NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE
(Updated March 5, 2010)
Please scroll to page bottom in order to view programs with multiple dates and programs available online. There are also very important instructions for the online courses.
SPONSOR: MKJ Marketing CONTACT: Erica Heuer 727-524-8100
TITLE: “MKJ Marketing’s 2010 Beaver Creek Seminar: Improving Your Funeral Business”
LOCATION(S): Ritz Carlton Beach Resort in Naples, FL
TIME: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm HOURS: 18 hours credit Registration fee: $995.00
SPONSOR: NCFDA – District 6 CONTACT: Todd Harmon 336-643-3711
TITLE: “CFSP – A Must for Funeral Professionals”
LOCATION(S): BRAVO! Italian Restaurant 3324 W Friendly Ave in Greensboro
TIME: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm HOURS: 1 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: $40./$50.
SPONSOR: International Cemetery & Funeral Assn CONTACT: Daniel Osorio 703-391-8400
TITLE: “2010 ICCFA Annual Convention & Exposition”
LOCATION(S): San Antonio Convention Center in San Antonio, TX
TIME: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm HOURS: 19 possible hours REGISTRATION FEE: $450./$565.
NOTE: Some program titles are not approved, check with sponsor for information.
SPONSOR: Dodge Institute for Advanced Mortuary Studies CONTACT: Debbie Dodge 800443-6343
TITLE: “The 2010 Dodge Seminar”
LOCATION(S): The Westin Beach Resort 321 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
TIME: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm HOURS: 19 hours credit Registration fee: $795./$495.
SPONSOR: Heritage School of Continuing Education CONTACT: David Clark 800-422-2011 x1021
TITLE: 1) “Life Insurance & Annuities for Pre-Arranged Funeral Contracts”
2) “The Man Who Wears Many Hats – Mr. Funeral Director”
LOCATION(S): Triangle South Enterprise Center 600 S Magnolia Ave in Dunn
TIME: 1) 9:00 am – 1:00 pm HOURS: 1) 4 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: $40.00
2) 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm 2) 4 hours credit
DATE(S): March 17, 2010
SPONSOR: Cremation Association of NC CONTACT: Jay Roberts 336-228-8366
TITLE: "CANC Annual Convention"
LOCATION(S): Grandover Resort One Thousand Club Rd. in Greensboro
TIME: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm HOURS: 5 hours credit Registration fee: $100 members/$140 non-members
SPONSOR: Arnold-Wilbert Corp. CONTACT: Steve Velker 800-672-4748
TITLE: “Advanced Burial Vault”
LOCATION(S): Arnold-Wilbert Office/Plant 1401 W Grantham St. in Goldsboro
TIME: 8:30 am – 11:30 am HOURS: 3 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: No fee
SPONSOR: NFD & MA CONTACT: D.D. Watson 540-967-1890
TITLE: “Educational Conference”
LOCATION(S): Liberty Center 5801 Southpoint Center Blvd in Fredericksburg, VA
TIME: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm HOURS: 5 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: $65.00
SPONSOR: Montgomery County Community College CONTACT: Richard Hinson 910-576-6222
TITLE: “Intro to 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”
LOCATION(S): Montgomery Community College 1011 Page St., Blair Auditorium Blvd. 100 in Troy
TIME: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm HOURS: 5 horus credit Registration fee: No fee
SPONSOR: NC Board of Funeral Service CONTACT: Board Office 919-733-9380
TITLE: “Preneed Review & FTC Compliance Review”
LOCATION(S): NCBFS Office, 1033 Wade Ave, Suite 108 in Raleigh
TIME: Preneed: 9:00 am – 12 noon FTC: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. HOURS: 5 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: $25.00
Seating is limited to first 25 for registered for each session.
SPONSOR: NCBFS CONTACT: Board Office 919-733-9380
TITLE: “Cremation Law Review”
LOCATION(S): NCBFS Office 1033 Wade Ave, Suite 108 in Raleigh
TIME: 10:00 am – 12:00 Noon HOURS: 2 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: $25.00
Seating is limited to first 25 registered.
