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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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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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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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Communication mistakes can be fatal – prevent them!
Barb Mayfield
  • Mar 18
  • 2 min

Communication mistakes can be fatal – prevent them!

What is a leading cause of medical mistakes, business blunders, and relationship breakdowns? Meet “Miss Taken” – AKA the message is...
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Did Miss Interpretation make an appearance? Then we need to clarify.
Barb Mayfield
  • Feb 18
  • 3 min

Did Miss Interpretation make an appearance? Then we need to clarify.

Miss Interpretation – AKA not getting enough information to know what is meant, which can include something as simple as whether the...
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Can miscommunication be overcome? Yes! When we name who's to blame.
Barb Mayfield
  • Jan 28
  • 3 min

Can miscommunication be overcome? Yes! When we name who's to blame.

Have you ever… … been misunderstood? … sent a message that was misinterpreted? … published a post on social media and later realized it...
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When is silence golden?
Barb Mayfield
  • Oct 8, 2021
  • 3 min

When is silence golden?

To speak or not? Depending on the situation, speaking up or keeping silent will be the better choice. Both are important. Important...
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How do we miscommunicate? Let me count the ways!
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 27, 2021
  • 2 min

How do we miscommunicate? Let me count the ways!

Miscommunication – the #1 search term bringing visitors to this website. That alone draws attention to how common it is and how much we...
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That isn’t what I meant!
Barb Mayfield
  • Apr 2, 2021
  • 2 min

That isn’t what I meant!

Miss Information – AKA not making sure what you said is what you meant to say… Like the wife who asks her husband, “Can you pick up a...
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Overcoming Miss Conception
Barb Mayfield
  • Jan 15, 2021
  • 2 min

Overcoming Miss Conception

Meet Miss Conception – AKA “contagious falsehoods” because they are so common. In honor of nutrition communication, how many of these...
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It’s just a typo
Barb Mayfield
  • Nov 22, 2019
  • 3 min

It’s just a typo

You pull up in front of a school and the sign out front advertises an upcoming event as follows: Leteracy Night Dec 8th at 5:00 Would...
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Who is your “arch-nemesis”?
Barb Mayfield
  • Oct 4, 2019
  • 2 min

Who is your “arch-nemesis”?

Miscommunication is the failure to communicate adequately. It occurs in a multitude of ways, including communication that is confusing,...
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Miss Perception - What does it mean?
Barb Mayfield
  • 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 another contestant in my “Mis-Communication”...
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Don’t be Mr. E
Barb Mayfield
  • May 10, 2019
  • 3 min

Don’t be Mr. E

Who is Mr. E and why shouldn’t I be him? Good question. He is the guest contestant in the “Miss Communication” pageant. In this pageant,...
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How do you craft words that work?
Barb Mayfield
  • 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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Miss Communication conquers miscommunication
Barb Mayfield
  • Apr 6, 2019
  • 2 min

Miss Communication conquers miscommunication

Have you ever been misunderstood? Or misinterpreted? Have you ever relayed a message with a mistake or a misprint? Have you ever...
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Miss Aligned leaves you out
Barb Mayfield
  • Mar 22, 2019
  • 2 min

Miss Aligned leaves you out

Meet Miss Aligned, also known as “not speaking the same language, even when it is all English.” She is another contestant in the Mis(s)...
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Would you like to conquer miscommunication?
Barb Mayfield
  • Jan 18, 2019
  • 3 min

Would you like to conquer miscommunication?

Have your messages ever been misunderstood or misinterpreted? Have you ever received a text or an email and you weren’t quite sure how to...
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Is a picture truly worth 1,000 words?
Barb Mayfield
  • Feb 23, 2018
  • 3 min

Is a picture truly worth 1,000 words?

Where are you, Sherlock Holmes? I would like to enlist your help in solving the mystery of the unsupported data. It appears that the...
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