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Overcoming Miss Conception
Barb Mayfield
  • 11 hours ago
  • 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 mis...
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New Beginnings
Barb Mayfield
  • Jan 8
  • 2 min

New Beginnings

Fresh snow transforms a winter landscape. It covers the mud and muck and blankets the world with a clean and pristine newness. It makes e...
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Intentional Gratitude
Barb Mayfield
  • Nov 27, 2020
  • 2 min

Intentional Gratitude

In this season of Thanksgiving we are encouraged to have an “attitude of gratitude.” Really? Even in 2020, during a pandemic, one might a...
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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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Take your journey with purpose and a plan
Barb Mayfield
  • Nov 13, 2020
  • 2 min

Take your journey with purpose and a plan

Have you ever felt like your journey as a nutrition professional meandered aimlessly rather than purposefully? Would you like to take con...
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Improvement starts with assessment
Barb Mayfield
  • Nov 6, 2020
  • 2 min

Improvement starts with assessment

What is the first step in building a skill, making a change, or achieving any type of self-improvement? Assessment - An honest and accura...
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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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No time or resources? No problem!
Barb Mayfield
  • Oct 23, 2020
  • 3 min

No time or resources? No problem!

A lack of time, money, or resources does not need to prevent creating great communication. Follow these five effective shortcuts.
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Ask the experts… your audience!
Barb Mayfield
  • Oct 9, 2020
  • 3 min

Ask the experts… your audience!

Working with the audience to design communication takes the guesswork out of content creation.
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Creating communication? Collaborate!
Barb Mayfield
  • Oct 2, 2020
  • 3 min

Creating communication? Collaborate!

"Effective messages are created with and for an audience." Collaborate with your audience from assessing needs through evaluating outcomes.
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Defining moments shape a generation
Barb Mayfield
  • Sep 11, 2020
  • 2 min

Defining moments shape a generation

Defining moments shape each generation. When we develop communication, we must consider these defining moments.
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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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Where will your career story lead you?
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 28, 2020
  • 4 min

Where will your career story lead you?

Sharing my career story recently on several podcasts, I have been reminded how our career journeys take shape and how skills and interest...
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The art of listening
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 21, 2020
  • 5 min

The art of listening

Learn 5 essential qualities of listening an effective communicator will demonstrate. First one? Paying attention.
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It takes a team
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 14, 2020
  • 3 min

It takes a team

The team of authors, reviewers, editors, and designers completed four years of work and now Communicating Nutrition is a published book!!
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Writing leaves a legacy
Barb Mayfield
  • Aug 7, 2020
  • 3 min

Writing leaves a legacy

As Communicating Nutrition: The Authoritative Guide becomes a reality – I reflect on my “why” for writing... It was to leave a legacy.
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Account for Culture in Communication
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 31, 2020
  • 3 min

Account for Culture in Communication

Effective communication accounts for culture – get 5 tips for creating culturally-focused communication.
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A Book is Born!
Barb Mayfield
  • 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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Don’t hide that smile!
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 17, 2020
  • 4 min

Don’t hide that smile!

You can tell whether someone is smiling, even when they are wearing a mask. It's impossible to hide a real smile.
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4 Lessons from 3 Years of Blogging
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 10, 2020
  • 2 min

4 Lessons from 3 Years of Blogging

Applauding and reflecting on achievements helps us learn, grow, and set new goals. What have I learned from 3 years of blogging?
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