Listening

A great speaker must first be a sensitive and invested listener--Anonymous

In the textbook we learn...oh, wait, the bookstore never got the book....um, well, we would have seen that listening is important and very different than "hearing!" Tell us about a really good or really awful listener in your life (maybe use a fake name to protect the innocent!) What do they do to make you feel "heard?" Let us know as a class if we were good listeners during your introduction speech! Good listeners give lots of "minimal encouragers"--they make compassionate noises, nod, agree aloud withoug being disruptive and sometimes paraphrase back to you what they understand you to have stated (ie: "It sounds like you feel strongly about world peace" for instance). Good listening enhances relationships and validates those we care about--Make it a focus this semester! By the way, what are the gender differences in listening? Do men and women listen differently? Keep blogging people!

FALL 2010 Late Starting Class

Hi Gang! I got the add slips signed and on there way to admin--FYI--Welcome to our blog! For this weekly post please include your name and let me know who you interviewed for Monday's speech--also please include a question about the intro speech if you have one and suggest good topics for us to talk about here on our class blog! I already am really enjoying our class--you guys are interesting! Smiles--Sandra