This document discusses why people may not listen to others and provides tips for improving listening and speaking. It identifies gossiping, judging, negativity, complaining, making excuses, exaggerating, and being dogmatic as reasons people do not listen. It then discusses vocal registers, timber, prosody, pace, volume, noise, acoustics, powerful speaking, conscious listening, and designing soundscapes as ways to improve how one speaks and listens. The overall message is that being conscious of how you communicate both in speaking and listening can help you engage others and get your message across more effectively.

1. Julian Treasure

3. “Human Voice”

4. PEOPLE
DON’T LISTEN
TO YOU?
WHY?

5. 1. Gossip
2. Judging
3. Negativity
4. Complaining
5. Excuses
6. Embroidery
7. Dogmatism

6. GOSSIP :Person Gossiping five minutes later will be Gossiping about you.
JUDGING :Being judged.
NEGATIVITY :Hard to listen to.
COMPLAINING :Viral misery.
EXCUSES :Do not take responsibility for their actions.
EMBROIDERY :Exaggeration thus lying.
DOGMATISM :Confusion of facts with opinions.

8. The way you say it

9. To Greet Or Acclaim enthusiastically

12. REGISTER
TIMBER
PROSODYPACE
VOLUME

16. Noise
Bad acoustics

17. POWERF
ULL
SPEAKI
NG
Consci
ous
LISTENI
NG
Designed
sounds
capes

18. Conscious
Creating Receiving
Designing