PPT-2015 Budget Listening Sessions

Chris Abele Milwaukee County Executive 2015 Budget Listening Sessions August 13 amp 14 Agenda County Overview County Budget Overview Fiscal Challenges 2015 Budget Strategy 2015 Budget Calendar. Natalie Bryant, Director. Practice Development. How many of your waking . hours . are spent communicating with others? . 70% - 80. %. Ways to Communicate:. Reading. Writing. Speaking. Listening. Listening. Managers and employees use their listening skills to increase productivity and profit, build employee morale, mainstream business procedures and practices, meet changing consumer needs, and improve customer relations.. We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ~ Epictetus. Of the time spent communicating each day, . 45% . is devoted to listening.. Usually a person only remembers about . Three Kinds of Listening:. Passive:. Hearing music playing in the background while we perform other tasks . Unconscious:. Hearing “. Muzak. ”, such as elevator music or music played in the dentist’s office and hardly noticing it.. Lawyers . Assistance . Program. Facilitated by Robert Bircher. Reflective Listening. This is a core communication skill and to be a great communicator you must master it. It involves tracking the thoughts and feelings of another in an unbiased and unaltered form and reflecting them back to another accurately. MUH 271. Jam Sessions. Jazz. was always a commercial/entertainment music. At least until the 40s, jazz musicians did not think. of themselves as “artists”. early competitions:. Competition between bands in New Orleans. Discussions are as much about listening as they are about asking good questions. How to Promote Active Listening. Model active listening.. Use positive reinforcement for students who demonstrate good active listening.. The . C. ommunication Tree. Why is speaking and listening so important?. Children learn to talk by listening. Communication is a life long skill. An essential communication . . skill. What does good listening look like?. Strand 2: Unit 3. The ‘. Preoccupieds. ’. These people come across as rushed and are always looking around or doing something else while you are talking to them. They cannot sit still and listen.. The Reader’s Digest Version. Listening. Pair up with someone you don’t know (or who you know least).. Choose who will be the speaker and who will be the listener.. Listener. : Your role is to listen intently- no asking questions. 1. Hearing vs. listening . - Hearing . is a physical process in which sound waves enter the ear, but listening is a skill. We only remember 25% of what we hear.. 2. Definition . – a complex process that involves being mindful, physically receiving messages, perceiving, responding and remembering. Introduction. Getting Started. What are different aspects of speaking that come to your mind?. In order to speak English well what do learners need?. What are your personal speaking aims?. What are your speaking strengths and weaknesses?. for Central Service & Auxiliary Units. November 21, 2014. 2. 2015-16 Budget . Kickoff . Meeting. Central Service and Auxiliary Providers. Meeting Objectives. Open the lines of communication. Status updated on the 2014-15 budget translation into the University Financial Model. Three breakouts. : biomass, atmospheric flux, oceans and wet carbon. The breakout sessions are . self-assigned. We will request a . volunteer to be the lead of each breakout session. Each breakout session should .