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May I have your attention?
Barb Mayfield
  • Nov 20, 2020
  • 2 min

May I have your attention?

Have you ever been in an audience where no one is paying attention? How would you like to be the presenter in that situation? When an aud...
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What do experts need most?
Barb Mayfield
  • Oct 30, 2020
  • 3 min

What do experts need most?

Registered Dietitian Nutritionists are the food and nutrition experts, and RDNs who communicate well change lives. Without communication ...
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Questions lead to greater understanding
Barb Mayfield
  • Sep 4, 2020
  • 4 min

Questions lead to greater understanding

Questions are powerful. They reveal what needs to be clarified or brought to light. Questions lead to understanding. Don't fear the Q&A.
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Communicate love with your presence
Barb Mayfield
  • Feb 13, 2020
  • 3 min

Communicate love with your presence

Communicate love with presence rather than presents.
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What makes a message compelling?
Barb Mayfield
  • 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 c...
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What makes a message memorable?
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 19, 2019
  • 3 min

What makes a message memorable?

As communicators, we won’t be effective if an audience can’t remember our message. Being memorable is essential to successful communicati...
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Have you heard the one about…?
Barb Mayfield
  • Nov 16, 2018
  • 2 min

Have you heard the one about…?

… the Italian chef? He pasta way. Could you use a good laugh? So could I! The more often the better. We all need laughter, and plenty of ...
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Command your audience
Barb Mayfield
  • Nov 2, 2018
  • 3 min

Command your audience

Have you ever attended a presentation in which the audience was NOT engaged and became disruptive, or at best, was simply not paying atte...
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Take your presenting from good to great
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 24, 2018
  • 2 min

Take your presenting from good to great

Presentation skills are essential in today’s workplaces, organizations, and via digital channels. Whether you present in person or online...
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Does delivery account for 90% of presentation success?
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 17, 2018
  • 4 min

Does delivery account for 90% of presentation success?

Have you ever heard the statement that presentation effectiveness is only 10% from content and 90% comes from your delivery? Is that oft-...
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Can you answer that?
Barb Mayfield
  • May 11, 2018
  • 3 min

Can you answer that?

The Q&A can be one of the most dreaded parts of a presentation. Why? Because we fear we might not know how to respond to a difficult ques...
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Hello, my name is…
Barb Mayfield
  • Apr 13, 2018
  • 2 min

Hello, my name is…

I love name tags! I try hard to learn people’s names, but using name tags is a tremendous help. Find out what a person wants to be called...
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Something Good is Coming …
Barb Mayfield
  • Mar 23, 2018
  • 3 min

Something Good is Coming …

What draws you in to pay attention to a speaker or keep reading a blog post? Effective openings arouse your attention by appealing to you...
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Build your presentation confidence
Barb Mayfield
  • Mar 16, 2018
  • 4 min

Build your presentation confidence

One of the main benefits of building presentation skills is enhanced confidence, which in turn enhances your effectiveness as a speaker. ...
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5 ways to stand out from the crowd
Barb Mayfield
  • Mar 2, 2018
  • 2 min

5 ways to stand out from the crowd

Did you know that the average consumer is exposed to as many as 10,000 brand messages each and every day? That’s what the American Market...
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What does it take to be a successful communicator?
Barb Mayfield
  • Dec 1, 2017
  • 2 min

What does it take to be a successful communicator?

Successful nutrition communicators possess more than the required knowledge and skills. Successful communicators demonstrate specific cha...
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You CAN overcome stage fright!
Barb Mayfield
  • Oct 13, 2017
  • 3 min

You CAN overcome stage fright!

Your mouth goes dry. Your skin flushes. You break out in a sweat. Your knees knock. Your heart races. You can’t catch your breath. You ma...
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What is your “14er”?
Barb Mayfield
  • Sep 1, 2017
  • 2 min

What is your “14er”?

This afternoon, my husband and oldest son, along with 12 other adventurers, are taking off from Indiana to drive more than 20 hours to re...
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And the award goes to...
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 18, 2017
  • 2 min

And the award goes to...

This week at my local Toastmasters meeting I stepped way outside my comfort zone… I gave my first ever humorous speech. I shared the topi...
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Sew many virgins of Miss Communication
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 11, 2017
  • 2 min

Sew many virgins of Miss Communication

Let’s meet 10 of them: Starting with Miss Understanding, when what you said and what I thought you said are NOT the same. Much like the c...
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