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Conscious Listening (Udemy.com)

Transform your confidence and communication by becoming somebody that people love speaking to.

4.6

42,612 reviews

Created by: Julian Treasure

Last updated August 2017

Our take

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This is a short, single-presenter talk on how to listen better, not a skills program. It runs about 77 minutes across 14 lectures, and nine of those sit in the Outer listening section, the longest block at 43 minutes. Julian Treasure, a sound and communication speaker with several widely watched TED talks, does all the teaching. The audience list is broad: managers, parents, salespeople, spouses. The only requirement is intermediate English, so it suits almost anyone who wants a gentle reset on how they pay attention.

Reviewers mostly like it. They call the explanations clear and simple, and one says it linked work and personal life well. Another singles out the exercises. The criticism is mild. One reviewer found the delivery dry and hard to focus on, another doesn't enjoy listening to just one person, and a third called it a rehash of ideas they already knew. One more called it basic. The rating split fits: nearly 88 percent give four or five stars, and about 11 percent give three.

The last update was in 2017, but advice about listening ages slowly, so that matters less than it would for software. At 77 minutes it is short, so expect ideas and a few exercises, not deep practice. More than 92,000 students have taken it. It is a good, low-effort starting point if you will do the exercises yourself. If you already know active listening techniques, expect it to feel light.

Best forBusy managers, parents or salespeople who want a quick, practical reset on how they listen, not a long communication program.

Skip it ifYou want quizzes, assignments or feedback on your listening, or you already know the basics of active listening.

Pros

Short enough to finish in one sitting: 77 minutes across 14 lectures
Reviewers call the explanations clear and simple to follow
Ties listening to both work and personal relationships, which reviewers liked
Includes exercises that at least one reviewer singled out as useful

Cons

Last updated in 2017, with no newer material added since
One presenter throughout, which a reviewer found dry and hard to focus on
Light on practice: no quizzes or assignments, and some find it basic or a rehash

Although basic..somehow listening well is an art and skill. It takes effort and time to listen. Thank you.

Poh Geok Tan, a student

Open to all levels. Only intermediate English is required, and the audience list runs from parents to managers.

What you will learn

Bring confidence and control to your communication
Become present and aware in social situations
Learn how your listening dictates your reality and how you can use listening to alter your experience of the world
Create stronger connections with other people and to the world around you
Improve your relationships
Understand the impact of sound and listening on your health and wellbeing
Master the three types of listening
Improve your understanding and appreciation
Learn how we are losing our listening, and how it can be restored
Learn how to listen with compassion

Course content

6 sections · 14 lectures · 1.3 hours of video

1Introduction & listening filters 1 free preview1 lecture · 9 min
2Inner listening 1 free preview1 lecture · 5 min
3Outer listening9 lectures · 43 min
4Created listening1 lecture · 5 min
5Advanced listening1 lecture · 11 min
6Summary1 lecture · 6 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

Educators
Parents
Sales people
Speakers and performers
Business people
Entrepreneurs
Marketers
Friends

What you need before you start

Intermediate English

How it compares

Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:

Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 73% of them
Reviews42,612#7 of 393 by number of reviews
Length1.3 hoursshorter than 73% of them
Last updatedAugust 2017earlier than 97% of them

Course Description

Listening is a crucial part of our ability to communicate and succeed. It affects how well we build and maintain relationships, teach and manage, sell and persuade, and appreciate and understand. Our business and personal lives are often determined by it. As a species, we have been listening to survive and thrive throughout our millions of years of evolution - until recently.

Listening is not a natural skill: it takes focus and consciousness to do it well. And yet we don't teach it in schools, so in our always-on, multi-tasking world it is a skill that many people simply have never developed. The result of this is a restricted ability to communicate and engage, particularly among the young who have grown up using text-based communication as their primary and preferred mode of expression.

As an international speaker and author on these skills, I understand the impact of listening on communication, success and wellbeing. My TED talk on conscious listening is in the rare group that have achieved millions of views, and my book How To Be Heard is an award-winning bestseller. I live to listen, and look forward to sharing the secrets of listening with you.

So join me as I help you become a master of Conscious Listening and bring confidence and control to your communication.

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Instructor Details

Julian Treasure

4.6 Rating
42,612 Reviews

Julian Treasure is a sound and communication expert. His vision is for a world that listens consciously and speaks powerfully.

Julian is author of the books How to be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening and Sound Business. His new book Sound Affects is published in March 2025 (UK) and June 2025 (US and other countries).

His five TED talks about sound and communication have been watched over 150 million times and his latest talk, How to speak so that people want to listen, is the sixth most watched TED talk of all time.

Julian is a media commentator on speaking and listening skills, and has been featured by the likes of TIME Magazine, The Economist, The BBC, and The Times, as well as leading podcasts such as Diary of a CEO.

Julian has worked with major brands worldwide to improve the way they sound. Their pioneering methods have improved customer happiness, raised sales, and even lowered crime rates, and their work has made headlines internationally.

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By Alice Perkins on 7/13/2026

Excellent information that can help me become a better listerner by understanding the techniques demonstrated and needs of a speaker

By Matteo Anzellotti on 5/19/2026

Mi ha fatto vedere un punto di vista che non avevo mai considerato, proverò a sfruttare l'insegnamento acquisito.

By Anonymized User on 2/27/2026

It's a bit of a rehash of previous discussions I've had over the course of my life, especially about inner voices.

By Prudence Ndimande on 2/23/2026

i m not in the media and communication space, however i would like to learn more about it and the new things that are being introduces via AI

By Jon Hayek on 2/22/2026

The information presented helps to explain the many different ways that a person needs to listen to others to be able to fully understand the other person and to help the other person get out of the conversation what they also need.

By Zanele Mahlaba on 2/6/2026

It was a good match, needed to hear this and learn more

By Stephanie Zdunczyk on 1/26/2026

Very informative. His voice was interesting, soothing and easy to listen to. Loved the part about Reductive vs Expansive listening. Hit that right on the head!

By Cissy Tubbs on 1/13/2026

The discussions around advanced listening in Section 5, as discussions in other sections of this course exceeded my expectations.

By Daryl L Carter on 12/5/2025

Thought the instructor spoke clearly and the visuals aided in understanding subject matter. Think the course should've been longer.

By Cassandra Jamieson on 12/1/2025

I really liked the section about critical and emotional listening and listening to just solve the problem and move on, or to connect. I think this is very useful in my every day life. Thank you

By SAVERIMUTHU on 11/15/2020