In 2014, the UK Law Society advised that everyone should leave a Digital Legacy in addition to making a will. Sandy Weatherburn from Social Embers, presents the importance of leaving a #digitallegacy. Presented at Legacy Foresight's 2016 - 2017 In-Memory Learning Circle Workshop, 21st February 2017.

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Sandy Weatherburn
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A Life Worth Celebrating

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First – an introduction !
Sandy Weatherburn
I am a Digital Death Guru !
sandy@socialembers.com
+44 (0)7545 596 554
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Topics I am going to cover
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• An introduction to Social Embers, founded in 2014
• Digital Life - what is it?
• Digital Death - what does this mean?
• Bereavement - affects everyone
• Memorialisation - celebrating a life
• The Future - my view on the future of memorials

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I didn’t plan to start Social Embers
http://beckytarbottonscholarship.org/
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Rebecca Tarbotton
was Executive Director of Rainforest Action Network

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Digital Life
• Our Digital Life relates to the
Digital Footprints that we
leave online from our digital
lives
• This is why we need to
consider our Digital Legacy
as well as making a will for
our physical possessions.
• #digitalbereavement
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Leaving a Digital Legacy
On April 16th 2014, the UK Law Society advised that
everyone should leave a Digital Legacy in addition to
making a will.
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Types of Digital Legacy
There are four types of Digital Legacy
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EMOTIONAL
FINANCIAL
INTELLECTUAL
SOCIAL

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Digital Death
• So what will happen to those Digital Footprints you leave behind
when you die ?
• Your Digital Footprints are creating a diary of your life which
could be used as a memorial
• The “Right to be Forgotten”
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Bereavement
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Pictures courtesy of JAPANmania

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What is a Memorial ?
“Memorialisation is the act of marking a physical or
conceptual space for posterity in remembrance of a
person or an event.” *
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*www.Socialdigital.Dundee.ac.uk

12. Memorials of the Future
• Online memorials
• QR codes ( Quick Response)
• Holographic
• Augmented Reality
• Virtual Reality
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How are memorials changing ?
• Accessibility through digital
technology
• Online memorial pages
• Smart devices
• QR Code technology
• Improving access for grieving
relatives and friends
• Interaction online
• New donation opportunities
• Instant access via smart device
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Digital Memorials
• Online memorial pages
• Dedicated Web site
• Fundraising page
• Facebook and other social media
• Specific memorial charities
• Social Media memorialisation
• Social Media Legacy contacts
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David Bowie emoji

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Leaving a hologram
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Do traditional cemeteries have a future ?
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https://arnosvale.org.uk

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Virtual Reality
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The future of Digital Memorials – Summary
• Digital Memorials are becoming more common place
• Physical and digital memorials can be linked through QR Code
technology
• Technology enables the potential for fund raising activities on
behalf of the deceased person’s family if desired
• Create an Avatar and live forever using augmented technology!
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A Life is always worth Celebrating
“The Life of the Dead is placed in the memory of the living” - Cicero

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