Communicate love with presence rather than presents.

What does it take to be compelling? To compel means to bring about something forcefully, but to be compelling has a much more desirable connotation. Synonyms...

As communicators, we won’t be effective if an audience can’t remember our message. Being memorable is essential to successful communication. I recently surve...

… the Italian chef? He pasta way. Could you use a good laugh? So could I! The more often the better. We all need laughter, and plenty of it. “Laughter is goo...

Have you ever attended a presentation in which the audience was NOT engaged and became disruptive, or at best, was simply not paying attention – possibly dis...

Presentation skills are essential in today’s workplaces, organizations, and via digital channels. Whether you present in person or online, the ability to del...

Have you ever heard the statement that presentation effectiveness is only 10% from content and 90% comes from your delivery? Is that oft-quoted statistic tru...

The Q&A can be one of the most dreaded parts of a presentation. Why? Because we fear we might not know how to respond to a difficult question. However, maste...

I love name tags! I try hard to learn people’s names, but using name tags is a tremendous help. Find out what a person wants to be called – formal title and ...

What draws you in to pay attention to a speaker or keep reading a blog post? Effective openings arouse your attention by appealing to your senses – visual an...

One of the main benefits of building presentation skills is enhanced confidence, which in turn enhances your effectiveness as a speaker. The confident speake...

Did you know that the average consumer is exposed to as many as 10,000 brand messages each and every day? That’s what the American Marketing Association (1) ...

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

Your mouth goes dry. Your skin flushes. You break out in a sweat. Your knees knock. Your heart races. You can’t catch your breath. You make another trip to t...

This afternoon, my husband and oldest son, along with 12 other adventurers, are taking off from Indiana to drive more than 20 hours to reach Leadville, Color...

This week at my local Toastmasters meeting I stepped way outside my comfort zone… I gave my first ever humorous speech. I shared the topic in last week’s blo...

Let’s meet 10 of them: Starting with Miss Understanding, when what you said and what I thought you said are NOT the same. Much like the classic Abbott and Co...

Successful communication creates a sharing of ideas and feelings between the communicator and the audience. It results in an audience that attends to, engage...

Effective nutrition communication is not an accident, but is strategically designed. It is the result of making a plan, working the plan, and evaluating the ...

Just 2 years ago I was finishing work on an introductory textbook titled Nutrition for Everyone (Resources). At the time, writing… and rewriting… and rewriti...