INTERNATIONAL DAY OF LISTENING

The need for healing and putting things back together again is felt around the globe. In addition to a virus, divisiveness is challenging individuals, families, circles of friends, and work teams. How can we bridge the gaps that have opened and how can we bring about healing?

This year’s IDL will focus on what and how listening can contribute to bringing about the healing. We can be part of the medicine that can offer relief – for us and for those around us?

Getting a head start on planning an event for IDL 2022? Click Here to access the 2022 Planning Worksheet, email your plan to info@internationaldayoflistening.com, and we’ll put your event on the 2022 map! (Only the city and country will be shared on the map. No other information will be shared.)
Post information and pictures that you want to share on the IDL Facebook page.

Thanks to all of you who participated in the 2021 International Day of Listening! We hope you had meaningful conversations that promoted positive connections. With better connections, perhaps we can solve problems more successfully and reap the benefits of good relationships.

Let’s continue to “listen to connect”!

Send an email to info@internationaldayoflistening.com and tell us about your event, and share your experiences on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

2021 IDL THEME: LISTEN TO CONNECT

IDL 2021 was held on September 16, 2021.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF LISTENING:

Listen to Connect

September 16, 2021

IDL spanned the globe with listening activities that focused on creating and strengthening connections. Did you have an event but forgot to let us know? Click Here to access the 2021 Planning Worksheet, email your plan to info@internationaldayoflistening.com, and we’ll put your event on the map! (Only the city and country will be shared on the map. No other information will be shared.)

Post information and pictures that you want to share on the IDL Facebook page.

Thanks for celebrating with us!

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Listening Tips

Check out the list of “10 Listening Tips”. In addition, there are videos that further explain and illustrate the listening tips.

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Mini Course Recordings

This link takes you to the International Listening Association site, where you can access course recordings as well as gather more information on listening.

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Listening Moments

Sample the recordings of a variety of things to listen to, including poetry, songs, music, speeches, podcasts, sounds of nature and more. Explore what impact these different listening experiences have on you.

"Most people don't listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to respond."

Stephen Covey, American Educator, Author and Businessman

"People don't listen, they just wait their turn to talk."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Freelance Journalist and Novelist

“One of the simplest paths to deep change is for the less powerful to speak as much as they listen and for the more powerful to listen as much as they speak.”

Gloria Steinem (My Life on the Road), American Feminist Journalist and Social Political Activist

"Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet."

Krista Tippett, Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, a National Humanities Medalist, and a New York Times bestselling author

“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say”

Bryant H. McGill, International Bestselling Author, Activist, and Social Entrepreneur

birth of the international day of listening (idl)

The International Day of Listening (IDL) was born, as many brilliant ideas, at a dinner table! Sheila Bentley came up with the idea of a special day to promote #listening in the world and bring interest to the #InternationalListeningAssociation (ILA).

The IDL is a one-day event that is sponsored by the International Listening Association (ILA) and was initiated in 2016. The IDL takes place the third Thursday of September each year. The day promotes a variety of events from one-on-one conversations with friends and family to business or community meetings to governments and their citizens talking about mutual concerns.

Sheila Bentley, Ph.D. (U.S.A.)

Co-Chair IDL 2021

Consultant, Bentley Consulting

P +1 901-210-7053

E bentleysc@aol.com

Margarete Imhof (Germany)

Co-Chair IDL 2021

Professor, Dr. at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

P +49 6131 393 9173

E imhof@uni-mainz.de

Dr. Krishna Naineni (England)

Co-Chair of IDL 2021

Jugal Bhatt (India)

IDL Intern

2nd Year MBBS, GMERS Gotri Medical College, Vadodara.

E jugalbhatt2016@gmail.com

GOAL

To increase awareness of the value of listening and provide resources to help people develop better listening skills and strategies.

MISSION

To promote better listening in our conversations that lead to better relationships and solutions to problems that will help make us better humans.

VISION

To foster better listening in all phases of life, in all contexts, and all around the world. The International Day of Listening will be recognized throughout the world as one of the main events for the promotion of listening.

The International Day of Listening is strongly backed by an enormous base of knowledge, The International Listening Association. Since 1979 ILA founders and members have been totally dedicated to advocating that listening skills are the key to becoming better humans and building a better civilization together.

The International Listening Association (ILA) is a professional organization consisting of a network of people committed to the development of effective listening in professional and personal lives. We are involved in listening in education, business, healthcare, hospitality, music and many other fields. We promote the study of listening, exchange information and pursue research into the ways in which listening can develop understanding in our personal, political, social and working lives. The International Listening Association serves as a dialogue space, a resource network, a news source and an international community – our members are working in more than 19 countries across the globe.

For more information about the International Listening Association visit: www.listen.org