Active listening can make ASKaround a rich experience.

• Give all your attention

• Listen for feelings

• Observe other cues, like body language

• Be curious: ask for more detail, to go deeper

• Stay quiet until you hear everything there is to hear

• Ask: am I trying to tell my story instead of listening to theirs?

• Own your own opinions and beliefs, start sentences with “I think…”, or “it seems to me”, or “In my opinion”

• Ground your statements – that is, attach it to the group or source it belongs to. For instance: “In my culture…”, or “ many Australians have experienced…”