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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 15, 20182 min read
You Can Write Well if You…
Intuitively you know the difference between quality writing and poor writing. One is clear and the other is confusing. One is captivating...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 8, 20183 min read
The Power of Empathy in a Selfie World
The “selfie,” a self-portrait photo, was the 2013 word-of-the-year, proof of the pervasiveness of this phenomenon. Is their popularity an...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 1, 20183 min read
Adults are not oversized children
I know, there are exceptions. Some adults never really grow up. But, let’s not go there. A common admonition for teaching children is...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 25, 20184 min read
A Day of Disasters
If you’ve been communicating in a professional setting for any length of time, you surely have a “disaster story” – a time when...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 18, 20182 min read
Good work leads to more
You’ve heard that networking leads to landing a coveted job. What else leads to landing a job? Or getting asked to complete a project? Or...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 11, 20183 min read
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...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 4, 20184 min read
Who are your heroes?
I was honored this week with induction into the Purdue University Nutrition Science Hall of Fame. This is the department where I studied...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 27, 20182 min read
Who is watching you?
Have you ever considered how much of what you know you learned by observing others? Children imitate their parents. Students emulate...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 20, 20182 min read
Are you fully present?
How many things are you doing right now? Are you reading this blog while having lunch, checking emails, replying to a text, fixing a...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 13, 20182 min read
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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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 6, 20182 min read
5 Tips for Teaching Young Children
I have been teaching young children since I was a teenager. This photo was taken back in the 90’s! Young children have long been one of...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 30, 20183 min read
What are YOU putting off?
Procrastination. We all do it – delay or postpone doing something. Is there something you’re putting off? Something you avoid doing even...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 23, 20183 min read
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...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 16, 20184 min read
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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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 9, 20183 min read
Lessons from a month at the beach
The morning of February 5th we pulled out of our driveway in Indiana and headed south. It was 3° and snow had covered the ground...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 2, 20182 min read
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...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 23, 20183 min read
Is a picture truly worth 1,000 words?
Where are you, Sherlock Holmes? I would like to enlist your help in solving the mystery of the unsupported data. It appears that the...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 16, 20183 min read
What is the quickest way to improve customer service?
You walk into an office, a hotel, a restaurant, a store. What needs to happen for you to have a marvelous customer experience? I contend...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 9, 20183 min read
3 lessons from the world of sports
February is a big month in the world of sports. We start with the Super Bowl. Let’s party! Then we add the Winter Olympics, which only...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 2, 20183 min read
10 ways our environment is making us fatter
If you ask people on the street why people are getting fatter, you will get as many answers as the number of people you ask. People with...
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