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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 26, 20212 min read
Gratitude Is a Choice
In this season of Thanksgiving, we are encouraged to have an “attitude of gratitude.” Really? Even in 2021, nearly two years into a...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 19, 20213 min read
Want to know the secret to creating better content? Know your audience.
Creating effective communication hinges on one essential step more than any other. That step involves knowing and understanding your...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 12, 20213 min read
Who is my audience?
When creating communication, can your audience be “everyone”? No. Messages can only be effective when targeted to an audience. Therefore,...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 5, 20212 min read
Creating Communication? Follow these steps.
When you are creating communication, where do you begin? Do you start with deciding which channel to use? Or, what your message is? Or,...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 29, 20213 min read
Stage fright CAN be overcome!
Your mouth goes dry. Your skin flushes. You break out in a sweat. Your knees knock. Your heart races. You can’t catch your breath. You...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 22, 20213 min read
5 Tips for Edu-Taining Food Demos
What is one of the most effective ways to teach and motivate healthy eating? A food demonstration. Food demonstrations are a highly...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 15, 20213 min read
Let’s Celebrate - Food Connects Us
Happy World Food Day!! World Food Day is celebrated each year in October, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 8, 20213 min read
When is silence golden?
To speak or not? Depending on the situation, speaking up or keeping silent will be the better choice. Both are important. Important...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Countdown to a Convention 2.0
Are you attending FNCE? That’s short for the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo – the annual meeting of the Academy of Nutrition and...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 24, 20219 min read
What’s the big deal with family meals?
September is Family Meals Month, designed to promote the benefits of eating together and to provide encouragement and support for us to...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 17, 20213 min read
5 Tips for Pitching to the Media
Why should nutrition professionals pitch story ideas and messages to the media? In a nutshell: to expand our reach and influence by...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 10, 20213 min read
5 lessons from a global pandemic
What do tragedies and hardships teach us? Do we come out stronger and more resilient, or are we more defeated and divided? Historical...
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Guest post by Taylor Lechner, MFN, RD, LD
Sep 3, 20214 min read
4 Healthy Habits That Could Turn Unhealthy
As dietitians, we dedicate years to learning how to help people be the healthiest they can be. We learn what to eat in what amounts, how...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 27, 20212 min read
How do we miscommunicate? Let me count the ways!
Miscommunication – the #1 search term bringing visitors to this website. That alone draws attention to how common it is and how much we...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 20, 20212 min read
Top 20 Communication Quotes of all Time
What makes communication effective? What are the qualities of an effective communicator? To answer these questions, I searched for words...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 13, 20213 min read
5 Tips for Overcoming Bias
Discrimination, prejudice, unequal treatment, harassment – just a few of the negative consequences resulting from the biases humans hold...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 6, 20214 min read
Biased? Not me!
What does it mean to be biased? Am I biased? Are you biased? If we are honest we must acknowledge that we all have biases. Biases are...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 30, 20213 min read
6 Keys to Success – Part 3
Are you striving to achieve success? What does it take to be successful? Many qualities contribute to success and in this 3-part series I...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 23, 20213 min read
6 Keys to Success – Part 2
Are you striving to achieve success? What does it take to be successful? Many qualities contribute to success and in this 3-part series I...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 16, 20214 min read
6 Keys to Success – Part 1
Are you striving to achieve success? What does it take to be successful? Many qualities contribute to success and I would like to propose...
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