It's the second season of the More and More Every Day Podcast. Join us every day for short (10 minute) episodes to talk all things oral history and challenge yourself with a daily oral history prompt.

Today's prompt: Let’s work on our nonverbal active listening cues together. Select one nonverbal active listening cue and try it out! Interview a friend or family member with the intent to practice one of these nonverbal active listening cues: smiling, eye contact, head nods, mirroring, posture, whatever you think you need to practice!

Nonverbal active listening cues to practice:

• Eye contact
• Intermediate eye contact
• Head nod
• Note taking
• Smiling
• Slightly raised eyebrows
• Upright posture
• Body position that is leaned in toward the speaker
• Mirroring 
• Manage the physical set up

Today's Resources:

• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10904018.2013.813234 
• https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/active-listening.html  
• https://www.poynter.org/educators-students/2016/5-non-verbal-ways-to-be-an-active-listener/ 
• https://open.lib.umn.edu/communication/

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More and More Every Day is brought to you by the South Phoenix Oral History Project at South Mountain Community College, in partnership with the Southwest Oral History Association.