BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201120 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:2020 NEFDA District Meetings DESCRIPTION:2020 NEFDA District MeetingsNovember 12 or November 19\n2:30 - 5:00 p.m. (CST)JOIN US ON ONE OF THE NEFDA VIRTUAL DISTRICT ZOOM CALLS!The 2020 Fall District Meetings will be held via Zoom to ensure the safety of our membership. We will offer two meeting dates November 12 and November 19 from 2:30 5:00 p.m. (CST). The sessions will be a repeat of each other so you are welcome to attend either session\, but you must register to receive the Zoom link.Two and half (2.5) hours of continuing education will be available through your attendance at the meeting. Continuing Education hours can only be awarded once for the each program. All funeral directors and staff are welcome to attend. Each individual should register separately to receive the emails directly regarding the Zoom link and CE certificates. Download event brochureSCHEDULEThursday\, November 12 or Thursday\, November 19\n\n2:30 3:30 p.m. (1.0 Hour CEU)\nU.S. Military Mortuary Affairs: Past & Present - Bill WernerThis program is a broad-based recap of military mortuary affairs in the United States and will include a variety of materials such as a historical perspective of military mortuary affairs with specific references to past conflicts. At the conclusion of the presentation\, participants should have a thorough working knowledge of what goes into returning America's fallen heroes to their awaiting families\, from the time of death\, the dignified transfer\, and ultimately their final trip home for funeral services. This presentation is based on my 30+ years of service in the U.S. Army Reserves and some of the experiences I have been a part of as a Mortuary Affairs Officer while deployed and on active duty.3:30 4:30 p.m. (1.0 Hour CEU)\nEmbalming Tricks & Treats\, To Include Helpful Hints For every embalming "glitch" encountered\, there is a resulting fix. Admittedly\, not all fixes are what you may expect. Tawnia will share ideas for using items already in the prep room in new or modified ways. Sometimes it's an instrument that is used in a new way\; other times\, a product used in combination with another that no one ever thought of before.\n\n4:30 5:00 p.m. (0.5 Hours CEU)\nNEFDA Update with NEFDA President Paul Seger and Legislative Representative Bill Lauber \nPresentations by Homesteaders Life Company and Federated InsuranceSpeakersBILL WERNER has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer for the past 25 years. Since November 2011\, Bill has worked for The Dodge Company as a sales representative\, and currently as the Assistant Sales Manager/Director of Technical Resources. In addition\, he has been an instructor in all aspects of Mortuary Science for over 24 years\, and recently retired as a Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserves after over 30 years of service.TAWNIA STEINHOFF attended Kansas City Community College\, graduating in 2001 with an Associate in Arts Degree in Applied Science Mortuary Science and became licensed as a funeral service practitioner in 2002. Prior to being employed as an embalmer and technical adviser for the Iowa Donor Network for three years\, she spent seven years with Bertrand Funeral Homes of Knoxville and Pleasantville as an embalmer and funeral director. Tawnia currently works as a sales representative for the Dodge Company since 2017\, serving\; north and western Iowa\, Nebraska\, middle North Dakota and eastern South Dakota. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

2020 NEFDA District Meetings

November 12 or November 19
2:30 - 5:00 p.m. (CST)

JOIN US ON ONE OF THE NEFDA VIRTUAL DISTRICT ZOOM CALLS!

The 2020 Fall District Meetings will be held via Zoom to ensure the safety of our membership. We will offer two meeting dates &ndash\; November 12 and November 19 from 2:30 &ndash\; 5:00 p.m. (CST).  \;The sessions will be a repeat of each other so you are welcome to attend either session\, but you must register to receive the Zoom link.

Two and half (2.5) hours of continuing education will be available through your attendance at the meeting. Continuing Education hours can only be awarded once for the each program. \;All funeral directors and staff are welcome to attend. Each individual should register separately to receive the emails directly regarding the Zoom link and CE certificates. \;

Download event brochure

SCHEDULE

Thursday\, November 12 or Thursday\, November 19

2:30 &ndash\; 3:30 p.m.  \;(1.0 Hour CEU)
U.S. Military Mortuary Affairs: Past &\; Present - Bill Werner

This program is a broad-based recap of military mortuary affairs in the United States and will include a variety of materials such as a historical perspective of military mortuary affairs with specific references to past conflicts. At the conclusion of the presentation\, participants should have a thorough working knowledge of what goes into returning America&rsquo\;s fallen heroes to their awaiting families\, from the time of death\, the dignified transfer\, and ultimately their final trip home for funeral services. This presentation is based on my 30+ years of service in the U.S. Army Reserves and some of the experiences I have been a part of as a Mortuary Affairs Officer while deployed and on active duty.

3:30 &ndash\; 4:30 p.m.  \;(1.0 Hour CEU)
Embalming Tricks &\; Treats\, To Include Helpful Hints \;

For every embalming &ldquo\;glitch&rdquo\; encountered\, there is a resulting fix.  \;Admittedly\, not all fixes are what you may expect.  \;Tawnia will share ideas for using items already in the prep room in new or modified ways.  \;Sometimes it&rsquo\;s an instrument that is used in a new way\; other times\, a product used in combination with another that no one ever thought of before.

4:30 &ndash\; 5:00 p.m.  \;(0.5 Hours CEU)
NEFDA Update with NEFDA President Paul Seger and Legislative Representative Bill Lauber  \;
Presentations by Homesteaders Life Company and Federated Insurance

Speakers

BILL WERNER \;has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer for the past 25 years. Since November 2011\, Bill has worked for The Dodge Company as a sales representative\, and currently as the Assistant Sales Manager/Director of Technical Resources.  \;In addition\, he has been an instructor in all aspects of Mortuary Science for over 24 years\, and recently retired as a Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserves after over 30 years of service.

TAWNIA STEINHOFF attended Kansas City Community College\, graduating in 2001 with an Associate in Arts Degree in Applied Science &ndash\; Mortuary Science and became licensed as a funeral service practitioner in 2002. Prior to being employed as an embalmer and technical adviser for the Iowa Donor Network for three years\, she spent seven years with Bertrand Funeral Homes of Knoxville and Pleasantville as an embalmer and funeral director. Tawnia currently works \;as a sales representative for the Dodge Company since 2017\, serving\; north and western Iowa\, Nebraska\, middle North Dakota and eastern South Dakota. \;

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