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Foresight Launches Digital Communication

Navarrete Consulting,

LLC Goes International

PHOENIX,AZ—

The Foresight Companies

announced

their complete launch of new communication, education,

and leadership as a business financial consulting firm. Fore-

sight is recognized as the preeminent boutique financial and

management consulting firm in the funeral and cemetery

profession.

Dan Isard,

president of Foresight said about the

new site, “We were an early adapter to having a web pres-

ence. Our goal has always been to educate. However, the

methods of education continue to evolve. Our redeveloped

site has a library with more content than any other in fu-

to assemble a creative team of digital experts to assist us in our

effort. Our goal is to have a graphic and educational experi-

ence that is superb. We enlisted

Directors Advantage

as a key

part of this development.

Ellery Bowker

and his team un-

derstand the ability to have a theme interwoven through the

site with a brand such as ours.” Jeff went on to say, “So many

times I hear from funeral professionals that they know Isard

but they don’t quite know what Foresight does. Now we can

showcase the full talents of our diverse company and its high-

ly-trained staff with four decades of experience.”

Foresight’s refreshed website, theforesightcompanies.

com, was created and designed by the team at Directors

Advantage led by Bowker. “The goal of the new website is

to communicate the depth and breadth of Foresight’s of-

fering in a way that lets a firm of any size see the value of

working with Dan and his team of experts,” says Bowker.

“The web site is just one step in Foresight’s full engagement

to share our messages in a timely method through social me-

dia,” Harbeson added. “Social Media expert and CEO of

Disrupt Media, RyanThogmartin

, along with his team of

experts, are the second key component and the ongoing en-

gine to our ability to get these news worthy messages to the

funeral and cemetery public,” Isard added. Thogmartin says,

“It’s great to partner with a leader in the marketplace like

The Foresight Companies. Being able to align with a com-

pany that has a passion for helping funeral homes and cem-

eteries by driving the profession forward is a true privilege.”

The Foresight Companies is passionate about providing the

necessary content to help educate funeral and cemetery pro-

fessionals and the owners and managers of these businesses.

As part of their commitment to the betterment of business

practices,

TheForesightForecast.com

blog/vlog has been cre-

ated to offer insights and valued content for everyone at no

cost. Isard states, “My practice started in 1974. With more

than 40 years of collective expertise in all matters of business,

the Foresight Forecast is the latest commitment to help edu-

cate the next generation of this profession.” Foresight Fore-

cast will offer weekly video enhanced blogs. The video seg-

ments are called “The more you know, the smarter you are.”

They will include short four to five minute presentations as

well as free monthly video seminars by experts Isard,

Stepha-

nie Ramsey,

Harbeson,

Kevin Kruger

and

Mandy Rohde.

The Foresight Forecast will be broadcast from the studio lo-

cated at The Foresight Companies headquarters in Phoenix.

Visit

theforsightcompanies.com

to see their informational

site which hosts The Foresight Forecast blog/vlog and like

The Foresight Companies Facebook page to get connected.

BEDFORD,TX—

David

Navarrete,

president of

Na-

varrete Consulting, LLC

has announced the firms

first international client

signing,

Chaton Urns

from

Mexico City, Mexico.

Navarrete says, “It is an

amazing feeling to be part-

nering with such a passion-

ate, driven and focused

company. Our initial strat-

egy session was very suc-

cessful and we are look-

ing forward to partnering

with Chaton Urns and

helping build their brand

and products into a staple

in our industry. The arti-

san wood workers at Cha-

ton Urns are craftsmen of

all woods, with many of

their products being hand

carved and hand finished

from many different spe-

cies of woods. Chaton

Urns will be re-locating all

of their corporate offices,

manufacturing and distri-

bution to the United States

in the coming months,

which will be one of our

first major areas of focus

with them. This is going to

be a meaningful addition

to our client base and we

couldn’t be happier.”

Gilberto Rubio,

CEO

Montres Chaton USA,

Inc

said, “We are delight-

ed to work hand in hand

with Navarrete Consult-

ing LLC, as our main con-

sulting firm in the United

States. For us, it is vitally

important to have the cor-

rect bearing to start our

operations in America. The

solid knowledge and expe-

rience from Navarrete in

the funeral industry will

help us to understand the

market and the needs of

our future customers.”

Navarrete Consulting, LLC

is a full-service consultingfirm

that offers fresh insight, excit-

ing team building dynam-

ics, strategic planning, busi-

ness valuation enhancements

and other services to be a true

strategic partner with funer-

al home owners/operators

and vendors/suppliers. For

more information, visit www.

navarreteconsultingllc.com,

call 469-268-6068, email da-

vid@navarreteconsultingllc.

com or like them on Face-

book and LinkedIn.

