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October 10, 2007

Take Your Time; I’m Listening.

One way to show someone respect is by listening to him or her. Any self-advocacy group is stronger when members know how to listen to one another. But what makes a good listener?

There are many listening skills. Here are a few:

Stop talking
Be patient
Make the speaker feel comfortable
Know what is being said (and not said)
Don’t plan your argument while the other person is talking (give the speaker your attention)

 

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Help your self-advocacy group value the importance of listening. Discuss and list the payoffs of good listening. “How could our group be stronger if we were better listeners to one another?”
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Leadership Bingo
Includes 75 reminders about what it takes to be a good leader.
 

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Today’s Trivia Question:

Who was it that said, “To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence”?

a. Mother Teresa
b. Rosa Parks
c. Cesar Chavez
d. Nelson Mandela

(Thanks to SARN member Trena D. Wade from San Diego People First in El Cajon, California for this week’s trivia question. The answer will be published in the next Memo.)
 
Answer to October 3rd   Trivia Question:

The First Amendment.

Question was: What amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of religion, speech and the press?

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