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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Oct 7, 20223 min read

Why is small talk hated? Can it make my communication more effective?

Small talk – it gets a bad rap – it’s fashionable to dislike and make fun of. Does small talk deserve a negative image? Or does it have...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Oct 18, 20194 min read

Maximize your conference experience

Do you attend professional conferences? If you are a credentialled food and nutrition professional, do you attend FNCE? …otherwise known...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

May 24, 20193 min read

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...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Nov 2, 20183 min read

Command your audience

Have you ever attended a presentation in which the audience was NOT engaged and became disruptive, or at best, was simply not paying...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Oct 26, 20183 min read

Maximize the impact of your conference experience

The conference is over, your suitcase is waiting to be unpacked, hundreds of emails need to be read or deleted, piles of “real” mail need...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Oct 19, 20182 min read

4 ways to excel at traveling

Do you dread traveling… or dream about it? Travel can be more rewarding and less stressful if you are intentional about just a few...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Oct 5, 20183 min read

Countdown to a convention

Who’s going to FNCE? That’s short for Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo – the annual meeting of the Academy of Nutrition and...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Oct 27, 20173 min read

“Make new friends but keep the old…”

“… one is silver and the other’s gold” – are lines from a song I learned long ago as a Girl Scout. Good advice, especially when attending...