Principles of Communication
Proverbs 20:12
Problems of Communication
- Identifying hang-ups and leakages in communication
Principles of Communication
- Three major headings: Message, Man, and Method
Improving the Communication of Your Message
- Mastering the message and being mastered by it
- Clarification and simplification
- Three test questions: Explain, illustrate, and apply
Understanding the Audience
- Intensifying interpersonal relations
- Building into the lives of people
- Plugging into contemporary mentality
- Ten basic axioms of the modern mind
Ten Basic Axioms of the Modern Mind
- Values are relative
- What can't be proved can't be believed
- Scientific knowledge is certain
- No knowledge of existence after death
- The tangible world is what matters
- Man is insignificant
- "I cannot help being what I am"
- Freedom means doing what I please
- Certainty about religion is arrogance
- Laws of nature determine everything
Effective Communication Techniques
- Use of visual aids
- Variety in approach, especially visual
- Preparing how to say what you want to say
- Employing the discovery method
Visual and Discovery Methods
- Importance of audiovisual elements in communication
- Example with the overhead projector
- Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience
- Verbal communication
- Visual means
- Field trips, demonstrations, dramatic presentations, role-playing, and direct experience
Practical Application and Illustration
- Use of the three smallest bones in the ear as an illustration
- Example of a medical lecture using flannel graph board
- Encouragement to use different media of communication
Conclusion
- Emphasizing the importance of preparation in communication
- Encouraging active involvement and discovery in learning
- Prayer for effective communication and continuous learning
*The above summary is AI-generated, so discrepancies may exist. Please refer to the audio or video file to verify accuracy.
About the Contributors
Howard G. Hendricks
Dr. Howard G. Hendricks, known simply as “Prof,” directly or indirectly touched millions of lives in the evangelical community and beyond. For more than sixty years Prof served on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), where he taught more than ten thousand students. He served as the chairman of the Center for Christian Leadership for over twenty years. He also ministered in person in more than eighty countries. Through speaking engagements, radio, tapes, films, the sixteen books he authored and coauthored, countless journal and popular-market articles, his service on numerous boards, and his work as a chaplain to the Dallas Cowboys (1976–1984), his reach was and is worldwide.
His legacy, in partnership with Jeanne, his wife of more than sixty-five years, includes four children and six grandchildren. Holding large audiences enthralled at venues such as Billy Graham’s conference center or Promise Keepers’ stadium rallies, Prof would confide, “It’s wonderful to be here with you, but I have a group of delicious students waiting for me back at the seminary.”
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