ORLY'S LISTENING TABLE
Sanibonani. Welcome to yanda ebuhleni; grow in goodness. I’d love to introduce Orly Israel, the man behind the concept called the “Listening Table.” All the way from Los Angeles, California, Orly has managed to reach me here in South Africa. The world has become a place where many people are good at talking but lack so much when it comes to listening. What Orly has introduced to his own community and influenced other people to do the same in their communities is what we call here, ubuntu. I am because you are, period, (Literally). Orly started the project after three things happened in his life. He volunteered in a prison for a communication workshop where he came to a realisation that communication skills are not common knowledge that everybody has. If you were never taught communication skills growing up, it is difficult to have them as an adult and that may result in you landing in unbelievably bad places. He decided he wanted to author a book about communication sk...