questions and encouraging discussion about how attendees will apply this to their business.
Become the innovation champion inside your business with Janice Honeycutt Hering! Join your eco-curious colleagues September 13-15, 2022, at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque. With thanks to lead sponsor Passages International, Inc. and fellow event sponsors Nomis Publications and Starmark Cremation Products. See the full schedule and register to attend: goCANA.org/GFC2022.
Founded in 1913, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) is an international organization of over 3,300 members, composed of funeral homes, cemeteries, crematories, industry suppliers, and consultants. CANA members believe that cremation is preparation for memorialization.
Passages International, Inc. has led the green sector of the funeral industry for 20 years, with the largest selection of innovative, environmentally-friendly urns, caskets, and memorial products. For more information on green funerals and their benefits visit www.agreenerfuneral.org. For more information on Passages products or Fair Trade, visit www.passagesinternational.com.