GUIDES

TO
EFFECTIV
1. Listen not only to the words but for
meaning behind the words.
2. Concentrate on the message.
3. Avoid premature dismissal of the subject
or speaker as uninteresting.
4. Don't fake attention.
5. Don't let emotional words arouse
personal antagonism.
6. Use your thought-speed
advantage.
 7. Avoid being critical of the speaker's
manner of delivery or of his appearance.
 8. Avoid negative
metacommunication cues.
9. Be flexible in your notetaking.
 10. To get
information
needed, use five
thinking strategies.
1. VISUALIZATION
2. ASSOCIATION
3. MEMORY MAGIC
4. CHUNKING
5. FOCUSING
11. Use the Five
E'S to interpret
the meaning.
1. EARS
2. EYES
3. EXPERIENCE
4. EVALUATION
5. EFFORT
12. Repeat information to yourself
a number of times.
13. Listen to find main points and
recognize organizational pattern.