Assignment Details

The Power of Listening

Your company recently paid your trip to attend training on listening. The focus of the one-day workshop was to identify and explain the different types of listening and demonstrate the value of active listening in the workplace. Now you are back in the office and you have been asked to share your new knowledge with your fellow employees by creating a tri-fold pamphlet.

Using the Unit 8 Assignment Template, please address the following in your pamphlet:

1. Define Hearing, Listening, and Active Listening.
   1. Identify two similarities and two key differences between all three.
2. What does listening look like?
   1. Identify three nonverbal cues that demonstrate to others that we are listening.
3. What are two ways we use our verbal messages to demonstrate listening?
4. Explain the value of listening.
   1. What are at least two of the benefits of being a good listener?
   2. What might be some consequences of poor listening?

Writing Requirements and Assignment Guidelines

Your Assignment should be a tri-fold pamphlet, and should include the following elements:

• Title page: Provide your name, title of Assignment, course and unit number, and date
• Body: Answer the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs
• Reference Page: Sources in APA format
• Use Arial or Times New Roman 12 point font, double-spaced
• Use APA Formatting and Citation style
  • If you need assistance with APA style, please visit the Writing Center.

This Assignment assesses the following Course Outcomes:

CM206-4: Explain the value of listening in interpersonal relationships.

Submitting Your Assignment

Use the provided Unit 8 Assignment Template. Save it in a location and with a name that you will remember. When you are ready to submit, select the Unit 8 Assignment Dropbox and upload your file. To view your graded work after your instructor has evaluated it, please visit your Gradebook.