Naysayers will always have scruples about new trends and traditions replacing conventional practices. One such practice is Funeral live streaming.
Attending the last rites of a loved one shouldn’t come at a hefty dollar bill. Besides, grief is love cloaked in sadness, making it extremely difficult for people to attend a funeral physical.
However, funeral webcasting brushes all these cons aside and allows friends and relatives to say goodbye to the deceased.
Here’s why funeral webcasting is going to stay and how you can plan a successful virtual memorial service.
A Necessity of Changing Times
You never know what the wheels of time have in store for you. COVID-19 was one such reality jerk, a prolonged reminder that humans are mortal and don’t have the dial for universe machinations.
Living through the grief of losing a beloved one is a painful but universal experience. And the ways people experience and handle this strong emotion differ varying. Thereby making it all the more important to hold a virtual rather than waiting for circumstances to settle down.
Delaying a funeral service can further add to the trauma and grief of the bereaved.
How to Plan a Successful Funeral Live Streaming
Funeral webcasting can be quite an impressive experience and enervating, allowing you to subliminally celebrate the deceased’s life.
Here’s how you can hold Funeral live streaming through a virtual meet platform.
Invest in Subscriptions
Investing in short-time subscription plans is a cost-effective way to hold funeral webcasting. A short-period subscription is very affordable and allows you to hold a meeting with a large group, around 100 or more, with no time limit.
Even if you have to limit the event duration, the meeting platform has the feature to store video conferencing in its cloud storage. However, you need to go to its setting and allow the necessary permissions to do so.
Get a Tech Native
Delegate the task of the de-facto host to someone familiar with digital platforms and their functioning.
The task of a de-facto host consists of carrying out all the technical heavy lifting. This includes admitting people to the meet’s waiting room; keeping the mic of the audience mute; troubleshooting technical glitches, and extending other technical help to the guests.
Explore the Platform Setting
Ensure you’ve thoroughly explored the platform setting and other technicalities before investing in a plan.
Practice to Lead
Practice the run-through of the event multiple times to get the hang of the platform and smooth over any unexpected kinks. Having a practice session with all the backend hosts and participants will help them understand the flow of the event.
Send Invitations
Compile a detailed list of the guests you want to attend the event and send them the invitation a few days ahead.
Be Prepared for Tech Gremlins
While virtual events are accessible and easy to stream and hold, they also have certain drawbacks. Online events’ success solely depends on good internet connectivity. Poor connectivity brings in numerous struggles, disrupting or slowing the effects of the entire meet platform.
However, there’s no solution to such tech gremlins, and they will always lurk around the success of virtual events.
Remote memorial service is a relatively new concept, and people are only starting to understand it. However, holding a virtual funeral doesn’t make the event less than a physical funeral service.
The purpose of funeral webcasting is identical to an in-person funeral event, and that’s to honor the deceased last journey and find comfort in each other’s company to heal from the loss.
