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June/July 2002
Table of Contents

Who's Who on the Cover
Features
6 Looking Back at Orlando A snapshot overview
We asked attendees: What did you learn?
8 Getting Down to Business ICFA officers look at the numbers
9 Wright Takes Office Association officers and directors for 2002-2003
10 Hall of Fame Dave Daly, CCFE
10 Certified New CCEs, CCFEs and the first CFuE
10 In the Club Quarter-, Half-Century Club inductees
10 KIP Awards First year's winners recognized
16 Legal and Debatable The Great Debate II and The Regulatory Dragon
16 Clearing Out Anti-clutter expert
18 Recruiting Fourteen places to find at-need support staff, by Ernie Heffner
22 Training Orientation: Getting new employees off to a good start, by Darin Drabing
Darin Drabing on recruiting, screening, interviewing and training and on why you should spend more time on your "high potential" employees and less on "viruses."
24 Cemetery Maintenance Making graves disappear, by Andrea Vittum, CCE
26 www.good.bad.ugly Web site dos and Web site don'ts, by Jeff Kidwiler, CCE
31 Pictures From the Exhibition Scenes from the exhibit hall
36 Beach Blanket Bingo The closing dinner dance
37 The Weakest Links Dealing with dysfunctional families
38 Consumer Trends in Marketing Alan Creedy and Charles Halley
39 Purchases, Practices and Products Tom Van Buskirk, CCE
39 Meeting the Challenge of Today's Information-Minded Cremation Culture Dave Daly, CCFE
40 The Power of an Internal Partnership Mentality Gary O'Sullivan, CCE
41 Finding Good Employees Arlie Davenport and Gregg Williamson, CCE
43 Marketing Through Personalization Daniel Buchanan
44 Financing Funeral Homes Hank Nelly
44 Cemetery Operations Tom Smith
45 Increasing Revenue and Market Share Douglas Gober and William Robinson
60 The Wright Stuff Woodland Cemetery prepares for the anniversary of 1903 flights
Columns
12 President’s Letter Help me fill the pool, by Bill Wright, CCE
57 Meet Your Board Member Christine Toson Hentges
48 ICFA News ICFA Implements Organizational Restructuring
49 Product of the Month: Sales Meetings Guidebook
49 Call for speakers for Naked Sales V
6 Washington Report by Robert M. Fells, Esq.
ICFA testifies at FTC hearings on Telemarketing Sales Rule
Congressman proposes private pilot program for national cemeteries
46 Women's Forum Two scholarships awarded for 2002 ICFAU
Departments

54 Calendar
53 Classifieds
47 Index to Advertisers: New! Listing by product category
50 Industry Update
51 People
52 Supply Line
   
 

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