The Living Urn, Committed to Turning Cemeteries

into Forests, Launches New Program to Reforest

America

GREENWOOD VILLAGE,CO—

Bio-

life, LLC,

a leader in the emerging

green burial movement and the de-

velopers of the patent pending Living

Urn®, America’s leading bio urn and

planting system that gives families the

ability to grow a memory tree with a

loved one’s cremated remains, has an-

nounced a new program to give back

and donate a reforestation tree for each

Living Urn planted.

Mark Brewer,

president of Biolife,

commented, “The Living Urn’s mis-

sion is to provide an uplifting, benefi-

cial and meaningful alternative to tra-

ditional burials. By growing a memory

tree with cremated remains, families

can honor a loved one and keep their

memory present with a living memori-

al. Our employees and customers really

connect with the idea of giving back -

to the earth, to family, to future gener-

ations. That is why we’re extremely ex-

cited to launch this new program that

fits perfectly with our mission and the

‘giving back’ ethos of our customers.”

Brewer continued, “With this new

program, our customers will not only

grow their own tree with The Living

Urn, but we’ll also donate on their

behalf to plant a second tree in one of

America’s forests in need of refores-

tation. Two mature trees can supply

enough oxygen for a family of four

- now each one of our customers is

making that happen.”

Initial donations from this program

will go to support ongoing tree plant-

ing efforts by the Arbor Day Founda-

tion in the Tahoe National Forest and

Chippewa National Forest. The Tahoe

National Forest, located in the north

central region of the Sierra Nevada

Mountain Range in California, en-

compasses more than 850,000 acres of

public land. The Chippewa National

Forest, established in 1908 as the first

national forest east of the Mississippi

River, is located in the heart of North-

ern Minnesota.

Brewer comments on this program’s

impact, “We feel strongly about this

cause given the amount of destruction,

including forest fires and beetle kill,

that’s occurred in our forests over the

past few decades. We expect to provide

tens of thousands of new trees with this

reforestation program over the next

few years, which can really make a dif-

ference.”

Brewer continued, “We have a vi-

sion of turning cemeteries into forests

- family plots into family trees. If the

over 75 million baby boomers who will

reach their average life expectancy over

the next 25 years choose burial, they

will take up over 130 square miles of

land, about the size of Atlanta. Fortu-

nately for our future, more than half of

Americans who pass are now choosing

cremation instead of burial and elect-

ing not to take up space in a ceme-

tery. We’re catering to this movement

and our business is growing dramati-

cally. The Living Urn gives people the

ability to give back after they pass and

also create a living memorial which is a

beautiful thing and this new reforesta-

tion program only helps our customers

make a greater positive impact on the

environment and future generations.”

The Living Urn®, America’s leading

bio urn and planting system, is de-

signed to grow a memory tree, plant,

or flowers with cremated remains. The

Living Urn® provides families with ev-

erything they need to grow a tree, in-

cluding a proprietary BioUrn®, a bio-

degradable urn made from recycled

plant materials, RootProtect™, a pro-

prietary soil additive designed to coun-

terbalance the natural properties of cre-

mated remains to make the planting

environment suitable for tree growth,

premium growth mix, aged wood

chips, and a tree of choice. This patent

pending system is the only bio urn de-

signed to be used with actual tree seed-

lings, or baby trees. Customers select

their seedling from a tailored menu of

tree options best suited for each unique

geographic area. The Living Urn® is

available in two versions – one for peo-

ple and the other for pets. For more in-

formation, vi

sit TheLivingUrn.com.

MacCrindle joins Eagle Coach and Federal

Coach as the New President

AMELIA,OH—

Eagle Coach

Company

and

Federal

Coach Company

has an-

nounced the addition of

Dan

MacCrindle

as president of

the companies.

Dan is a seasoned execu-

tive with extensive manu-

facturing and operations

experience in continuous

improvement

processes,

change management and

lean implementation. His

previous work experience

includes chief operating of-

ficer and senior manage-

ment positions with United

Technologies; a multi-site

manufacturer involved in

fire suppression vehicles

and mobile equipment and

components for the aero-

space and automotive in-

dustries, as well as LNS

Group; an international

manufacturer of machine

tool industry bar feeding

and work holding systems.

Dan’s credentials include

an MBA in International

Business and a Bachelor’s

degree in Business Admin-

istration with an account-

ing major and an engineer-

ing minor.

Dan’s strong background,

leadership, and experience

will be important in con-

tinuing to serve dealers and

customers by providing in-

dustry leading product

quality and outstanding

service and responsiveness.

Eagle CoachCompany and

Federal Coach Company

have been nationally recog-

nized as an industry-leading

builder of funeral coach-

es, limousines, and specialty

cars. For more information,

call your authorized dealer, or

contact Eagle & Federal di-

rectly at 800-537-2963. Ad-

ditional information is avail-

able online by visiting www.

eaglecoachcompany.com

www.federalcoach.com

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neral service. Now we will add oth-

er methods of education including

video seminars and blogs.”

Director of marketing for Fore-

sight,

JeffHarbeson

said, “I worked