SPONSOR: Arnold-Wilbert Corp. CONTACT: Steve Velker 800-672-4748
TITLE: “Navigating Through the Procedures & Statistics of Cremation”
LOCATION(S): Arnold-Wilbert Office/Plant 1401 W Grantham St. in Goldsboro
TIME: 8:30 am – 11:30 am HOURS: 3 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: No fee
SPONSOR: NFDA CONTACT: Shari Foucault 262-789-1551
TITLE: “Professional Woman’s Conference”
LOCATION(S): Mulberry Inn in Savannah, GA
TIME: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm HOURS: 9 hours possible credit REGISTRATION FEE: $399/$640
SPONSOR: NFDA CONTACT: Shari Foucault 262-789-1551
TITLE: “NFDA Family Business Conference”
LOCATION(S): Thunderbird School of Global management in Glendale AZ
TIME: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm HOURS: 11 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: $125./$565.
SPONSOR: NCFDA CONTACT: Larry Stegall 800-616-2332
TITLE: “2010 NCFDA Educational Conference & Exposition”
LOCATION(S): Sheraton Imperial 4700 Emperor Blvd in Research Triangle Park
TIME: 8:30 am – 12:00 noon HOURS: 3 hours credit/day REGISTRATION FEE: $100/$150
Monday $ 75.00
Tuesday $115.00
Exhibits Only $ 25/$35
SPONSOR: Homesteaders Life Company CONTACT: Steve Whitaker 515-440-7750
TITLE: “Ethics in the Preneed Insurance World”
LOCATION(S): Holiday Inn 4100 Glenwood Ave in Raleigh
TIME: 8:00 am – 2:15 pm HOURS: 5 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: TBD
SPONSOR: Homesteaders Life Company CONTACT: Steve Whitaker 515-440-7750
TITLE: “(Preneed) Insurance Company Structure”
LOCATION(S): Holiday Inn 4100 Glenwood Ave in Raleigh
TIME: 8:00 am – 2:15. pm HOURS: 5 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: TBDs
MULTI-DATE PROGRAMS
SPONSOR: Carolina Donor Services CONTACT: Kim Koontz 800-252-2672
TITLE: "Funeral Directors Visit DSC: Live & Real Time Referrals"
LOCATION(S): Carolina Donor Services 1551 Westbrook Plaza Dr. in Winston-Salem
TIME: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon HOURS: 3 hours credit Registration fee: No fee
DATE(S): March 9, 16, 18, 25 & 30
TITLE: "Live & Real Time Approach, consent & Medical Social History"
LOCATION(S): NC Eye Bank 3900 Westpoint Blvd., Suite F in Winston-Salem
TIME: Times will vary by date. Contact NC Eye Bank for times on a specific date. Space is limited
HOURS: 3 hours credit Registration fee: No fee
SPONSOR: Fountain National Academy of Professional Embalming Skills CONTACT: Vernie Fountain
417-833-5130
TITLE: “Seminar #3D-Embalming Skills Seminar”
LOCATION(S): Fountain National Academy Training Facility 2211 West Norton Rd. in Springfield, Missouri
TIME: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm HOURS: 23 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: $425.00
SPONSOR: Fountain National Academy of Professional Embalming Skills CONTACT: Vernie Fountain
417-833-5130
TITLE: “Seminar #2D-Soft Tissue Injuries, Waxing & Airbrush Cosmetics”
LOCATION(S): Fountain National Academy Training Facility 2211 West Norton Rd. in Springfield, Missouri
TIME: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm HOURS: 18 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: $875.00
SPONSOR: Fountain National Academy of Professional Embalming Skills CONTACT: Vernie Fountain
417-833-5130
TITLE: 1) 5/15-19 - “Seminar #5D-Advanced Post Mortem Reconstructive Surgery”
2) 5/22-26 - ”Advanced II Post Mortem Reconstructive Surgery”
LOCATION(S): Fountain National Academy Training Facility 2211 West Norton Rd. in Springfield, Missouri
