On January 10 and 17 Menlo Park Toastmasters hosted an Effective Listening Workshop. Participants learned how effective listening improves personal relationships, job performance and conflict resolution.

Here are useful materials for further study.

Books

Listening

• Are You Really Listening? Keys to Successful Communication by Paul J. Donoghue and Mary E. Siegel
• Listening: The Forgotten Skill: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides) by Madelyn Burley-Allen
• The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships by Michael Nichols
• Wisdom of Listening by Mark Brady
• Listening Leaders: The Ten Golden Rules to Listen, Lead & Succeed by Lyman Steil and Richard Bommelje
• Shut Up and Listen: The Truth about How to Communicate at Work by Theo Theobald, Cary L Cooper

Learning

• How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School By National Research Council (John D. Bransford, et al)

DVDs

• Developing Positive Listening Skills (2004)
• Communication Skills for Project & Team Management

Downloads

• Articles on Listening from mindtools.com

Organizations

• International Listening Association
• National Communication Association
• International Listening Leadership Institute

Tests

• HighGain Self Assessment Test

Links

• I Love To Listen Day - May 16th