Speaking to Teenagers by Doug Fields

Speaking to Teenagers

How to Think About, Create, and Deliver Effective Messages

Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins

Zondervan · Print & ebook · October 8, 2007

Get ready for a crash course in effective communication.

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Who it’s for
Learn to shape and deliver messages that speak meaningfully to teenagers.
Themes
Communicating with teenagers, Christian message preparation, Youth ministry speaking
Genres
Youth Ministry, Language Arts

About this book

Get ready for a crash course in effective communication. More than just a book on how to ³do talks,² Speaking to Teenagers combines the experience and wisdom of two veteran youth ministry speakers, along with insightful research and practical tools, to help you develop messages that engage students with the love of Christ and the power of his Word.

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Whether you¹re crafting a five-minute devotional or a 30-minute sermon, Speaking to Teenagers is essential to understanding and preparing great messages. Together, Doug Fields and Duffy Robbins show you how they craft their own messages and give you the tools to do it yourself. They¹ll guide you, step-by-step, through the process of preparing and delivering meaningful messages that effectively communicate to your students. Fields and Robbins walk you through three dimensions of a message‹the speaker, the listener, and the message itself‹and introduce you to the concept and principles of inductive communication. You¹ll also get helpful tips on finding illustrations for your talk and using them for maximum impact, as well as insights on reading your audience and effective body language. As Speaking to Teenagers guides you toward becoming a more effective communicator, you¹ll find that this book¹s practical principles will positively impact the way you view, treat, and communicate to teenagers.

Messages That Connect

Learn to shape and deliver messages that speak meaningfully to teenagers.

Come here for

  • Practical help for talks, from brief devotionals to sermons
  • Ways to use illustrations, audience awareness, and body language

Expect

  • A three-part lens: speaker, listener, and message
  • Step-by-step guidance for preparing and delivering meaningful messages

Where it sits

Youth Ministry90%
Language Arts35%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Adult Ministry
  • Children's Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
Authors
Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins
Publisher
Zondervan
Published
October 8, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Communicating with teenagers · Christian message preparation · Youth ministry speaking
Reading lane
Adult Ministry