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Most people think of communication as a face to face conversation with words only. 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. This is with nonverbal communication that can include a person’s facial expressions, vocal tone, body language, eye contact and other cues into how they are feeling about a conversation. These nonverbal cues can provide a great deal of insight into the thoughts that are going through the conversation participants’ mind during their exchange. At times, these nonverbal gestures are very helpful in adding to the conversation. Some people do not even realize how much they are giving away with the cues their nonverbal gestures are giving away.

There are plenty of ways that demonstrative communication can be effective for the sender and the receiver in that it gives another dimension to the conversation. It gives the receiver more clues about the sender is truly feeling about the message that they are sharing. For instance, a sender could be relaying news that should be happy for them to be giving, but through their nonverbal cues let the receiver know that they are not feeling completely happy about what is going to be happening in their life. For instance, a man could find out that he is going to be a father which would certainly be happy news, but he could be worried about the type of father he may be or if he will be able to provide for the mother and child. The receiver will be able to pick up on these nonverbal cues and ask for more information about why the person is not completely happy with the news. This can then help the conversation continue and allow for the sender to get his worries off his chest, and maybe move on to the feeling of happiness that he should be feeling. Nonverbal cues can help to make a conversation more effective for all parties involved.

There are times when demonstrative communication may not be very...