Media Training Boot Camp

Featuring Ottawa, Ontario-based dietitian Hélène Charlebois, MSc, RD – media dietitian extraordinaire and owner of HC Nutrition. Hélène is a nutrition communications expert and has over 25 years of experience in helping people improve their health. She operates a local clinic in Ottawa, Canada, plus offers workshops, seminars, webinars and lunch and learns across Canada and abroad. Many food companies seek-out Hélène’s expertise as a spokesperson for: TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, web-letters and social media. She is a graduate of McGill University…

Secret of Success of success from Canada’s Top Media Dietitians – Featuring Shannon Crocker

December 2, 2017

Featuring Hamilton, Ontario-based dietitian Shannon Crocker, MSc, RD – media dietitian superstar and owner of VIBRANT nutrition communications. Shannon is a nutrition communications pro and good food content creator. When she’s not writing about food and nutrition, she’s talking about it. A lot! Shannon appears regularly in radio and television media, facilitates wellness classes and is a professor at the Canadian Food & Wine Institute where she teaches nutrition to future chefs. Shannon shares her passion for simple, good foods that…

Secrets of Success from Canada’s Top Media Dietitians – Zannat Reza

November 1, 2017

Featuring Toronto-based dietitian Zannat Reza – media dietitian superstar and owner of the health promotion social enterprise thrive360 In our Secrets of Success series, we are interviewing Canada’s top media dietitians to share their media experience, insights and nuggets of wisdom to help YOU be a media rockstar! We’re sure you will enjoy learning about more about Zannat’s extensive media experience and some of her top tips for media success! Zannat is a food and health storyteller who runs the health promotion…

Secrets of Success from Canada’s Top Media Dietitians – Laurie Barker Jackman

September 6, 2017

Featuring media savvy east coast dietitian Laurie Barker Jackman, RD In our new Secrets of Success series, we will be interviewing Canada’s top media dietitians to share their media experience, insights and nuggets of wisdom to help YOU be a media rockstar! We’re sure you will enjoy learning about Laurie and some of her top tips for media success! Laurie is an RD based out of Halifax, Canada. She is passionate about helping people understand the science of food and…

Media Interview Fumbles & Fixes #4

June 5, 2017

No matter how much we prepare and practice, things don’t go exactly as planned when it comes to media interviews! As life-long learners and media trainers, we’re always looking for ways to improve, learn and share our secrets of success with you! In the next few newsletters, we’ll share some our TV interview fumbles – and how to fix them Media Interview Fumble #4: Communication break-down In this interview, renown chef Jamie Oliver visited Canada to advocate for kids cooking…

Media Interview Fumbles & Fixes #3

May 1, 2017

No matter how much we prepare and practice, things don’t go exactly as planned when it comes to media interviews! As life-long learners and media trainers, we’re always looking for ways to improve, learn and share our secrets of success with you! In the next few newsletters, we’ll share some our TV interview fumbles – and how to fix them! Media Interview Fumble #3: Picking a sensitive recipe Gina’s story: I usually pre-tape 3-4 television segments at a time– all…

Media Interview Fumbles & Fixes #2

April 1, 2017

No matter how much we prepare and practice, things don’t go exactly as planned when it comes to media interviews! As life-long learners and media trainers, we’re always looking for ways to improve, learn and share our secrets of success with you! In the next few newsletters, we’ll share some our TV interview fumbles – and how to fix them! Media Interview Fumble #2: Relying on the producer to supply your food props Sue’s story: The night producer for CBC Morning…

Media Interview Fumbles & Fixes #1

March 16, 2017

No matter how much we prepare and practice, things don’t go exactly as planned when it comes to media interviews! As life-long learners and media trainers, we’re always looking for ways to improve, learn and share our secrets of success with you! In the next few newsletters, we’ll share some our TV interview fumbles – and how to fix them! Media Interview Fumble #1: Forgetting to ask about parking and construction Gina’s story: While driving into downtown Winnipeg for an in-studio…

Time to Shine in the Media!

December 14, 2016