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Cemetery Business Planning : The Basics

Join Erik Lees, founding principal of LEES+Associates, and Jennifer Thibert, CPA, CMA, for an introduction to cemetery business planning.

This webinar was offered in partnership with Western Canada Cemetery Association (WCCA) and LEES+Associates as a part of the WCCA conference.

In this one hour webinar, you will learn:

  • The importance of understanding market demand, disposition trends, and inventory vs. land capacity;
  • The unique considerations of cemetery business planning;
  • Business planning tools for cemeteries, and
  • Translating a business plan into actions.

Planning Makes Perfect: An Introduction to Cemetery Master Planning

In June of 2020, LEES+Associates began offering e-learning opportunities for those new to the wonderful world of cemeteries and for those more experienced and wanting to ensure they are abreast of best practices and the latest training available.

We are excited to present the last in the series, Planning Makes Perfect: An Introduction to Cemetery Master Planning! 

In this focused webinar, you will learn:

  • The many benefits of having a plan;
  • The unique considerations of cemetery master planning;
  • Master planning tools for cemeteries and,
  • How to translate a plan into action.

Join Erik Lees, founding principal of Lees+Associates, as he integrates over 40 years of cemetery planning and design in this fast paced webinar.

Missed the other webinars? Watch them here.

Green Burial: From Concept to Reality

In our second Introductory Cemetery Webinar Series titled Green Burial: From Concept to Reality, Erik takes us through another fast paced webinar.

In this focused webinar, you will learn:

  • The foundations of green burial: from concept to reality;
  • Why more individuals and cemetery operators are opting for green burial, and
  • How to incorporate a green burial section into a new or existing cemetery.

Check out our YouTube channel for more videos in our cemetery webinar series.

Cemetery Trends: How They Will Affect Your Cemetery

In the first of our Introductory Cemetery Webinar Series, Erik Lees integrates over 40 years’ experience in cemetery design, planning and management, in this fast paced and interactive webinar. This 45-minute session covers current trends in cemetery design, operations, and interment options.

You will learn:

  • How current interment and memorialization trends are affecting cemetery managers;
  • How cemetery operations are responding and planning for burial surges and;
  • the foundations of cemetery business planning.

Check out our YouTube channel for more videos in our cemetery webinar series.