TIME: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm HOURS: 1) 40 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: 1) $2,795.00
2) 30 hours credit 2) $3,195.00
SPONSOR: Fountain National Academy of Professional Embalming Skills CONTACT: Vernie Fountain
417-833-5130
TITLE: 1) 9/18-22 - “Seminar #5D-Advanced Post Mortem Reconstructive Surgery”
2) 9/25-29 - ”Seminar #5D-Advanced II Post Mortem Reconstructive Surgery”
LOCATION(S): Fountain National Academy Training Facility 2211 West Norton Rd. in Springfield, Missouri
TIME: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm HOURS: 1) 40 hours credit REGISTRATION FEE: 1) $2,795.00
2) 30 hours credit 2) $3,195.00
SPONSOR: InSight Institute CONTACT: Glenda Stansbury 405-810-9501
TITLE: “Certified Funeral Celebrants Training”
LOCATION(S): March 26-28 Marriott Hotel Oklahoma City 3233 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City, OK
April 23-25 Hilton Garden Inn 16410 Corporate commerce Way in Fort Myers, FL
May 14-16 Four Points by Sheraton, James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
1999 Wellington Ave, Winnipeg, MB
June 21-23 Clarion Hotel, Seattle International Airport 3000 S 176th St. in Seattle, WA
July 23-28 Fogelman Conference Center in Memphis, TN
Sept. 17-19 Wyndham Garden Hotel 900 W Lake-Cook Rd. in Buffalo Grove, IL
November 5-7 Chauncey Conference Center in Princeton, NJ
TIME: 8:00am – 500: pm HOURS: 17 hours credit Registration fee: $700.00
SPONSOR: Imperial Training Services, Inc. CONTACT: Cliff Davis 919-662-2169
TITLE: “Cycle of Life” (A) & Cycle of Life #2” (B) [Both programs at each location]
DATES/LOCATION(S) March 5th Hampton Inn 612 Dickens Place NE in Concord
March 12th Hampton Inn-Medical Park 2320 S 17th St. in Wilmington
April 1st Hampton Inn 111 Hampton Woods Lane in Raleigh
April 13 Hampton Inn 1328 Hwy 258 S. in Kinston
TIME: (A) 8:30 am – 12:15 pm (B) 1:15 pm – 5:00 pm Total approved credit is 8 hours
Registration fee: Program (A) $50.00/4 hours Program (B) $50.00/4 hours
TITLE: “Mandatory Ethics”(A) &“Do’s & Don’t’s of Estate Planning as Part of the Overall Pre-Need
Planning Process” (B) (Both programs at each location)
DATES/LOCATION(S) March 10th Wingate Inn 4182 Sycamore Dairy Rd in Fayetteville
March 11th Hampton Inn-Medical Park 2320 S 17th St. in Wilmington
March 22nd Holiday Inn Blue Ridge 1450 tunnel Rd. in Asheville
March 25th Hampton Inn 612 Dickens Place NE in Concord
March 30th Comfort Inn Gateway Center, 200 Gateway Blvd in Rocky Mount
April 6th Park Inn 909 US 70 SW in Hickory
April 12th Hampton Inn 1328 Hwy 258 S. in Kinston
April 14th City Hotel & Bistro 203 SW Greenville Blvd in Greenville
April 27th Hampton Inn 111 Hampton Woods Lane in Raleigh
April 28th Hilton Garden Inn 4307 Big Tree Way in Greensboro
TIME: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm (A) 1:15 pm – 5:00 pm (B)
Registration fee: Program (A) $50.00/4 hours Program (B) $50.00/4 hours
SPONSOR: Vision Insurance Programs CONTACT: Michael Wilson 336-877-3960
SEE DATES BELOW
2010
TITLE: “Concepts of Preneed, At-Need and Post Need"
DATES/LOCATION(S) March 22nd Quality Inn 3608 Khan Drive in Lumberton
April 12th Sunset Restaurant 498 Harrison Avenue in Franklin
April 7th Golden Corral I-85 & Huffman Mill Rd, Exit 141 in Burlington
TIME: 9:00 am – 3:20 pm HOURS: 5 hours credit Registration fee: $65.00(includes lunch)
AUDIO & WEB SEMINARS
SPONSOR: NFDA CONTACT: Shari Foucault 262-789-1551
TITLE: “Maximizing Preneed Profitability in Small Firms”
TIME: 1:00 pm CT – 2: pm CT HOURS: 1 hour credit REGISTRATION FEE: $60/$149.
