Ventures Enterprising News & Ideas for Nutrition Entrepreneurs
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Helping You Grow through Effective Communication Rosanne Rust, MS, RDN, LDN Chair
Welcome to another year with Nutrition Entrepreneurs DPG! I am so honored to be chair for the 2017-2018 year, following in the footsteps of so many colleagues I admire. As someone who makes a living stringing words together, I believe in effective communication. I love creating messages that people will read, or crafting a blog post that really resonates. My goal is to inspire and inform, and I hope I can lead NE with the same inspiration. Since many of the most popular member benefits of NE include our webinars and this newsletter, I’ve pinned “Communication” as our theme for the year. We already do a great job and I hope to help get news and resources out to our members in an even more effective way going forward. So let’s begin. We have some big things planned for NEDPG this year. In the wings, we are creating a brand-new form of communication for our members that we believe will be vibrant, engaging, personalized and fun. We’re also gearing up for the Academy’s 100-year celebration and the Second Century. Members who count on our fabulous FNCE® Networking Event won’t be disappointed as we embark on plans to knock this year’s event out of the park (go, Cubbies!). Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 22, 2017, for this year’s event. The Executive Committee worked very hard last year on a plan to optimize member benefits. Part of this plan included a restructuring of the Executive Committee (EC) which leads the organization. We refined some of the job descriptions, modified the
reporting structure and added positions to both involve more NE members and also lighten the workload for volunteers. We hope to continue to create opportunities for our members to network, learn from one another and grow, per our mission: Inspiring and cultivating entrepreneurs through a community dedicated to supporting infinite success.
Summer 2017 Volume XXXIII Number 1 Measuring Outcomes, Looking Beyond Profits to Grow and Improve Your Business
In This Issue: Helping You Grow through Effective Communication ������������������������������������������ 1 If Money Were No Object �������������������������� 2 Five Tips To Increase Your Social Media Engagement �������������������������������������������������� 3 Members on the Move ������������������������������ 4 I Never Could Have Imagined ���������������� 6 Results-In-Advance Marketing �������������� 6 Seven Pinterest Strategies to Market
Be sure to visit the NE website often at nedpg.org/members. Log in for memberspecific information including a Member Directory, Toolkit, webinar recordings, past Ventures, information about awards, mini meetings and more. Our goal is to communicate the abundant resources NEDPG provides, continually update them, and create new ones, so we can help you grow no matter what stage of practice you are in.
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Finally, please consider working with NE this year. You can do this in a number of ways. You could volunteer to work with a Specialty Group committee, be a mentor, suggest a webinar, join a Twitter chat (#NEDPG), put yourself on the election ballot or help recruit colleagues to join NEDPG.
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Taking some time to work on personal growth, by nurturing your leadership skills and volunteering, can help fuel your business. Contact our chair-elect, Elana Natker, at ChairElect@NEdpg.org if you’d like to be involved. I like to call NEDPG the “eNErgy DPG.” We would be so jazzed if you consider sharing yourself with us. YOU, our members, are what makes this DPG so awesome. Don’t hesitate to drop me a note anytime (Chair@NEdpg.org) with suggestions for how we can continue to grow together and be our best.
Rebellious Business Building ������������������������8 Growing Your Business: It’s All About Relationships. ������������������������������������������������ 8 Meet the 2017-2018 NE Executive Committee ������������������������������������������������������ 9
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Rosanne Rust, MS, RDN, LDN, author, fact-finder and freelance writer, enjoys an ever-changing environment. Give her fresh air and she's smiling. Rosanne anxiously awaits the opening of her "outdoor home office" every spring in the Northeast. She can't decide which she loves better - the ocean or the mountains - but it's probably the ocean.