How to Sustain Motivation after a Conference - Part 1

Hello Friends! I recently attended the annual food and nutrition conference in Nashville, Tn. If you are trying to build a brand online check out this session review called Claim the Spotlight! Beyond Traditional Media: Videos, Podcasts, & Self-Publishing! 

The point of a conference is to gain continuing education to develop or sharpen skills, network, and inspire. My mindset during the conference: I will conquer!! I make tons of notes and have idea after idea and I tell myself, "this year will be the year that I actually implement my goals!" Then I come home to endless cat meows, mountains of laundry, and a neglected husband.

So how do we keep this inspiration fueled post conference?

After addressing the cats and the husband ;) I sat down to map out a plan. Oh, the mountains of laundry aren't hurting anyone! Here is my plan on how to sustain motivation after a conference.

1. Organize notes, lecture handouts, and business cards. 

I use Microsoft's One Drive and One Note to organize documents and pictures.

Resources for file organization: One Drive | Evernote | DropBox | One Note

2. Make notes beside the cards. For instance, if someone offered to mentor you or help you with a certain project. 

This is a notebook I use everyday. So now I will have daily visual reminders to keep my mind on my goals. I love this notebook. It is by designers Erin Condren. Click the button below for referral. 

(*this is s referral link*)

3. Send a follow-up email. 

You can simply express appreciation in meeting them.

Here is one that I am sending out.

Hello Chere, 

I have been a big fan of your Abundance Mondays! I too love to inspire and motivate other RDs and entrepreneurs. It was great to connect with you at the NEDPG media/speaker meeting. Thank you for your advice on the National Speaker Association membership. I look forward to connecting in the future.

Always Smiling, 

Cindy Huggins, MS, RDN, LD
website: www.CindyHuggins.com
blog: Newlywed Nutrition
podcast: 30 Second Bytes with Dietitian Cindy
      

Don't be afraid to ask for a meeting or offer your services if you think they will be beneficial. DON'T ask for a meeting or phone call if you have nothing to discuss.

Here are some templates that can help. 

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TEMPLATE 2

Friday I'll post Part 2: Creating a clear vision to see a return on investment! I'm creating some new documents to help! Here is an example. Click to download.

Thanks for reading! Did you go to FNCE?? 

Let's connect. Comment below with any tips!

Sunday Foodprep with Free Meal Plan Download

Happy Sunday and welcome to Cindy's Sunday Food Prep. My life is slowing down (well, kind of) and I'm able to bring back old healthy habits, one being my Sunday food prep tradition. My week depends specifically on this process, without it it's fast food Heaven in my house. I just don't have time to plan, prep, and prepare meals during the week. Can I get an "Amen?" Today I prepped the following for a weeks worth of meals. For about an hour my kitchen is a complete disaster to others looking in, but for me it's organized chaos. In one section I have sweet treats being prepared:

• Granola bars
• Ice cream sandwiches (recipe TOMORROW)
• Trail Mix

In the opposite corner is protein, mostly chicken. While I'm slicing and dicing my protein I'm boiling, baking, browning and packing in marinate. Today's protein:

• Boiled and shredded chicken put away for Chicken Alfredo 
• Butterflied chicken breast marinated in Greek dressing
• Ground turkey brown with chopped onion for Chili Turkey

Chopped and sliced veggies:

• Romaine Lettuce
• Cucumber
• Romaine Tomatoes for roasting
• Red Onion

I have created this Menu Planner to keep track of weekly eats. Here's an example and a copy for you to download!! 
Enjoy!

Download by clicking here

You'll have the option to download. Choose download as PDF (you'll need Adobe PDF viewer).

If you are having issues I'll convert it to word, just let me know in the comments below. 

I have started pinning weekly recipes on this Pinterest Board. Follow along. 

Follow Dietitian Cindy's board Weekly Eats on Pinterest.