Memorials
Celebration of life ideas for sharing memories
At a memorial most people have a story and very few get to tell it. A eulogy covers a life in ten minutes; the rest stays in people's heads. These ideas gather what everyone remembers, share it gently in the room, and keep it for the family.
Ideas
Four ideas for a memorial or celebration of life
For a wake, a celebration of life weeks after the funeral, or a gathering on an anniversary.
A memory from everyone
Ask each guest for one memory: something they did, something they said, the way they laughed. Many people won't speak at a memorial, but nearly everyone will write a line.
Photos with the story behind them
Old photos are already on the tables. Ask people to send the ones they have with where, when and who, so the stories aren't lost with the people who know them.
Gentle questions, not a contest
A few questions from their life, where a photo was taken, what year, whose memory this is, help a room of people from different parts of their life share it. The tone stays soft and nothing is at anyone's expense.
One place to keep it all
Memory jars and books end up in one house. A page of every memory and photo, which the whole family can open and save, stays with everyone.
What to ask for
What to ask people for
Send these with the details of the gathering. Keep it open and gentle: people give what they can.
- Share one memory of them, big or small.
- Send a photo with them in it, and tell us where and roughly when it was.
- What's something they always said?
- What did they teach you?
- Write a few words to them, or about them.
Why it works
Why share memories this way?
A memory book is read by one family, later. Hear Hear gathers memories and photos from everyone, shares them in the room quietly and slowly, and keeps them on a page the family can open whenever they need to. The Roast and rowdy rounds never appear at a memorial, and you can check every word before it's shown.
How to run it
How to gather memories with Hear Hear
Set it up as a memorial.
Pick Memorial. Hear Hear leaves out anything rowdy, and leaves out the rounds that need the person in the room. You fill in the Basics.
Invite memories from everyone.
Share the link in the family chat, the funeral notice or the invitation to the wake, and put the sign with its QR code by the door.
Read everything first.
Checked is the default: you approve each memory and photo before it's shown, and skip works instantly on anything on the screen.
Share it, then keep it.
Show the memories and photos to the room with a few gentle questions, and afterwards everyone keeps the page.
Setup suggests the Soft theme for this occasion. You can change it any time, even during the event.
Pricing
Free to try. One price when the AI does the work.
Free
Questions you write, plus the rounds that need nothing sent in. Guests can send things in straight away.
AUD 19.99 an event
The AI turns what your guests send into rounds, with toasts at the event and the keepsake everyone keeps.
The host pays once for the event. Guests never pay. No subscription.
FAQ
Questions people ask
- Is a quiz right for a memorial?
- It is gentle by design: quiet questions like where a photo was taken or whose memory it is, nothing at anyone's expense, and you choose the rounds and how long it runs, from about 30 minutes.
- Can people send something if they can't come?
- Yes. Anyone with the link can send a memory or a photo from their phone ahead of time, wherever they are.
- How long is the page kept?
- On a paid event the keepsake stays up for a year after the event, and a year after the last time anyone opened it. Anyone who can open it can save everything on it, and the host can delete it at any time.
Gather what everyone remembers.
Set it up in a few minutes, try it free, and share the link with your guests.
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