Saturday, October 19

NFDA Certified Preplanning Consultant
8 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. (CPC Exam Sunday, October 20, 8:30 – 10:45 a.m.)
Colleen Murphy Klein, National Funeral Directors Association, Brookfield, WI

Consumers demand high-quality service and increasingly look for professional credentials. Promote exceptional professional standards in funeral preplanning by earning the internationally recognized CPC designation. The CPC Standards Manual review seminar is held on Saturday and the exam is given on Sunday. You must be eligible to participate. Applications are available at www.nfda.org/continuing-education/certification. The updated manual, published in 2013, is the basis for the exam. Approved for up to 8 CE hours by APFSP and licensing boards in most states and provinces.

Cost: $395 NFDA/CANA members and qualifying nonmembers / $540 nonmember funeral directors; includes refreshments and lunch.

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Embalming, Reconstructive and Airbrush Techniques
1 – 5 p.m.
Vernie Fountain, Fountain National Academy, Springfield, MO

This seminar will give you a large amount of technical information on procedures that professional embalmers perform on severe trauma cases in an effort to provide an open-casket viewing for family and friends. Airbrush cosmetics will be discussed and demonstrated with live models. These techniques assist in improving the appearance of a decedent. The seminar will also offer methods to promote the value of embalmers' skills to the public. (4 CE hours)

Member cost: $125 per person by September 16 / $150 per person after September 16
Nonmember cost: $165 per person by September 16 / $190 per person after September 16

• Register with your NFDA Convention registration.

Bonus Session: Extracurricular Hour With Vernie (No CE)
5 – 6 p.m.
Vernie Fountain, Fountain National Academy, Springfield, MO

An informal, no-holds-barred question-and-answer session exclusively for attendees of "A Collage of Embalming and Reconstructive Techniques." Take this unique opportunity to get answers to your embalming and reconstructive questions.

Subject to change.