Save the date! FCA's next Biennial Conference will be held Thursday, June 3, through Sunday, June 6, at the Bloomington Campus of Indiana University. Our local affiliate, the FCA of Bloomington, is co-hosting the event. Every two years, FCA members gather from around the country to discuss consumer advocacy, the nuts and bolts of running a funeral information organization, and national issues facing funeral consumers.

Here's a peek at our tentative agenda:

Track 1 - Build a Better Affiliate

Build a Better Board
Fundraising
Legislative Action
Expanding Your Mission
Combining Advocacy, Education and Discounts

Track 2 - Build Better Outreach
Write a Great Newsletters - Print and Electronic (
How to Get a Website or Improve What Your Old One
The Phone Issue: Cell, Landline or Virtual?
Funeral Price Surveys: How to Do One and How to Get Publicity
Speaker's Bureaus

Track 3 - Building Coalitions
Green Cemeteries
Death Midwives and Home Funerals.
Hospice and Social Workers

National Issues
The Pitfalls of Prepaid Funerals
Reforming the FTC Funeral Rule and Expanding Consumer Protection Laws Nationally

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