#knowyouraudience

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Oct 11, 20192 min read

5 Tips for Reaching and Teaching Adults

If you want to learn something, what do you do? Do you… Look it up online? Watch a YouTube video? Go to the library and check out a book?...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Sep 6, 20193 min read

Know Thy Audience

Have you ever been in an audience and got the feeling the speaker was in the wrong room? You felt like they had no clue who was sitting...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Apr 19, 20193 min read

5 ways to connect with your audiences

Are you looking to build an audience – not just a larger audience, but an engaged audience? An audience that hangs on every word and...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Aug 18, 20172 min read

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...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Aug 11, 20172 min read

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...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Aug 4, 20173 min read

What defines Successful Communication?

Successful communication creates a sharing of ideas and feelings between the communicator and the audience. It results in an audience...