The latest Author's Pad Blog offers 13 ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month--from framing a favorite poem to give as a gift to writing a poem on the sidewalk with chalk (suggested by the Academy of American Poets), to submitting a poem this month to be posted on Listeners Unite! 

The International Listening Association (ILA) conference was, as always, interesting, informative, inspiring and fun!  Congratulations to this year's award winners!  Among the honorees were Edie Cole (Listening Hall of Fame) and Carole Grau (Listener of the Year).  To see a full list of this year's award winners, visit the ILA website.

International Listening Association (ILA) Convention Highlights:
The Have You Heard? blog (at Listeners Unite) includes a few highlights from our afternoon of museums in Santa Fe and some convention photos. The blog is linked to albums that include more photos from the convention and the surrounding area. 

Direct links to photo albums: 
ILA Conference, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe.

Many thanks to those who attended the poetry reading session. Click here to read a thank you blog to those who made the poetry session special by listening and by sharing.