Funeral directors at death cafes
Posted by NZDeathling on March 16, 2015, 11:55 p.m. 2 comments
I am about to hold my first Death Cafe in a few weeks. I've been approached by some funeral directors who want to attend in a group. My initial thoughts are that this is not the target audience, but then I think just because they work with death I can't assume they feel comfortable or are experts talking about it. Secondly, I want to avoid the potential scenario of pushing a service or product. So I'm just wonder if any one else have had funeral directors attend? How did that go, how did you manage it?
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We had a mortuary employee at our death café last month and it went very well. He made it clear to his small group that he was not there in any professional capacity--he was there as someone who wants to explore death and dying from a personal perspective.
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All good if you set ground rules. May want to say no business cards and we are NOT here to educate others. Thats the biggest trap next to marketing. Express that we are here as individuals not as our professional role. If someone wants advice and someone wants to give it, that should be done outside of this event. Professionals are attracted to death cafes because we don't have a place in our work to debrief.
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