The Art of Visual Listening

The better we listen… the more we hear!
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“Rik Middleton provides valuable insight into both the overt and subtle ways we communicate with one another.   If you want to improve your personal and business relationships by learning what others are truly telling you, not just with their words but also how they say them, then you simply must get this book.”
John Zuur Platten
Writer / Producer

 We're all doing it!


 

In today's fast paced communications jungle there are ample opportunities for a misunderstanding, in the best of circumstances.  Considering that 75% of all communication today is non verbal there is a bigger burden on each of us to listen better and hear more.

 

The Art of Visual Listening offers these and many more techniques to help you be the best you can be.  Rik D. Middleton's mission is to arm you with the tools and techniques to understand and be understood, clearly!

 

If you are not 100% confident that you possess all of these skills, you should to be completely understood,  you should arrange to have Rik speak at your next training event contact Rik D. Middleton.

 How does your Verbal handshake sound?

 

Each time we answer the telephone we are shaking hands with the caller.  You wouldn't think of entering a meeting without washing your hands to freshen up your physical kinetic communication.  Would you hand out a business card that was bent and crumpled?  Why wouldn't you have the same expectation of your vocal introduction?
 
Would you think it appropriate to mumble when speaking in a crowd?  How well are you listening to your communication partner?  If you shake hands and receive a like grip you feel confident in the relatability of the other person.  The same holds true for your verbal communications.
 
The Art of Visual Listening is your "Verbal Handshake" tune up.  If you spend more than 50% of your day on the telephone you need this training program.  In this tough market we all need to take advantage of every advantage offered to us.  This is the single most important tool you can hone, your voice.

 Engaging Training from

The Expert!

 

Rik D. Middleton is devoted to providing presentations that are informative, entertaining, and interactive.  There are several exercises Rik has developed specifically to enhance your understanding of visual listening.  These exercises help to kinesthetically reinforce the lecture portion of the training.  Rik has a unique ability to make the material come alive.  Rik's belief is that if you cannot relate the material to your daily lives you won't use it.  This presentation will allow you to walk out the door and put it to use immediately.

 

As we all know you will hear a lot of great information at most training.  We also know that you will remember only about 15% of that information.  This is why Rik D. Middleton wrote "Don't Look At Me In That Tone of VOICE!”  It is your take home resource.

 

What will you walk away with?

 

A better knowledge of how human communication evolved 

How human evolution has lead to such a complex communication system.

How to recognize the hidden messages and nuances in everyday communications.

A better appreciation of who you're taking to and how to uncover what they are "Really" saying.

How to better appreciate our multi-generational communication needs and styles.

 Develop an awareness of the dynamics of inter-gender communication?

These techniques are NOT just for your professional life. You will use them every day!

 

If the answer to any of these questions is a hesitation you should contact Rik D. Middleton  to discuss how he might bring his unique training skills to your next training event.