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      2024 Finalists

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      Your 2024 Finalists

      1Director 1st Place

      1Director is the first-of-its-kind software that includes case management, personalized websites, real-time family collaboration, stationery design, memorial video creation, calendar coordination, online arrangements, custom documents, payments and accounting, and so much more, all in one seamless platform.Case management with 1Director streamlines the planning process by allowing funeral directors to collect case details, execute online arrangements, e-sign documents, and process payments in one simple experience. Owners and staff stay organized by tracking and assigning tasks, making case notes, and creating events in a cloud-based, always up-to-date calendar.

      Nemu 2nd Place

      During times of loss, millions of people are confronted with the emotional challenge of dividing treasured family items every year. Nemu simplifies this process through its intuitive app. With Nemu, families in pre-need and at-need settings can catalog, divide, price, and sell their items in the manner they choose because of Nemu’s exceptional approach to product design. For example, when cataloging items, users can capture family history through descriptions and voice notes, which is especially helpful in pre-need settings. Alternatively, families that need to move quickly through the process, particularly in at-need settings, can catalog items using Nemu’s AI-enabled recognition tool to automatically detect items.

      Clear View Caskets 3rd Place

      INVISION TECHNOLOGY by Clear View Caskets unveils a unique, state-of-the-art switchable technology that allows families to control the visibility of the casket's interior. With just one click, families can transform their loved ones viewing experience from privacy to full visibility at any moment their emotions and or their program calls for it. This innovation is revolutionary, as it eliminates funeral staff the need to constantly open or close the casket during the funeral service. This ability to switch between full visibility and privacy in real time, sets a new standard of quality among the funeral industry, which is sure to amaze funeral directors and families across the globe!

      2024 Innovation Award Participants

      Thank you to our Innovation Award Participants:

      •    Afterword
      •    Air Esscentials, Inc
      •    b-ecologic
      •    Better Place Forests
      •    Bio-Response Solutions
      •    Box of Comfort
      •    Cadence
      •    Chptr
      •    Clear Digital
      •    Foveo Memorial - The Funeral Streaming Company
      •    Funeral & Cremation Marketing
      •    Guided by Grief
      •    Keith Merrick Company
      •    Lamp Urns
      •    Life's QR
      •    NewSpring Church
      •    OPTIKA Scenicworks, Inc
      •    Tribute Technology
      •    Trigard
      •    Tukios

      Thank you to our 2024 judges!

      Thank you to our distinguished panel of judges:

      • Benny Capaul - Funeral Director, Death Consultant, Death Doula, Capaul Funeral Home
      • Brian Van Heck - Director of Operations, Posey Funeral Directors
      • Katey Houston - Director of Family Care, Return Home
      • Kevin Smith - Manager, Berceuse Funeral and Cremation Traditions
      • Matt Bailey - Funeral Director & President, Bailey Family Funeral Homes
      • Mike Burns - Dean of Faculty & Students, Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science
      • Timothy McLoone - Owner, Funeral Director, William R. May Funeral Home,Inc
      • Valerie Janusz - Manager, Funeral Director, Prasser-Kleczka Funeral Home
      • Welton Hong - Founder & CEO, Ring Ring Marketing
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