2. "The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them." Ralph Nichols Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
4. What is Active Listening An interviewing technique in which the interviewer rephrases participant’s responses to confirm understanding. Rephrasing should be neutral and provide opportunities for participants to describe issues in greater depth. “the heart of empathic understanding” Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
5. Goals of Active Listening Understand and remember what is heard Assess and interpret what is heard Relational goals—givingpositive impressions, advancing the relationship, or demonstrating care Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
6. Why Active Listening Active Listening helps empathizing with people Discover people’s explicit & implicit needs so that they can be met through our designs Helps us in getting insights/compelling realizations about the nature of the user and design space Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
7. Steps to practice to be effective at Active Listening Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
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9. Tell about anexperience you had while using our Performance Management application to evaluate a member of your team. Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
10. There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves. Albert Guinon Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
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12. Use minimal encouragers to let the person you are with them, e.g. Uuhmm,” “Oh?” “I see,” “Right,” “Really?” “I understand,” “Go on,” “Sure.”Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
13. Be, and look interested So the person knows you are with them Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
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15. Always Ask “why”, to understand the consequences and reasoning. This will help drive the design in the right direction
16. Why do you think the button should work this way?
17. Why do you think if this was done the way you are proposing it would work better: Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
25. Repeat what has been said. Make sure you have understood it correctly. Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
26. "I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening." Larry King Wednesday Nov 17, 2010
27. Practice Interviewing Turn to your partner and interview them about their hobbies 3 minutes each Remember Have a good conversation Prompt the person to tell you stories Talk about feelings Follow up with a ‘why?’ Wednesday Nov 17, 2010