For people who like listening to experts.
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Elizabeth Vandiver is a teacher with an expert grasp of The Iliad.  It is the detail and the authoritative weighing up up of the subject that make these lectures so worthwhile. If you like lectures this course is for you.  If you learn by some other method such as needing the stimulus of action shots and photos and film they won't suit you.  These lectures are for people who can attend to the subject listening to an expert.
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Smart teacher figures out how to make her students listen.
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As the title suggests "The Awesome Power Of The Listening Ear" by John Drakeford addresses the power of simply listening to others.

Among the topics covered include:

1.  Concentrating on the speaker
2.  How to carefully ask a question
3.  Three traps of listening
4.  How listening is a lost art today
5.  Examples of famous and successful people who were successful listeners
6.  Be comfortable with silence
7.  How listening is often a forgotten factor in leadership

The book is an easy read and is full of practical suggestions on how to become a better listener.

Suggestion:  we were born with two ears and one mouth - get the hint?

Read and enjoy.  Recommended.
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While I agree with the previous poster that one has to do a certain amount of mining with this, and other Writer's Digest anthologies, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. I actually had an opportunity to talk about the book recently with Sue Grafton, who edited it, and she said her goal was to take readers from idea through publication, employing the voices of experts in each area. For example, the chapter on series characters is written by Sara Paretsky, whose V.I. Warshawski is a classic demonstration of what she's talking about. In all, I enjoyed and appreciated the disparate voices perhaps more than I might have appreciated the same advice in a monolithic voice.
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This really offers good insight on what it means to be given "eyes to see and ears to hear."  The stark dicotomy between the world views of two brothers gives readers a fascinating muse. You may also consider Christopher Hitchens and Doug Wilsons dvd, "Collision."  Two men that have such different world views, but have many similarities too.&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/COLLISION-Christopher-Hitchens-vs-Douglas-Wilson/dp/B002M3SHTO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">COLLISION: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson</a>
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This book gives the reader the insight, knowledge, and expertise necessary for the comprehension of the basic concepts of the audio industry. It is a well written and concise book on the subject of audio and sound.
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This is one of those books that makes you fall in love with the author. I imagine it is not always easy for a specialist to communicate with an amateur so that the later understands everything he/she is saying. Jen Kramer has this (rare) gift for organizing her material so that you (a novice) are with her all the way. Of course this means she has to repeat herself but that is exactly what an amateur needs. It's like she is reading your mind because when you formulate a question in your mind the answer is usually on the next page. It takes you more than 24 hours to go through the book. More like a week and after that you are ready to begin experimenting on your own. That will probably keep you busy for a month.
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Ken Klein is just wonderful to listen to. He knows his material and he knows how to present it.+I could listen to him all day.
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Although I could listen to the divine Diana Rigg's delectable voice for hours, it puzzles me as to why PBS Mystery shows have presenters (eg Ms Rigg) who pop up before, during, and after the shows to explain what the Mystery is about.  It does seem to take the mystery out of Mystery.
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Tremendously valuable information for public speakers (know when the audience is bored), interviewers, sales people, organizational change agents, and those of you who just plain want to know when you may be being lied to, or causing distress in the other person.  Well written, to the point.  Also, just a little bit fun.
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There's stuff in here you may not have thought about as well as things you have where you want an expert opinion. Great read!
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Can listen for quite a while without getting sick of it.
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For the person looking for a nice overview ans new to the subject.
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Although this book is clearly targeted to consultants, anyone can get the benefits from this book, either by knowing how to steer a consultancy project to your liking, or by learning how to structure ideas into a good communication using data driven hypothesis.
The beggining of the book is what will interest you; from middle to end is just filler stuff. No problem there.
It's written in a very Easy way to read, you can get it trough in a couple of days.
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Really enjoying these and they're just getting worn in sound-wise.  Look for overall clarity and transparency.  They're open ear, so built more for the home than the road.  However, they work wonderfully for those who really want to her the details in their music.
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I like to learn from others experience. Lots of wisdom here.
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The range of information processed by these two authors is necessary for the scope of the recommendations they make along the way and at the end of this interesting book. I enjoyed reading about their personal experiences with some of the technologies that caused them to reconsider their initial biases. Always a good thing to see in those who pundit.

I am not personally as convinced that some of their ideas will receive the recognition deserved, at least in the current USA economic/political climate. Data-based change that is contrary to certain popular postures are currently resisted for no better reason that tradition, or because those in power still think the world operates as if it were still in the 1980s.

Despite my personal differences in optimism, however, I recommend this book for anyone who wants a balanced and reasonable view of how humans and advanced "machines" will work together in the future. The implications for education are profound and for these reasons alone, the book is worth the purchase price. The recommendations proffered are worth more than one round of debate over a friendly pint.