Effective communication is not just thrown together, it is strategically created. By following the 10 Steps to Creating Compelling...

Creating effective communication hinges on one essential step more than any other. That step involves knowing and understanding your...

When creating communication, can your audience be “everyone”? No. Messages can only be effective when targeted to an audience. Therefore,...

When you are creating communication, where do you begin? Do you start with deciding which channel to use? Or, what your message is? Or,...

What do tragedies and hardships teach us? Do we come out stronger and more resilient, or are we more defeated and divided? A year ago, I...

What makes communication effective? What are the qualities of an effective communicator? To answer these questions, I searched for words...

Discrimination, prejudice, unequal treatment, harassment – just a few of the negative consequences resulting from the biases humans hold...

What does it mean to be biased? Am I biased? Are you biased? If we are honest we must acknowledge that we all have biases. Biases are our...

The saying, “don’t miss the forest for the trees,” encourages us to not get bogged down in the details of a situation and lose sight of...

Theodore Roosevelt wisely said, “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” When I taught nutrition communication...

What does it take to be an effective leader? Well… it depends. There is no one formula or sequence of steps to follow but rather a skill...

The mere thought of evaluation can be fear-producing. Memories of bad test scores, nerve-wracking performance appraisals, negative...

When delivering communication in a crisis, what does your audience need first… an accounting of the facts, or, an expression of empathy...

Crises are events and situations that turn our lives upside down. They include natural disasters, health scares, economic upheavals,...

The term “influencer” refers to someone, generally via social media, with a large following and able to successfully exert influence over...

Miss Information – AKA not making sure what you said is what you meant to say… Like the wife who asks her husband, “Can you pick up a...

When describing your communication skills, which adjective would you prefer: Average? Mediocre? Adequate? Or Awesome? It’s time for...

Can you recall your last heart-to-heart conversation? In today’s world of instant messaging, texting, email, and social media, have we...

Meet Miss Conception – AKA “contagious falsehoods” because they are so common. In honor of nutrition communication, how many of these...

In this season of Thanksgiving we are encouraged to have an “attitude of gratitude.” Really? Even in 2020, during a pandemic, one might...