7 Responses

1. in what context and to what effect?

   Hi

   If you can give some idea of what context you want to use this; ie managers listening to staff/clinicians listening to patients/sales people listenting to customers it would help you to get a more appropriate response

   Rus

2. Questions

   Hi Prussel

   One of the best methods I’ve seen is using video but turning the TV round so everyone is looking at the back of the tv and just listening, rather than seeing what’s going on.

   They have a list of questions to study before you start and then a discussion takes place at the end of the video.

   By not actually showing the screen the imagination plays quite a big part so the questions should be focused on "What do you think is happening" style…

   The TV can be turned round again for the discussion at the end and could focus on assumptions made.

    

   If you provide more details of what you are doing I think you will get a better response to your question.

    

   Good luck

    

   Steve

3. Web Based Resources

   http://www.in-themoment.com/workshop4.asp

   http://crs.uvm.edu/gopher/nerl/personal/comm/e.html

   http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0070876940/91744/Active_Listening.pdf

   http://www.people-communicating.com/listening-exercises.html

   http://www.nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/pair_communication.pdf

   http://www.buzzle.com/articles/active-listening-activities.html

    

4. Active Listening – please tell me more!

   Hi Prussel,

   I’m very interested in your idea of presenting the sound only first.

   I’ve been asked to do a presentation at a staff training day – 60 people – taking place in a cinema so this could work well.

   May I ask:

   a) what video  /type of video works best?

   b) what kinds of assumptions are peple like to make?

   c) what proportion of the audience are likely to guess correctly?

   d) what could be the best way to get feedback from the group (bearing in mind the restrictions of being in a cinema)

   Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

   Many thanks,

   Clare Hobart

5. Sorry Steve

   Sorry – I was writing in haste – it’s Steve of course – Not prussel. Many apologies

6. Hmmm

   Hi Claire (Don’t worry I’ve been called worse)

   May I ask:

   a) what video  /type of video works best?

   Depends on the context…what are you trying to achieve? You will need one with lots of dialogue as its not much fun staring at the back of a TV set. It’s also important to keep stopping and starting rather than show a long video and only discussing at the end. Questions to promote "active listening" are also useful…ie Which character is not telling the truth?

   b) what kinds of assumptions are peple like to make?

   Depends on why you are doing this? Best to get something nobody has seen so they have no idea what is going on. Maybe an old movie off Amazon…subject will depend on your objectives.

   c) what proportion of the audience are likely to guess correctly?

   Sorry, really hard to answer without a clear definition of the reasons you are doing this? The questions you ask are critical to this type of activity.

   d) what could be the best way to get feedback from the group (bearing in mind the restrictions of being in a cinema)

   I guess everyone will be sitting in a line. One good way is to laminate some A4 paper and give everyone a marker pen and some tissues to clean it. Offer them some A,B,C or D choices throughout the session and they can all hold up answers so you can get a consenus of opinion. record all output on a flip chart and this can be discussed when you eventually turn around the TV and see what was really going on.

   Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

   Please post more info of your objectives and I’m sure you will get some useful info.

   Best regards

    

   Steve

7. Listening skills exercises

   Hello

   Try a couple of exercise listed towards the bottom of http://www.abctrainingsolutions.biz/influencing_skills_free_download.html They are fun and only take a few minutes but good introductions to the topic.

   Hope that helps

   Bryan