Top 5 Books on Communication

One of the best ways to sharpen your skills as a communicator is to read good books on communication, speaking and preaching. As a youth pastor, or someone who speaks to students, there are a few "niche" books which you will find helpful below:

1. Communicating for a Change (Andy Stanley)

Great preaching book about how you can master the "one point message."

2. How to Speak to Youth (and Keep Them Awake at the Same Time) (Ken Davis)

In this student ministry classic, Ken Davis gives a practical, step-by-step guide of how to organize and outline a message from the ground up using his SCORRE method.

3.  Resonate (Nancy Duarte)

Although not specifically a book about speaking to students, per se, it is a motherlode of information on how to communicate. Duarte breaks down the process from start to finish. It's like master class training on communication from one of the experts in the field. You can read my specific book review of her book by clicking here.

4. Biblical Preaching (Haddon Robinson).

This homiletics classic has become the standard to which all other homiletical books are held.

5. Story Theater Method (Doug Stevenson)

This obscure communication method book is probably the most practical, in-depth, how-to book available on the subject of storytelling.