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How do you deal with difficult audience members? With positivity and respect.
Maintaining composure and positivity and demonstrating respect go a long way in handling every type of difficult audience situation. This post explores how to deal with different types.

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
6 days ago6 min read
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Want an attentive and engaged audience? Be fully present.
This post shares an excerpt from Communicating Nutrition: The Authoritative Guide about audience management and the importance of being fully present.

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 93 min read
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How do you answer questions effectively? With 6 smart steps.
No matter the way a question comes to us, answering effectively is best accomplished by following six smart steps.

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 45 min read
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Can a communicator manage misinformation? Yes! Here's credible help.
Misinformation is wrong or misleading information. In this post, we will explore a helpful strategy for managing misinformation.

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 15, 20243 min read
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Teaching Nutrition Effectively: Consider the Learner’s Readiness and Situation
Who are you teaching? How does their current role affect their readiness to learn and what are the situations and problems of concern?

Guest post by Brandon Lee, MS, RD, CCRP
Jun 28, 20244 min read
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Teaching Nutrition Effectively: Consider the Learner’s Autonomy and Experience
Andragogy is the art and science of helping adults learn. Helping adults learn is embedded in dietetics practice.

Guest post by Brandon Lee, MS, RD, CCRP
Jun 21, 20244 min read
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Is your communication CLEAR? Yes. When we actively listen.
To know whether communication is clear to an audience requires listening. Active listening. This post explores why, when and how.

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 31, 20245 min read
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What are behavior change influencers? How can we use them to impact behavior?
When you hear the word “influencer,” what comes to mind? In today’s social media-saturated world, the word influencer has come to mean...

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 5, 20243 min read
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Want effective audience engagement without technology? Try mini whiteboards.
Audience engagement is essential for effective communication, especially in presentations. As described in Chapter 20 of Communicating...

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 8, 20232 min read
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Why use person-first language? When is identity-first better?
What are the various ways you could finish this sentence: “I am _____________”? Consider that the words we use define us. We often fill...

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 8, 20232 min read
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What creates effective communication? Reach more people with impact and influence.
What creates effective communication? This series of posts shares 8 key principles. Thus far, we have covered the first five:...

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 11, 20233 min read
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What creates effective communication? Educate AND entertain. Be Edutaining.
What creates effective communication? In this series of posts, I am proposing 8 principles. So far, we have covered the first four:...

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 4, 20233 min read
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What creates effective communication? Engage the audience in a variety of ways.
What creates effective communication? I propose 8 principles are involved. So far, we have covered three: Communication is relational ....

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 28, 20234 min read
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What creates effective communication? Design it with and for the audience.
How would you answer the question, what creates effective communication? Would you include the principles we’ve covered thus far?...

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 21, 20232 min read
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What creates effective communication? Creating context for the audience is key.
What creates effective communication? This question is the focus of a series of posts featuring 8 key principles from Communicating...

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 14, 20234 min read
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What creates effective communication? First, communication is relational.
The answer to this question: “What creates effective communication?” is fundamental for anyone seeking to improve their communication...

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 7, 20233 min read
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Need help to narrow your topic? Answer 5 crucial questions.
How do you decide what to communicate when there’s so much to say? Doesn’t our audience deserve the benefit of all we know about the...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 17, 20233 min read
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Why do traditions give holidays meaning? They remind us what is important.
What traditions are most important to you, your family, your community, and your audiences? When you think about the holiday season, as...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 16, 20223 min read
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Why do nutrition professionals need to tell stories? What makes a good story?
Stories are more than “once upon a time” fairytales, picture books, or suspense thrillers. Stories are a memorable and moving way to...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 15, 20223 min read
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Why and How to Write Your Story
What is the value of writing your story? As a communicator and a leader, more than you may realize… As a communicator, what and how you...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 27, 20224 min read
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