Communication is the act of passing information from one person to the next. When you ask someone to think of an example of face to face communication the answer is almost verbal communication with words only every time. I asked five people what the first thing they thought of when I said face to face communication and all of them but one answered “verbal communication”. It can be easy to discount some different ways that a person is able to communicate their message to others during a face to face situation. Nonverbal communication is communication with one’s facial expressions; it can be a handshake, body language, and eye contact. These non verbal ways of communication cue the speaker into how their audience is feeling about a conversation. These nonverbal cues provide a great deal of information to the speaker into the thoughts that are going through the audience’s minds during their exchange. At times, these nonverbal gestures are very helpful in adding to the conversation. A simple sigh or eyes closing can mean boredom. A strong handshake is usually a sign of a strong A type personality. Some people do not even realize how much they are giving away with the cues their nonverbal gestures are giving away. Demonstrative communication can be effective communication for both the sender and the receiver. Demonstrative communication gives another dimension to the conversation. It gives the receiver unspoken clues about how the sender is truly feeling about the message that they are sharing. An example that touched me personally was when I told my husband we were going to have our first baby. I was very happy, smiling and laughing and jumping up and down. He just stood there and looked at me. I asked him if he was ok and he said he had to sit down for a moment. His body language was stiff and the look on his face wasn’t a happy but not a sad face. I