Orientation

Purpose

In this stage, we begin the proceedings and communicate essential information about what is to come, set expectations on how people can participate.

• Who facilitator is / relationship to the bereaved

• About relating to the people in the room, their relationship to one another

  • Identify family verbally (and perhaps visually using e.g. Zoom background)

• Why we are gathered

• Order of service (what’s going to happen)*

• How to use the conference technology (e.g. Zoom; ideally this is done by the tech operator)

• Welcome and thank people for attending

• Mention:

  • Whether the memorial is private or public

  • Whether there are plans to create an in-person event when restrictions lifted

  • Whether the memorial is being recorded (note that video will be captured)

Ideas

• Zoom tutorial: The person who gives the zoom tutorial may be someone other than the facilitator /host of the service.