Free Resource Guide: Creating and Facilitating Virtual End of Life Events

2 page Summary of guide here, download full guide below

In the guide you’ll find:

  • Detailed instructions with screenshots on using technology like Zoom video conferencing for the arrangement, virtual calling hours, virtual funeral reception, and more

  • Options for live streaming, recording, or video conferencing the funeral service

  • Tips and ideas for engaging the community supporting your families

Support families efficiently, creatively, compassionately

COVID-19 has halted some parts of our lives in their tracks while other parts continue unphased. Your families continue to have loved ones that pass away, and with restrictions on gatherings and fear in the air, helping your families coming together with their community to remember, laugh, cry, and support one another seems difficult to say the least.

The teams at LifeWeb 360 and New Narrative believe fiercely in the power of gathering together to tell stories and support one another after a loss, just as you do. We teamed up to create a step-by-step resource guide for you and your funeral home to use off-the-shelf technologies such as Zoom video conferencing to support families as efficiently, creatively, and compassionately as possible during social distancing. While existing traditions need to be modified, technology actually opens up new opportunities to support your families in entirely new ways and continue to go above and beyond for your families as you always have.

If you are short staffed, find ideas and tangible resources to pass to your families to help them help themselves. If your staff’s workload has decreased, find ideas to provide value-added services such as a virtual funeral reception for your families, and plan for a future Celebration of Life.

We can’t do this without you

In this ever changing situation, we can all learn from each other to continuously find creative ways to support families. With this in mind, we need your help! Send your questions, ideas, and what’s working for your funeral home. We will continue to update the guide as we all learn together.

 
“Coronavirus shouldn’t get to dictate when we support each other during a loss, only how we do that. ”