Tool

Listening is a Superpower

Bridging the Gap founder Simon Greer offers a step-by-step guide to improving your own listening skillset in this instructional video.

The ability to listen well, especially to someone you disagree with, is a fundamental skill of bridgebuilding.

Bridging the Gap founder Simon Greer offers a step-by-step guide to improving your own listening skillset in this instructional video. The film offers an overview of the power of listening, the science behind effective listening, and practical activities for practicing these skills. This video can be used by educators as a preparation tool before they teach listening in the classroom, or as a curricular tool to use with students either as a pre-watch prior to a class discussion, or as a standalone online session on the skills of listening.

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Bridging the Gap​

Bridging the Gap equips students and educators with the skills and knowledge to better engage across deep divides in our polarized society.

BTG is resonating with staff and students at Bentley who want to see a more connected community with a sense of belonging that bridges typical societal divides.

– Ian Mevorach, Interfaith Chaplain at Bentley University