• The importance of planning ahead
• How can we make burial green(er):  Education, Advocacy and Advance Planning (conference flier attached)
• How to start a Death Cafe (Practice your elevator speech, garner support, approach the media)
• How to run a death cafe (Small groups, discussion starter questions, etc.)
• How to sell a pre-purchased niche at a cemetery (Call the cemetery and good luck!)
• Discomfort dealing with illness and loss and death (see about NPR spot)
• Be open, factual and kind when talking about death - such good advice in all situations!
• The three deaths we experience: death of the physical death of the body, the burial and when someone's name is mentioned for the last time
• Griefwalker is an excellent movie
• So is Undertaking Betty
• It's OK to Die, by Monica Williams Murphy, and Knocking on Heaven's Door, by Katy Butler are excellent books
• Sherwin Nuland, author of How we Die, died 3-3-14

And a recent NPR spot about how its normal to talk about death in LaCrosse, WI.

I probably will do this again sometime.  Let me know if you're interested.

-Merilynne