Public Speaking Tips : Active Listening Skills

Public Speaking Tips : Active Listening Skills

To be a good speaker, we need to be a good listener.
Here are some good resources on active listening skills:

Improving Listening  Skill: 10 Ways to Better Listening by Dana
“At one point or another you’ve probably heard the following “You were given two ears and one mouth for a reason; to listen twice as much as you speak.” How many of us actually listen twice as much as we speak?…We are so busy thinking about what we are going to say next that we don’t even hear everything a speaker says. We use a speaker’s comments as a spring board to jump to what we want to talk about…”

3 Ways to Better Listening  by Michael A. Podolinsky 
“Think about the last argument you had with someone. Were you listening? Was the other person? When two people really listen… they rarely argue. They usually end up communicating effectively…LISTENING is such a common thing we rarely think about it. Most people confuse the physical act of `hearing` with true listening. Fact, good communication is more about listening than speaking…”   

The Guide to Better Listening eBooklet
Talk Less and Listen More by the people of Give More Media

My Turn: Walking My Walk (an article from TOASTMASTER  Oct 2007 Issue)
“The greatest thing I have learned from Toastmasters is how to listen. It is important to listen to what is being said, how it is being said and who is speaking. That, to me, is the most important part of communication… ”
By Oshiomowe R. Momodu-Busari, ACB, CL

If you are living in Singapore, you are welcome to visit Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club (KSTMC).
You can be a better speaker as well as a better listener by joining toastmasters.

Yetti
Immediate Past Club President
Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club

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