Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Account for Culture in Communication
Effective communication accounts for culture – get 5 tips for creating culturally-focused communication.
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Jul 24, 2020
- 3 min
A Book is Born!
How is writing a book like birthing a baby? Which one takes longer? Read how Communicating Nutrition came into being.
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
#TogetherApart - United against a common foe
Defeating COVID-19 will take a united effort in the battle. We can be #TogetherApart using 5 weapons for the fight.
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Mar 13, 2020
- 3 min
How good are you at selling?
Marketing principles can be implemented by those in health professions as well as those in business and can be used to "sell" health.
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Feb 21, 2020
- 2 min
Are you really an expert if you can’t communicate well?
Communication expertise is essential for nutrition professionals to make a difference and have an impact.
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Feb 7, 2020
- 3 min
5 Tips for Communicating Science
One of the biggest frustrations of credentialed food and nutrition professionals is helping the audiences they serve to make sense of the...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Jan 17, 2020
- 3 min
Which hat do you wear?
When you belong to a group that needs to make a decision or solve a problem, how do you go about that process? Is there one person who...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
Write that thank you!
Dear Aunt Betty, Thank you for the socks. Love, Billy. Did you write thank you notes for gifts when you were growing up? Back in the...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Sep 13, 2019
- 5 min
May I have your attention?
Do you consider yourself a good multi-tasker? How many things can you juggle successfully at the same time without dropping one or more?...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Sep 6, 2019
- 3 min
Know Thy Audience
Have you ever been in an audience and got the feeling the speaker was in the wrong room? You felt like they had no clue who was sitting...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Aug 23, 2019
- 3 min
Miss Perception - What does it mean?
Meet Miss Perception, also known as “Did I hear or read that correctly?” Miss Perception is a contestant in my “Mis-Communication”...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Aug 9, 2019
- 3 min
What makes a message compelling?
What does it take to be compelling? To compel means to bring about something forcefully, but to be compelling has a much more desirable...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Jun 21, 2019
- 4 min
Is texting replacing talking?
For most of human history, conversations took place face-to-face. Then, in the late 19th century, with the invention of the telephone,...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- May 31, 2019
- 3 min
Am I making myself clear?
Recently, my husband had a medical test in which the result read: “The trachea bronchial tree and esophagus are grossly unremarkable.” In...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Apr 26, 2019
- 2 min
Be brief, or not?
When I ask audiences to select their top challenge in creating effective messages, what do you think they pick? Being more...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Apr 19, 2019
- 3 min
5 ways to connect with your audiences
Are you looking to build an audience – not just a larger audience, but an engaged audience? An audience that hangs on every word and...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Apr 12, 2019
- 2 min
How do you craft words that work?
Communicating effectively is a challenge. Miscommunication is rampant – we misunderstand, misinterpret, misspell, mispronounce, and more....
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Mar 15, 2019
- 2 min
Believe it… or not
When I was young, a favorite feature in newspapers and magazines was “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” fun fact cartoon. It was fascinating to...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Jan 11, 2019
- 3 min
Can we talk?
In today’s world of instant messaging, texting, email, and social media, have we lost the art of having honest-to-goodness, face-to-face...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Sep 28, 2018
- 4 min
Do your presentations sink or swim? Bring visual aids to the rescue!
What do you think is illustrated with the visual aid depicted in the photo? Did you guess BMI (Body Mass Index)? How can I use a visual...
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