When you belong to a group that needs to make a decision or solve a problem, how do you go about that process? Is there one person who...

Imagine sitting in your office concentrating on completing your latest project when the phone rings. It is the producer for your local...

What is a mentor? Is it the same as a coach? Or, is it something different? The words mentor and coach are often used interchangeably....

Would you agree we live in an increasingly polarized culture? Specifically, in the field of nutrition, polarization and controversy are...

Do you attend professional conferences? If you are a credentialled food and nutrition professional, do you attend FNCE? …otherwise known...

After work, today, our oldest son, Joey, along with seven other adventurers (at last count), are driving more than 20 hours from Indiana...

Were you ever instructed on how to be a “professional”? In our nutrition communications course at Purdue, I included a class period on...

In today’s throw-away world, I venture that some of the items we treasure most are notes of appreciation or praise, certificates for a...

Have you ever stuck your neck out to apply for a highly sought-after position, or to participate in an event such as speaking at a...

The conference is over, your suitcase is waiting to be unpacked, hundreds of emails need to be read or deleted, piles of “real” mail need...

Do you dread traveling… or dream about it? Travel can be more rewarding and less stressful if you are intentional about just a few...

Who’s going to FNCE? That’s short for Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo – the annual meeting of the Academy of Nutrition and...

Writing is functional and educational as well as artistic and expressive. Writing well requires both quality content and creativity to...

This is my 52nd blog post since launching NutritionCommunicator.com last July. Yay! I met my goal of creating and posting a weekly blog....

I was honored this week with induction into the Purdue University Nutrition Science Hall of Fame. This is the department where I studied...

How many things are you doing right now? Are you reading this blog while having lunch, checking emails, replying to a text, fixing a...

You walk into an office, a hotel, a restaurant, a store. What needs to happen for you to have a marvelous customer experience? I contend...

What does the year ahead hold in store? We cannot look into a crystal ball, but we can determine what we would like our future to be and...

Successful nutrition communicators possess more than the required knowledge and skills. They demonstrate specific characteristics.