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What is a proven way to achieve your goals? Create habits.
Barb Mayfield
  • 2 days ago
  • 5 min

What is a proven way to achieve your goals? Create habits.

What goals have you set for yourself this year? Did you make a list of resolutions back in January? What have you achieved? A proven way...
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Harness the power of reflection
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 5
  • 2 min

Harness the power of reflection

A message that is personalized is more powerful. More transformative. It changes from being merely a good idea to something that can...
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Invite and empower others to share your story and amplify your impact
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 29
  • 3 min

Invite and empower others to share your story and amplify your impact

Have you ever felt like you’re the only one who can tell your story or market your program or service? If so, you need a change in...
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How can we illustrate data effectively and help audiences make sense of numbers?
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 22
  • 5 min

How can we illustrate data effectively and help audiences make sense of numbers?

Numbers, data, and statistics make up much of what we communicate about nutrition. From simple statements like “make half your plate...
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Why do nutrition professionals need to tell stories? What makes a good story?
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 15
  • 3 min

Why do nutrition professionals need to tell stories? What makes a good story?

Stories are more than “once upon a time” fairytales, picture books, or suspense thrillers. Stories are a memorable and moving way to...
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How do you write compelling mission and vision statements?
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 8
  • 3 min

How do you write compelling mission and vision statements?

Do you belong to or work for an organization or business? Can you state their mission and vision statements from memory? Do these...
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Want to communicate with the future? Write it down!
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 1
  • 3 min

Want to communicate with the future? Write it down!

Would you like to communicate with future generations and share special memories with your children’s children and beyond? Would you like...
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3 Steps to creating compelling content
Barb Mayfield
  • Jun 24
  • 2 min

3 Steps to creating compelling content

Creating compelling content is achievable when your message speaks to the whole person. Compelling content accounts for what your...
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How do you miscommunicate? Take our quiz.
Barb Mayfield
  • Jun 17
  • 3 min

How do you miscommunicate? Take our quiz.

How do you miscommunicate? Let me count the ways! I have personified 11 common ways we miscommunicate, giving each one a “face” and a...
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I didn’t mean that! It’s a Miss Print.
Barb Mayfield
  • Jun 10
  • 2 min

I didn’t mean that! It’s a Miss Print.

How often do you read a text or an email and encounter an unintended message like in the image above? Meet Miss Print, AKA autocorrect,...
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Wordiness weighs down your message. Cut ruthlessly and be concise.
Barb Mayfield
  • Jun 3
  • 3 min

Wordiness weighs down your message. Cut ruthlessly and be concise.

When I ask audiences to select their communication goals, being concise is a common challenge. Why do we struggle with wordiness and why...
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Why and How to Write Your Story
Barb Mayfield
  • May 27
  • 4 min

Why and How to Write Your Story

What is the value of writing your story? As a communicator and a leader, more than you may realize… As a communicator, what and how you...
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No One-Size-Fits-All When Communicating with Others, Interview with Beryl Krinsky of B.Komplete
Guest post by Samantha Maldonado
  • May 19
  • 4 min

No One-Size-Fits-All When Communicating with Others, Interview with Beryl Krinsky of B.Komplete

Beryl Krinsky owns a wellness company, B.Komplete, and the Komplete Business Dietetic Internship. Her company focuses on educating and...
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What is the most common reason communication fails?
Barb Mayfield
  • May 13
  • 3 min

What is the most common reason communication fails?

What is the most common reason for communication to fail? When communication is more communicator-centered than audience-centered....
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Can I prevent the panic of procrastination? Yes! Be on time with 3 B's.
Barb Mayfield
  • May 6
  • 3 min

Can I prevent the panic of procrastination? Yes! Be on time with 3 B's.

Have you ever put something off to the last minute? Of course. We all have. And when we do, panic often prevails. Will we be done in...
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Reimagining Work-Life Balance
Guest post by Lisa Graves, MS, RD, LD
  • Apr 29
  • 3 min

Reimagining Work-Life Balance

When you hear or read the phrase “work-life balance” what comes to mind? Does it conjure images of a balance scale where work...
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Conventions are for creating connections
Barb Mayfield
  • Apr 22
  • 3 min

Conventions are for creating connections

What makes in-person conventions far superior to virtual ones? Besides the pleasure of traveling to a far-off location and getting a...
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Did I hear that correctly? Clear confusion caused by Miss Pronounce.
Barb Mayfield
  • Apr 15
  • 3 min

Did I hear that correctly? Clear confusion caused by Miss Pronounce.

What is a sure way to lower one’s credibility? Mispronounce a word with a familiar pronunciation to the audience. When this happens,...
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Who is a leader? Everyone.
Barb Mayfield
  • Apr 8
  • 2 min

Who is a leader? Everyone.

If someone asked you, “Are you a leader?” How would you respond? a) Yes, always b) No, never c) Sometimes, it depends Many...
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Don’t be fooled – separate fact from fiction
Barb Mayfield
  • Apr 1
  • 3 min

Don’t be fooled – separate fact from fiction

Have you ever played an April Fools joke or prank on someone? Have you ever been the target of one? If so, you are familiar with just how...
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