Find someone to be your coach! Coaching… what images does that word bring to mind? Your child’s soccer coach demonstrating a move or...

When I launched NutritionCommunicator.com in 2017, my goal was to guide and encourage other nutrition professionals on their journeys as...

Would you agree that effective communication is well-planned and executed? Have you ever tried to “wing it” and regretted not putting...

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

How would you illustrate nutrition communication? The first chapter in Communicating Nutrition: The Authoritative Guide introduces the...

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

Admonitions to “measure twice and cut once” or to “proofread before hitting send” are likely based on learning from painful, yet...

Intuitively you know the difference between quality writing and poor writing. One is clear and the other is confusing. One is captivating...

Adult audiences share several core characteristics that are important to account for when designing communication.

Do your work well. Nothing beats a good reputation supported by excellence in what you do. Do good work.

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

Calling audience members by name gains attention and solicits participation. It builds connections between presenter and audience and among audience members.

Procrastination. We all do it – delay or postpone doing something. Is there something you’re putting off? Something you avoid doing even...

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

Where are you, Sherlock Holmes? I would like to enlist your help in solving the mystery of the unsupported data. It appears that the...

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...

When we block the ideas of others we stop the flow of ideas. When we accept the ideas of others we keep the ideas flowing and agree to save the evaluation for later. In improv this is called “accepting offers.” It enhances collaboration and problem solving.

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

The simplest answer: 1. write, 2. write, 3. write. We become better writers by writing. But there is more to it than writing. If we don’t...

Last week I spent 5 days in South Haven, Michigan with a group of my closest friends. We have been vacationing near Lake Michigan for 12...