Charlotte Wood, who helped put the manifesto together, said: "Listening formed the backbone of the manifesto.
When making eye contact with a person, make sure it's a friendly, attentive listening form of eye contact, not the sniper-stare-down kind of eye contact.
Gerald Kellman, who trained Mr. Obama as a community organizer in Chicago and taught him the organizing philosophy of leveraging power by listening and forming relationships based on self-interest, said the future president liked to keep things civil.
Radio listening groups, formed within the city environment, are convened on a weekly basis by social mobilizers to listen to and discuss the content of the programs, thus deepening the dialogue, reflection, and understanding of family planning.
Listen to forms of audio entertainment that interest you.
All of us who have covered the Middle East or Central Asia have spent a considerable amount of time sitting cross-legged on the floor of one slum or another, sipping tea and listening to various forms of Islamic militancy and anti-Americanism, often late into the night.
Our lives are spent grappling with bureaucracy: filling in online forms; listening to recorded voices claiming that "your call is important to us"; lying to Apple about having read 56-page iTunes Terms of Service agreements; cursing the stupidity of HR departments, government agencies or university subcommittees.
Having worked for years as a union organizer, he tells all who will listen that forming a union is the best way to gain respect and higher pay.
This can make autistic people feel uncomfortable, and make it harder for them to listen and form coherent thoughts.
Use the Special Needs Education Consultant to listen and form a bridge when needed for the greater good, the best education for the student.
