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What Do You Want to Do at Before I Die ABQ?
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Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert
Albuquerque, NM
Friday, June 1, 2018


Gail Rubin, CT, The Doyenne of Death
 

Before I Die ABQ Festival

We're all going to die, yet less than 30% of adults do any end-of-life planning: wills or trusts, advance medical directives, preneed funeral planning or financial preparation. It's better to talk about our wishes well before death becomes a grim reality and our loved ones can be informed. 

Before I Die festivals are part of a growing social movement to foster reflection about how we as individuals and as a society manage death and dying. By providing space and opportunities to openly discuss end-of-life issues, we can improve the percentage of those who plan ahead and take actions to address our 100% mortality rate. 

The 2nd annual Before I Die ABQ festival will be held Tuesday, October 30, 2018 to Sunday, November 4, 2018. This festival brings together educational and entertaining elements such as field trips, movies, parties, panel discussions, and Death Café conversations. Events will take place at multiple locations and venues around Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Here's a listing of last year's events

What would you want to do at Before I Die ABQ? Help us make this the best festival ever with your input! This survey will take five minutes at most, and it asks these questions:

  1. Would you attend an event called the Before I Die Festival?
  2. What types of Before I Die Festival events appeal most to you? (rank your choices of speakers/panel discussions; Death Cafe conversations, field trips to cemeteries, funeral homes, OMI, etc.; parties/fun competitions; workshops/classes/movies)
  3. What topics would you most like to learn about or discuss at this event?
  4. Are there any questions you would like to be addressed at any of the events?
  5. How much would you be willing to pay to attend a party or a daylong symposium?
  6. Do you have any dietary restrictions?
  7. How did you hear about this event?
  8. How would you like to receive information about this event? (phone call, text, email)

Your responses are much appreciated.

Click here to take the survey!

Festival coordinator Gail Rubin, CT, is a pioneering death educator who works with companies to connect with baby boomers concerned about end-of-life issues. A featured speaker at TEDxABQ in 2015, she's the author of three books on end-of-life issues, including A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In a previous lifetime, she was a public relations professional and an event planner.

Sponsors of the Before I Die ABQ Festival include EternityGardens.com, National Guardian Life Insurance Company, and French Funerals & Cremations.

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Gail Rubin, CT, is author and host of the award-winning book and television series, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die.

Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist (that's a death educator) and a popular speaker who uses humor and films to get the end-of-life and funeral planning conversation started. She "knocked 'em dead" with her TEDx talk, A Good Goodbye. She provides continuing education credit classes for attorneys, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, financial planners, funeral directors and other professionals. She's a Certified Funeral Celebrant and funeral planning consultant who has been interviewed in national and local print, broadcast and online media.

Known as The Doyenne of Death®, she is the event coordinator of the Before I Die ABQ Festival. She also hosts A Good Goodbye Internet radio show and produces Mortality Minute radio and online video spots. Her YouTube Channel features more than 400 videos!

Rubin is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association, Toastmasters International and the National Speakers Association New Mexico Chapter. Her speaking profile is available at eSpeakers.com.

Gail Rubin has been interviewed about funeral planning issues in national and local broadcast, print and online media. Outlets include The Huffington Post, Money Magazine, Kiplinger, CBS Radio News, WGN-TV,  and local affiliates for NPR, PBS, FOX, ABC-TV, CBS-TV and NBC-TV.

Sign up for a free planning form and occasional informative newsletter at her website, AGoodGoodbye.com.
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Name: Gail Rubin
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Dateline: Albuquerque, NM United States
Direct Phone: 505-265-7215
Cell Phone: 505-363-7514
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