Miscommunication is the failure to communicate adequately. It occurs in a multitude of ways, including communication that is confusing,...

When you are facing a big project or task, are you more inclined to get started right away, or put it off? If you are in the 20% of the...

Who needs something else to complicate their lives? No one. Who needs something else to enrich their lives? Everyone. That...

Do you consider yourself a good multi-tasker? How many things can you juggle successfully at the same time without dropping one or more? Learn the pitfalls of multitasking and how to be more attentive.

Following five tips will make all the difference in how effectively you can reach an audience and the impact your message can make:

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

Meet Miss Perception, also known as “Did I hear or read that correctly?” Miss Perception is a contestant in my “Mis-Communication”...

Think back to the last product you purchased. For me, it was a new planner from someone on social media. Did I truly need another fancy...

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

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

They say you can’t teach an old dog a new trick. I disagree. There are numerous stories of older people learning and achieving great...

As communicators, we won’t be effective if an audience can’t remember our message. Being memorable is essential to successful communication. What do we know about memory, and how can we use that knowledge to make communication memorable?

Looking for a proven method for self-improvement? Here it is: Engage in helping others improve by sharing your knowledge, wisdom, and...

This week the USA turned 243 and this blog turned 2. Happy Birthday! This is my 104th blog post since launching NutritionCommunicator.com...

On the first day of class, when I asked the students in our Nutrition Communication course at Purdue to share why they had picked their...

For most of human history, conversations took place face-to-face. Then, in the late 19th century, with the invention of the telephone,...

Social media allows businesses, organizations, and individuals to share content and make connections with a wide audience using nothing...

What do you do? Can you answer that question in a clear and concise way? One of the biggest challenges facing anyone in business is...

Recently, my husband had a medical test in which the result read: “The trachea bronchial tree and esophagus are grossly unremarkable.” In...

How do you and the audiences you serve view life – as the unfolding of events that happen by chance – or as a process of self-directed...