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Tag: Ralph Nichols

How I met “The Father of Listening”

To get the “Stories” section of this site going, allow me to merge the two seemingly contrary topics – speaking and listening – in the following tale, which I present as a first-hand tribute to the legendary scholar known to many (mainly scholars in the “klistening” dub-field of communication) as the Father of Listening, Ralph…

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