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4 Lessons from 2 Years of Blogging
Barb Mayfield
  • Jul 5, 2019
  • 3 min

4 Lessons from 2 Years of Blogging

This week the USA turned 243 and this blog turned 2. Happy Birthday! This is my 104th blog post since launching NutritionCommunicator.com...
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What is your social media ROI?
Barb Mayfield
  • Jun 28, 2019
  • 3 min

What is your social media ROI?

On the first day of class, when I asked the students in our Nutrition Communication course at Purdue to share why they had picked their m...
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Is texting replacing talking?
Barb Mayfield
  • 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, te...
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Put the social in social media
Barb Mayfield
  • Jun 14, 2019
  • 3 min

Put the social in social media

Social media allows businesses, organizations, and individuals to share content and make connections with a wide audience using nothing m...
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Crafting the perfect tagline
Barb Mayfield
  • Jun 7, 2019
  • 3 min

Crafting the perfect tagline

What do you do? Can you answer that question in a clear and concise way? One of the biggest challenges facing anyone in business is commu...
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Am I making myself clear?
Barb Mayfield
  • 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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5 Questions that Inspire Action
Barb Mayfield
  • May 24, 2019
  • 3 min

5 Questions that Inspire Action

How do you and the audiences you serve view life – as the unfolding of events that happen by chance – or as a process of self-directed ac...
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You are worth more than your weight
Guest post by Julie Satterfeal, MS, RDN, LD
  • May 17, 2019
  • 5 min

You are worth more than your weight

Our guest blog is written by registered dietitian nutritionist Julie Satterfeal. Get to know her better on the community page: (https://www...
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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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Why should we recognize others?
Barb Mayfield
  • May 3, 2019
  • 4 min

Why should we recognize others?

In today’s throw-away world, I venture that some of the items we treasure most are the notes of appreciation or praise, the certificates ...
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Be brief, or not?
Barb Mayfield
  • 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 audience-cente...
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5 ways to connect with your audiences
Barb Mayfield
  • 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? As Abraham Lincoln wisely said, “If you would...
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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. As described in last week’s blog – miscommunication is rampant – we misunderstand, misinterpret...
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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 misprono...
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And the name is…
Barb Mayfield
  • Mar 29, 2019
  • 3 min

And the name is…

Similar to creating a baby, books have a long gestation period before they “arrive.” In fact, this book will have taken longer than three...
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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) C...
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Believe it… or not
Barb Mayfield
  • 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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March is...
Barb Mayfield
  • Mar 8, 2019
  • 2 min

March is...

March is the month for St. Patrick’s Day, Spring Break, March Madness, and… if you are an RDN, or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Marc...
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Lessons from a month on the beach – Year 2
Barb Mayfield
  • Mar 1, 2019
  • 3 min

Lessons from a month on the beach – Year 2

I am writing this while sitting on our deck enjoying the sights and sounds of the waves breaking on the beach and feeling the warm sun an...
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The Challenge of Choosing Healthy
Guest post by Frances O’Neil, MSW, RDN, CDE
  • Feb 22, 2019
  • 5 min

The Challenge of Choosing Healthy

Think back to the last time you gave in to a treat. Did you try to resist? How difficult was the struggle? A woman once told me of chang...
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