Biz Move
Biz Move: How to Be a Better Listener
Article on the importance of listening in the business setting. Explains what listening is, gives guidelines, and lists barriers.
Kidsource OnLine
Kidsource: How Can Parents Model Good Listening Skills?
Good listening guidelines that parents can model for their children. Also includes suggestions for communicating with children.
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Rmit University: Rmit Counselling Service: Talking to People [Pdf]
This material on people skills discusses how to develop and maintain people skills. It also contains a section in the middle about the importance of receiving messages (listening) and common barriers to doing so.
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California Polytechnic State U.: Lecture Notetaking
A one-page handout, this site includes information about how lectures are typically structured, as well as advice about how to make the best use of the notes you take. Includes a bibliography.
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Bryan Bell: Active Listening
Chapters two and three from entrepreneur Bryan Bell's "Lessons in Lifemanship" emphasize the importance active listening. Chapter two handles the topic generally, covering the meaning of active listening, pointing out obstacles, and...
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California Polytechnic State University: Listening Skill
This site from the California Polytechnic State University provides a concise and well done guide to listening that coveys what the instructor has to say, as well as the tasks of the listener. Good advice, easy to download as a one page...