Consulting: Nutrition Specialist for Public Relations and Marketing Agencies

In this Section:
1.	"In a Nutshell" Background
2.	Consulting in Four Promotional Areas
3.	Advanced Skills and Experience in Consumer and Professional Marketing
4.	National Recognition as Writer, Professional Speaker and Staff Trainer for Professionals
5.	Personal Assets

National Recognition as Writer, Professional Speaker and
Staff Trainer for Professoinals

Writer:
Mary Ann has written and self-publishes three nutrition and medical nutrition therapy resources for nutrition professionals:

Establishing a Successful Medical Nutrition Therapy Clinic in ANY Practice Setting:
The Complete Guide

Money Matters in Medical Nutrition Therapy and Diabetes Self-Management Training: Increasing Reimbursement Success in All Practice Settings, The Complete Guide, 3rd Edition

EZ Forms for the Busy RD

She also has developed numerous educational handouts for consumer education programs on nutrition therapy in specific disease states, on nutrition for wellness and nutrition in weight loss. Mary Ann has also written a professional multi-page, quarterly newsletter titled "Nutrition News" for hospital employees for many years.

Professional Speaker:
Mary Ann is nationally recognized for giving dynamic and entertaining presentations at annual conferences of nutrition, food and food service and healthcare organizations, and at their state affiliate and practice group workshops. Her Power Point slides, charts, graphs and checklists are clear, concise and creative. She has an exceptional flare for the use of graphics to drive home a key message and to enliven her talks. She always starts her presentations by saying "Do you want to have fun and learn at the same time?" One of the highest accolades a speaker can receive is being invited back again and again. This has been occurred several times in Mary Ann's career.

Mary Ann's forte is engaging audiences with examples, humor, interactive strategies, and genuine warmth and caring.

Staff Trainer for Professionals:

Mary Ann has years of hands-on experience and expertise in training professionals (RDs, RNs, CDEs) on:

Developing nutrition, medical nutrition therapy (MNT)and diabetes self-management training (DSME) programs

Writing proposals

Designing marketing plans

Patient empowerment (related to nutrition goals)

Team building

Insurance reimbursement for MNT, DSME and related services

Quality improvement programs

Financial controls

MNT and DSME outcomes management

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