Death Cafe Practitioners Page
I thought this was a "closed" area, but discovered that anything posted on the practitioner page shows up on google searches. I learned this when searching for something Death Cafe related without being logged in. You have to be logged in to post, that's all. Just wanting people to be aware that anything written here is publicly available.
I found a really useful thread after typing in "Death Cafe and suicide conversations". It was good to have Jon's comments & others' views. In my 3 years of hosting I haven't come across this (other than people attending whose relatives or friends had committed suicide).
Yesterday we had a young woman attend who for years has wished to die. She is not ill. She has made detailed plans but is in limbo for various reasons. It
certainly made the group
think about our own
attitudes, beliefs and so on &
we handled it well in the
moment. She probably will
attend again so any
comments most welcome. I
thought about asking her
what she's hoping to get
from the group. What is most useful from us - as facilitators & participants? Obviously something drew her to attend.
https://www.adl.org/blog/how-to-prevent-zoombombing
As of today (5 April 2020) Zoom has made password and waiting room default settings. Two of my work colleagues have had unfortunate experiences (harrassment, showing porn, general disruption) on Zoom. Follow the instructions on the ADL site for extra security.
The Guardian carried this: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/zoom-technology-security-coronavirus-video-conferencing
Happy Zooming and hosting Death Cafes online - be prepared & be safe!
We need to cancel our upcoming Death Cafe. How do I show this.
Virtual Death Cafes
Posted by Cariboo Community Deathcaring Network on March 16, 2020, 3:51 p.m. 8 comments
THINKING ABOUT TAKING YOUR DEATH CAFE ONLINE?
We've received a little flurry of emails asking about Virtual Death Cafes; how to plan, what works and what doesn't. The emails are coming to me from the main death cafe website where we've been posting our Virtual Death Cafes since January.
I thought it might be helpful to share some information here for any other hosts who are thinking about taking their Death Cafe's online.
Zoom is an excellent platform for these conversations. We generally get 40 to 50 people interested and far fewer who actually show up. About a third of those who express an ...
Our new premises are charging a fee and a charity has offerred a grant to cover this, but they've asked for a copy of our safeguarding policy. Does anyone have any idea od where I can find some suitable guidance or a template?
Many thanks in advance,
Emily
I am very excited to host a Death Café in São José dos Campos- São Paulo-Brazil
One attendee asked how she could delete from a relative's facebook entry material he had posted about her - without her premission.
Any help welcome - relative will not do this on her request.
Estaria interesado en asistir a alguna sesion que se celebrase en Almeria capital o cerca.
saludos
I am organizing my first Death Cafe, I have learned others have attempted and failed. I don't want to fail. So I am reaching out to a seasoned Death Cafe planner to assist and/or provide a composite to edit and send to local newspapers, etc.
I thank you in advance.
To all London Café attendees...
8 PARTICIPANTS NEEDED for RESEARCH into DEATH CAFÉS and BEREAVEMENT
I am a Counselling Psychology doctoral student at the University of Roehampton and I am looking for up to 8 volunteers to take part in my research.
This project will be exploring the experience of attending a Death Café (DC) as a bereaved person, focussing more specifically on how the DC may (if at all) be significant for meaning-making in the wake of loss.
As a participant in this study, you would be asked to attend a one-to-one interview with me. Your participation is entirely voluntary and would take up approximately 45minutes ...
How do I get Death Cafe Practitioners to come to our event?
Posted by nicolelenz on Oct. 29, 2019, 8:53 a.m. 1 comment
Unless I'm reading wrong I have to have a couple Death Cafe practitioners at my event? How do I find them? I am in Cambria County Pennsylvania, Johnstown area.
so I am holding my first cafe this week - any pointers for how to start off?
Hi there,
I am a Bereavement Officer at the Queen's Medical Centre Hospital. My team are currently on a fundraising endeavour to raise money for a new department and, in the new year, we are embarking on a series of fundraising events. We would love it if one of those events could come in the form of a Death Cafe for people to gather, drink tea, eat cake and of course, talk about death! However, I was wondering if we are allowed to have donation buckets for the bereavement department at the event or whether this is something that you discourage.
Thank you in advance for your advice and guidance,
Hannah
Hi all
I have just discovered Death Cafe and am very keen to hold my own in Manchester, UK. I work in the events industry so have a good support network to make this happen.
I am just wondering how we market this in terms of what we name it - is it a 'charity'? Are we 'volunteers'? I know it is not for profit but I am struggling with the phrasing.
Do we also need to have any sort of official approval or are we pretty much just left to our own devices? Any help apart from the guide on here would be v useful.
Thank you