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YouTube Resources
Active Listening: Learn how to Improve Your Listening Skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL0sDXCzRu0
This short video presents listening skills in the context of business relationships.
Improving Your Active Listening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwqpd_XGzQM
This self-help video encourage you to practise listening as part of your overall well-being.
TED Talks
Clint Smith, “The danger of silence”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiKtZgImdlY&list=UUAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NGQxug
Clint Smith explains why listening and speaking are important to social change.
Julia Treasure, “Five ways to listen better”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSohjlYQI2A
This is TED Talk by Julian Treasure about listening.
Tony Salvador, “The listening bias”
https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_salvador_the_listening_bias
Engineer Tony Salvador explains the value of listening in business settings—a solid review of the principles presented in this chapter and earlier ideas
Brené Brown, “Listening to shame”
https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame
Researcher Brené Brown reconfigures vulnerability as strength and opens an imperative conversation about shame
Joan Halifax, “Compassion and the true meaning of empathy”
https://www.ted.com/talks/joan_halifax
Joan Halifax relates her experiences with death and dying to help listeners understand empathy at its deepest
Dave Isay, “Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear”
https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear
Dave Isay explains how the simple act of interviewing another person and hearing that person’s story can transform the individual and our collective understanding
Web Resources
Barriers to Effective Listening
http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/ineffective-listening.html
This brief item recaps key ideas from Chapter 5
Listening and Gender: Stereotypes and Explanations
http://www.academia.edu/1046565/Listening_and_Gender_Stereotypes_and_Explanations
This paper that discusses gender and listening behaviours
11 Ways That Active Listening Can Help Your Relationships
Important ideas about listening applied to day-to-day relationships
Listening
http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/management/Int-Loc/Listening.html
This article puts listening into a business context
Active listening and cross-cultural communication
http://psychosocial.actalliance.org/default.aspx?di=65602
This page presents listening with an emphasis on communication across cultures
The Impact of Listening to Music on Cognitive Performance
http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/762/the-impact-of-listening-to-music-on-cognitive-performance
This journal article discusses different listening to music can affect performance