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Ethical Listening…Do You Hear What I Hear?
Jun
09

Ethical Listening…Do You Hear What I Hear?

In my current (nearly two decades now!) role as a Communication professor, I emphasize to my students—especially those enrolled in my Public Relations courses—the critical importance of listening to those who have an interest in your organization’s activities and ensuring that their concerns are addressed appropriately. British philosopher George Edward Moore said it so clearly [...]
By Admin | Higher Education
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Reflecting on Listening, Interviews with Global Listeners

Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4 Series 5 Series 6 Series 7 Series 8 Series 9 Series 10 Series 11 Interview of  Jo-Ann Rolle, Ph.D. Vice Chair, Global Listening Board, Global Listening Centre. Past President of the National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable, Past Dean at School of Business Medgar Ever College, City University [...]
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Peaceful Silence: Noise, Aggression, and Constructive Listening
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Dec
04

Peaceful Silence: Noise, Aggression, and Constructive Listening

Throughout history, people have associated peace with construction and war with destruction.  Related to this dichotomy is the issue of noise: “peace and quiet” is a common English collocation, while everyone knows that battles are clangorous.  In fact, the disruption of peace and quiet can provoke battle, as shown in police records of what are [...]
By Admin | Elementary Education
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Global Campaign on Environmental Listening

To raise our environmental awareness the Global Listening Centre has initiated a campaign for Listening to the Environment (lasting three months, ‘til Dec 2020). Join us as we record our environment in articles, song, poetry and more. Help our mission by conducting workshops and other awareness enhancing activities. All active participants—members and non-members—will be recognized. [...]
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I hear you : Comments on the Sound Practice of Listening
Sep
16

I hear you : Comments on the Sound Practice of Listening

Typically, hearing is contrasted to listening, and such comparisons almost always favor listening. This dichotomy substitutes for the more complex understanding that there is no single type of listening, but rather, to employ a technique derived from general semantics, we can say that there are multiple varieties of listenings.

By Admin | Higher Education
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Definition of Listening

The Global Listening Centre views Listening as a global, multimodal process that underlies effective interpersonal and intercultural relations. Listening is part attitude, marked by genuine respect and regard for all; part skill, enabled by specific verbal and nonverbal behaviors; and part physical, driven by a host of physiological, sensory-motor, cognitive, and affective functions. Combined, these [...]
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Listening to The Earth : what the artists and scientists tell us

This is a time of cataclysmic climate change, with raging fires across the western US landscape, the threat of life-threatening floods to coastal regions worldwide, and numerous other effects. A basic premise of this paper is that in searching for remedy, we must listen to the Earth, and through listening, discover what it is that ails the planet, and seek restorative action.

By Admin | Environmental
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Listening and Not Listening to Voices of Women Who Worked as Maids in the Jim Crow South
Aug
17

Listening and Not Listening to Voices of Women Who Worked as Maids in the Jim Crow South

Abstract. This article discusses the art and science of listening. The focus is on listening, with an emphasis on the personal narrative which can take us into others’ lives, into their feeling memories, as they describe what they saw, heard, tasted, and smelled in another place, another time. The voices are those of storytellers who [...]
By Admin | Higher Education
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GLC Award Recipients 2019

Distinguished Humanitarian Award Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu National Coordinator / CEO : Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Dr Delroy Jefferson MD, DBADirector (Healthcare Listening)Global Listening Centre.Medical Director at Health Services Authority, CI Kenneth Youngstein Director (Healthcare Listening)Global Listening Centre.CEO : Biocom LTD, Switzerland. Listening Legend Award Late Prof Carole Grau MA, M.EdPast DirectorGlobal Listening Centre.Ex Faculty [...]
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Voices in Your Head: The Importance of Inner Listening
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Jun
13

Voices in Your Head: The Importance of Inner Listening

Listening to our inner selves is one of the keys to a happy and healthy life. So many people go through their lives with voices in their head saying ‘I’m not good enough’, ‘there is something wrong with me’ or ‘I am unlovable’, for example. But how can we transform this unhelpful and life-defeating thinking and as a result, lead a happier and potentially healthier life?

By Admin | HealthCare
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