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Description
Speaking to youth is challenging. Here's the help you've been looking for. . . . How to Speak to Youth is packed with tons of tips to make you a better speaker with any size group large or small. You'll enhance your communication skills with - A proven system for preparing dynamic talks - Exercises to improve your voice, gestures, and eye contact - Techniques to use the humor you find in everyday life - Ideas to make Scriptures come alive. And you'll discover ways to- Prepare with focus - Speak with clarity - Communicate with power. Plus, you'll enjoy the many humorous illustrations peppered throughout the book. You'll discover your potential to speak to kids and keep them awake at the same time.
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Publication
Zondervan Publishing House (1996), 191 pages
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ISBN
0310201462 / 9780310201465
Contents
Preparation: Before you move your lips --
Personal preparation --
The message: Why say anything at all? --
The audience: Who's listening? --
The method: How will they hear my voice? --
The messenger: Look who's talking! --
Objective preparation --
The SCORRE Method: If you don't know what you're aiming at, you'll never hit it --
Choosing a subject: Pick a card, any card --
Choosing a central theme: Could you be more specific? --
Clarifying your objective: What are you trying to say? --
Developing your rationale: What are the main points of your message? --
Gathering and using resources: Frosting the cake --
Evaluating your preparation: Check it out --
Tell me the old, old story --
Consider all the options --
Get the kids involved --
Don't be afraid to go for the three points --
Take your time --
Prepare in stages: Take small bites with time to chew --
Get away and get ahead --
Physical preparation --
Notes: Use 'em or abuse 'em --
Putting it all together: It looks good on paper, but does it work? --
Preparing your environment: Get the pigeons out of the church --
"Mike": Friend or foe? --
Presentation: Once your lips start moving --
How to talk gooder --
Reading your audience: To whom do you think you're talking --
The first fifty words: Was it something I said? --
Establishing rapport: They love me, they love me not --
A secret formula for results: Build tension and keep it --
Finish on time, finish on target: It's only a matter of time --
Aiming for action: Avoid the locker-room pileup --
Let your body talk --
Eye contact: Look at me when I'm talking to you --
Gestures: Are you a flipper, a flapper, or a fantasy merchant? --
Facial and body expressions: Look, Martha! Her eyebrows moved! --
Voice: Your voice can get in the way --
Language: Keep it sharp and clear --
Progress: Advanced lip moves --
Verily, verily, thy audience sleepeth --
Using humor: What's so funny about that? --
Bringing life to the teaching of Scripture: Who killed the Bible people? --
Special applications --
Speaking to the same audience: Haven't I seen you before? --
Speaking to a small group: Okay, form a circle ... both of you --
Speaking to different age groups: Identify and adapt to the subdivisions of the species --
A final challenge --
Commitment to growth: Keep on keepin' on --
A salute and a prayer: To the men and women on the front line.
Personal preparation --
The message: Why say anything at all? --
The audience: Who's listening? --
The method: How will they hear my voice? --
The messenger: Look who's talking! --
Objective preparation --
The SCORRE Method: If you don't know what you're aiming at, you'll never hit it --
Choosing a subject: Pick a card, any card --
Choosing a central theme: Could you be more specific? --
Clarifying your objective: What are you trying to say? --
Developing your rationale: What are the main points of your message? --
Gathering and using resources: Frosting the cake --
Evaluating your preparation: Check it out --
Tell me the old, old story --
Consider all the options --
Get the kids involved --
Don't be afraid to go for the three points --
Take your time --
Prepare in stages: Take small bites with time to chew --
Get away and get ahead --
Physical preparation --
Notes: Use 'em or abuse 'em --
Putting it all together: It looks good on paper, but does it work? --
Preparing your environment: Get the pigeons out of the church --
"Mike": Friend or foe? --
Presentation: Once your lips start moving --
How to talk gooder --
Reading your audience: To whom do you think you're talking --
The first fifty words: Was it something I said? --
Establishing rapport: They love me, they love me not --
A secret formula for results: Build tension and keep it --
Finish on time, finish on target: It's only a matter of time --
Aiming for action: Avoid the locker-room pileup --
Let your body talk --
Eye contact: Look at me when I'm talking to you --
Gestures: Are you a flipper, a flapper, or a fantasy merchant? --
Facial and body expressions: Look, Martha! Her eyebrows moved! --
Voice: Your voice can get in the way --
Language: Keep it sharp and clear --
Progress: Advanced lip moves --
Verily, verily, thy audience sleepeth --
Using humor: What's so funny about that? --
Bringing life to the teaching of Scripture: Who killed the Bible people? --
Special applications --
Speaking to the same audience: Haven't I seen you before? --
Speaking to a small group: Okay, form a circle ... both of you --
Speaking to different age groups: Identify and adapt to the subdivisions of the species --
A final challenge --
Commitment to growth: Keep on keepin' on --
A salute and a prayer: To the men and women on the front line.
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