As you may know, nonverbal communication is communication
that happens without words. Nonverbal
communication can be anything from eye contact (or lack of eye contact) to
facial expressions and gestures. When
one views the speech that President Kennedy gave at Rice University, he can be
seen to frequently use his right hand to point down toward the podium or to
pound his fist into the podium. This
nonverbal communication—the gestures President Kennedy makes with his right
hand— communicates a determination and confidence that reinforces what he was
communicating in his speech that the United States was determined to go to the
moon and confident it would do so.
