Dr. Devesh Thakur
The video explains: 1. Stage Two of listening involves understanding the speaker's message, encompassing both thoughts and emotions, and it requires effort and active engagement. 2. Avoid assuming you understand the speaker's message before they fully express it, see the message from the speaker's point of view without judgment, ask questions for clarification when needed, and rephrase the speaker's ideas in your own words to confirm your understanding. 3. Stage Three, remembering, depends on moving information from short-term memory to long-term memory, which involves focusing, organizing, uniting new information with existing knowledge, and repeating key concepts or names. 4. Stage Four, evaluating, involves judging the messages, understanding the speaker's intentions, and recognizing biases or fallacious reasoning while avoiding hasty evaluations. Finally, Stage Five, responding, includes both immediate and delayed feedback, with supportive responses and constructive patterns like supporting the speaker throughout their conversation and maintaining focus on the speaker while avoiding thought-completing listening.
Dr. Devesh Thakur is an enthusiastic and dedicated educator with a passion for cultivating confident communicators. His love for communications & public speaking has led him to earn several certificate courses in public speaking and presentations. He has written several articles, blogs, and books on communication and interpersonal skills.
With PG & Ph.D. from the prestigious Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Extension Education, he has fifteen years of experience in teaching communication courses to varied students of agricultural universities in India. His teaching philosophy revolves around creating a supportive and engaging learning environment where students can overcome their fears and develop the art of persuasive expression. Through a combination of recorded video lectures, and personalized online support, he strives to equip learners with the tools to articulate their ideas with clarity, impact, and conviction.