Continuing Education
The Independent Funeral Group is proud to offer bi-monthly continuing education courses, offered in a live, participatory webinar format.
Starting in early 2025, we have offered one-hour long Continuing Education courses every other week, all of which are approved for credit in multiple states and taught by funeral service practitioners and professional development representatives of our Endorsed Partners.
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We know that Continuing Education is a significant expense and inconvenience, and often leaves directors scrambling for credits at the last minute— and that it can be difficult to find relevant and useful courses for practitioners. Our aim is to remove that stress, both for our member firms and for funeral providers everywhere.
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All of our webinar courses are completely free for our member firms and their entire staff, and offered to non-member individuals for $25 per course.
We provide certificates of completion, and report attendee credits to their states of licensing, within 24 hours of the course.
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As live, interactive webinars, our courses are considered "in-person" Continuing Education in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia, which require real-time communication capacity.​
​Additionally, as we believe that the resources, advocacy, and assistance provided by state associations are invaluable to our profession, we will be contributing 20% of the proceeds from our Continuing Education program— $5 out of every $25 course— to the home state association of each licensee who attends our courses, including Member firm employees who attend for free.​​
View and register for our offered courses through the CE Courses or Events pages, which will be updated as new courses are approved and posted. To register as a member, be sure to log in to your account before signing up.
Cost
Each course is $25 for each attendee, or free for member firms and their staff. Payment is collected electronically at registration.
Member firms must be logged in to register for free, and can register all attending employees through their member account.
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If you aren't able to attend a course you registered for— we understand! The funeral profession doesn't make it easy to schedule in advance. You can contact our CE Program manager directly to transfer your registration to another upcoming course.
Registering
Select the course you'd like to attend from our list of Upcoming Events. You'll be able to review state approvals, course details, presenter information, etc, and also register for the course. Please be sure you have the full name as printed on the license and the license number of every person you intend to register, as well as a separate email address for each person attending.
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​If the name entered at registration does not match the name on your license, your state may not record or accept your credit, so please be sure this is accurate!
Attending
You will receive an email confirming your registration, and then all registered attendees will receive an email with a link to the webinar as the date of the presentation approaches. The presentation will be hosted on GoToWebinar. Each email address registered corresponds with one slot in the webinar, and has a separate link, so two individuals are not able to view the webinar with the same link/email address. Each attendee must be separately registered and have a separate email address.​
Using GoToWebinar
Before the scheduled time, just follow your emailed link. You'll be able to join the meeting with the registered email address and add your basic information, like a display name for the presenter to see. The meeting link will automatically trigger the download of the free GoToWebinar software app, if you don't have it already— it's available for desktop computers and mobile devices. You will be able to have live written and/or audio participation in the webinar, as is required by many states to qualify the course for "in-person" credit, so you may need to have microphone capabilities. Feel free to ask questions, use the "react" and "raise hand" features, and interact with your presenters!
Getting Credit
After the program is finished, you'll receive an emailed certificate of your attendance, and we will report your attendance to your state, both within 24 hours.
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There may be a short processing delay while your state records and posts our report before it shows in electronic systems like CE Broker or state web portals like Tennessee's.
Where Are They Approved?
Our courses are each approved for credit in a number of states— check the course information for the specific course you are interested in, or you can filter the available courses by state on the Events list.
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We offer courses approved in over a dozen states, including Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia*, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky*, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee*, and Wisconsin, as well as the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practitioners.
*Approved for in-person credit​
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If you'd like to seek credit outside of those states, or are interested in being a presenter, please don't hesitate to reach out to us through the Contact form below or our Chat box.
Questions or trouble with the program?
If you didn't get your link, you need to update or transfer a registration, you're having difficulty registering or joining a course, you have questions about your reported credit or certificate, etc., please feel free to contact our CE Program manager, Alex Lewis, directly at alex@tifg.net or 865-935-7344.
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If you have difficulty during a course but are currently connected to the webinar, you can also enter questions in the Question or Chat boxes in GoToWebinar— Alex monitors all CE courses live.