March Into

International Listening Awareness Month!

Listening: A Labor of Love!

This site was created to inform others about this important event. Started by the International Listening Association (ILA), International Listening Awareness Month is celebrated each March. This upcoming year (2016) marks the 17th anniversary. This global celebration helps the ILA in promoting the critical role listening plays in all human activity.

The ILA promotes International Listening Awareness Month at social, educational, and professional events throughout the world; its membership represents 16 countries, including Canada, Japan, Finland, Germany, and the U.S., to name a few. You can learn more about the ILA by visiting its website and by reading the ILA's newsletter, Listening Post, that you can find at the ILA website.

March was chosen as International Listening Awareness Month because it provides a good lead-in to the annual ILA convention, which is usually held in March. This next year we are meeting in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The 37th Annual Listening Convention will be held March 9-12, 2016. The site is DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Tucson Airport. We always have a great time sharing research and insights about listening. 

Do you have ideas for celebrating International Listening Awareness Month? Send them to Susan at stimm@elgin.edu, and she'll post them on the page set up for ideas. That way, we can all share our ideas with each other.

Need Ideas for Celebrating? We're here for you:

1. The Countdown to International Listening Awareness Month e-newsletters provide various ideas for celebrating this important month. You can access the current edition by clicking on the link above, and you will find all of the past e-newsletters in the folder to the right entitled "Countdowns to International Listening Awareness Month".

2. Members of the ILA are available to share their insights on listening throughout the year. If you are not a member already, and therefore, unable to access the on-line membership directory, you can e-mail the ILA Executive Director Dr. Nanette Johnson-Curiskis at info@listen.org. She will connect you with the right person(s).

3. Connect with other listeners in our community forum at the ILA website: www.listen.org. You will find the blog postings on the right-hand side in a sidebar. Non-members can access the blogs.

4. What better way to celebrate than to become a Certified Listening Professional (CLP)™?  Find out more at Become a CLP.

5. Why not join the ILA and celebrate listening all year round? Find out more at www.listen.org.