Developing Teen Leadership: A Practical Guide for Youth Group Advisors, Teachers and Parents Paperback – February 4, 2011

I finished reading Developing Teen Leadership in one sitting I must say it is fantastic. Before I even get into how helpful it was for me just reading through it and discovering an amazing resource that I will come back to time and time again to plan programs, teach leadership, be a better youth advisor, etc. I must say that it was really well written and a fun and easy read. This is a very tough and in depth topic and Dan is able to go through a lot of crucial subjects and blend them together seamlessly.This book is an amazing resource. I read it cover to cover (including all the footnotes). Dan's descriptions of how to plan and run leadership seminars, public speaking workshops, logistical/planning programs, communication trainings, and everything else is invaluable to me. In the almost 5 years I have spent as a volunteer youth advisor I have had trouble putting together and executing consistent programs to help the teens develop their own leadership skills while also sitting back and letting them make their own mistakes and truly lead the group.Developing Teen Leadership has given me some great ideas for how to do this much better and more effectively and help me become a more complete youth advisor. Reading through the program ideas for leadership has inspired me to start planning my own programs again (certainly borrowing a few of the ideas in the book) and has helped me get over the hump and stop making excuses about why I did not need to or couldn't do these things. The concepts behind being a back seat driver and planting seeds always made sense to me but I could never seem to muster the patience to figure out how to do this on more of a wide scale in the group rather then just one on one with people that I had already developed strong relationships with.This book will become my go to guide for being a youth advisor and has helped rekindle some of the passion I have been starting to lose for doing this. Just reading it yesterday has helped me feel more empowered to go do some of the amazing things that it talks about.

Great inspiring book for ANYONE who works with teens. I needed this for an education class and it is going on my reading shelf for when I need a pick me up read to get my gears going again to remember the best parts of working with teens and how to get them highly involved in what they do in the classroom, club or community.

The book is what it says: it's a PRACTICAL guide for those who work with youth. For those who have had experience working with youth and have a set of skills already developed, this may not be the best choice as it is the BASICS. Well done. Very clear.

Great insights. Simple to read. Useful for anyone dealing with teenagers whether it be for leadership purposes or not. This book is a must for all teachers, coaches, mentors and parents.

Excellent book if you are helping teens become leader. The book included many practical ideas for working with teens. I recommend it.

Excellent resource

Quality product . . . easy communication and shipped fast. Thank You.

The book is good .But after i perched online at kindel reader.It showed me the sample. After a lots of emails i thought the fixed it, but not😥😥