SPONSOR: Hospice Foundation of America CONTACT: Chester Velasco 202-457-8511
TITLE: “Cancer & End of Life Care”
LOCATION(S): Teleconference
TIME: 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm HOURS: 3 hours credit Registration fee: $35./$25.
SPONSOR: NFDA CONTACT: Shari Foucault 262-789-1551
TITLE: “Developing a Payment in Full Policy”
TIME: 1:00 pm CT – 2:00 pm CT HOURS: 1 hour credit REGISTRATION FEE: $60./$149.
ONLINE LEARNING:
Important information regarding the courses listed below- Only the course content has been approved.
Licensees must submit form BFS CE5 (form available by following this link) at least 10 days prior to taking approved online courses.
There is an annual limit of 2 hours of CE credit for online courses.
SPONSOR: Practicum Strategies CONTACT: Richard Santore 800-731-4714
TITLE: Courses Available: (Home Study)
“Business Morals & Ethics & the Funeral Director”
“Motivation & Coaching for the Successful Funeral Director”
“Managing Stress for Funeral Professionals”
“Hazardous Chemicals & Toxic Substances”
“Complying with the Funeral Rule”
“Grief 101 for Funeral Directors”
“The Funeral Profession & Consumer Behavior”
“Coping with Stress as a Funeral Director”
“Sacred/Sensitive & Sane”
“Funeral Values”
“Embalming Chemistry”
“Moral Dilemmas Facing the Funeral Profession”
“Dealing with Communicable Diseases/AIDS”
“How Do We Tell the Children”
“Cremation: The Concept, The Client, The Caring”
“Cremation: The Process”
“Computers A-Z for the Funeral Home”
“Preneed Funeral Planning – A Basic Course”
“Introduction to Accounting for the Funeral Director”
“Power Communications for Funeral Professionals”
“Marketing 101 for Funeral Directors”
“Intermediate Marketing for Funeral Directors”
“Ethics for Funeral Directors”
“Living with the FTC’s Funeral Rule”
“OSHA for Small Business”
TIME: On Going HOURS: 2 hours credit Registration fee: $16.00
SPONSOR: Thanos Institute CONTACT: Mary E. Rizzo 800-742-8257
TITLE: Courses Available:
“Bereavement and the Funeral Director”
“Ethics in Funeral Service”
“Forensic Pathology for Funeral Directors”
“Funeral customs Past & Present”
“Management Skills for Funeral Directors”
“Unexpected, Traumatic Death & The Funeral Director”
“A Student Dies, A school Mourns……..Are you Prepared?”
“Restorative Art & Cosmetology”
“OSHA Compliance & FTC Rules”
“Embalming”
“Grief Counseling for the Funeral Directors”
TIME: On-going Registration fee: $45 one-time registration fee
$130. course fee
SPONSOR: National Funeral Directors Association CONTACT: Kathleen Walczak 262-814-1556
TITLE: Courses Available:
“ADA Employer Compliance: Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act”
“Communicable Diseases: What Every Funeral Home Must Know”
“Conflict Management for Funeral Directors: Successful Interpersonal Communication Practices”
“Controlling Your Accounts Receivable”
“Embalming the Obese Case”
“Ethics in the Real World: Guidelines for Ethical Decision-making in Funeral Service”
“Professional Ethics in Funeral Service: NCDA’s Code of Professional Conduct”
“Serving Hispanic Families”
“Time for Your Annual check-up: Financial Statements & Preneed Analysis”
“Understanding a Child’s Grief”
“Understanding Adult Grief: Developing Ways to Help Adult Grief: Developing Ways to Help
Adults on Their Grief Journeys”
“Understanding the Practice of the FTC Rule”
“Essential Skills of Communicating”
“Guaranteed Funerals: Is Preneed Right for You?”
“Risk Management: Controlling Liability Risk for Small Business”
TIME: On-going Registration fee: $95./$155.
SPONSOR: Hospice Foundation of America CONTACT: Chester Velasco 202-457-8511
TITLE: “Diversity & End of Life Care”
“Living with Grief: Children & Adolescents”
“Cancer & End of Life Care”
LOCATION(S): Online at: www.hospicecollege.org
TIME: Anytime HOURS: 2 hours Registration fee: $35.00/program