For an audience to attend to, engage with, and act upon a message, they must trust the communicator. Strong audience connections build and strengthen trust. When communicating about science, those audience connections matter. Now more than ever.

The role of moderator in a virtual setting includes many distinct responsibilities. This post describes these and covers 8 strategies for moderating in a virtual setting.

Maintaining composure and positivity and demonstrating respect go a long way in handling every type of difficult audience situation. This post explores how to deal with different types.

This post shares an excerpt from Communicating Nutrition: The Authoritative Guide about audience management and the importance of being fully present.

This post describes how to respond to questions that are often labeled “stupid.” It shares an excerpt from Chapter 36, updated to reflect answering questions in person, virtually, and in writing, such as on social media or responding to comments online.

This is the question everyone dreads. Nutrition communicators will never know the answer to every question, but they should know how to answer most questions related to the content within the presentation or article the communicator is being asked about. Preparing ahead of time and anticipating potential questions should eliminate the potential for having to say “I don’t know” very often. In this post, we will explore how to effectively respond to questions when we don’t know

No matter the way a question comes to us, answering effectively is best accomplished by following six smart steps.

This post is the second in a series examining the qualities and skills needed to be an effective communicator, including genuine courtesy.

Misinformation is wrong or misleading information. In this post, we will explore a helpful strategy for managing misinformation.

CLEAR is an acronym standing for 5 principles of clear communication. This acronym was developed by Dr. Rene Roberts, MD, MS, FAAFP.

Communicators benefit from using visual aids because information is conveyed more efficiently and effectively than with words alone. Visual

This post summarizes the main points from our series on using behavior change theories with 5 brief tips.

Audience engagement is essential for effective communication, especially in presentations. As described in Chapter 20 of Communicating...

Honestly answer this question: How often do you “communicate nutrition” in your current work setting? Is it… Daily? Weekly? Monthly?...

Is the public confused about food and nutrition? Can it be challenging to differentiate between what is fact and what is fiction? Yes,...

“Why don’t nutrition experts ever agree?” “Why do nutrition experts keep changing their minds?” Do you hear those complaints? I do. I can...

How do you fund your projects, research, operating budget, and more? If you answered grants, you are familiar with the stress of seeking...

What creates effective communication? This series of posts shares 8 key principles. Here are the first seven: Communication is relational...

What creates effective communication? In this series of posts, I am proposing 8 principles. So far, we have covered the first four:...

How would you answer the question, what creates effective communication? Would you include the principles we’ve covered thus far?...