- Cross-Cultural Presentations
As discussed in the text, verbal and nonverbal communication can vary based on culture. This site provides some helpful advice for giving presentations to cross-cultural audiences.
- Speak Italian with Your Hands
Not all gestures are universal. Some have different meanings in different contexts. This site talks about the importance of gestures in the Italian language. Click on the “Guide to Italian Hand Gestures” link in the article to see illustrations of gestures.
- Project a More Powerful Image Using Nonverbal Communication
This site from the National Seminars Group gives some practical advice for projecting power with your nonverbal communication. The differences in how men and women use nonverbal behaviors are also discussed.
- Interpersonal Distance
Proxemics studies the use of space as a communicative behavior. This site explains the interpersonal distances discussed in the text. Click on the distances to see a diagram showing what each one looks like.
- Appropriate Workplace Touching
This article from Forbes magazine reviews issues surrounding demand touching (as workplace touching). Click on the illustration to see a slide show on what is and is not appropriate in the workplace.
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie’s popular book How to Win Friends and Influence People is summarized by Mr. Carnegie himself in this Web page. Look over the suggestions and think of how you might accomplish each with both verbal and nonverbal communication.
- Learning the Language of Love
This detailed site contains lots of information on nonverbal behaviors and their role in relationship formation and maintenance.
- A World of Gestures
This site, based on the video A World of Gestures, gives an interactive quiz with different nonverbal gestures from around the world. Can you guess what each one means?
- How to Dress for Success
As you know from the chapter, nonverbal communication takes place from many artifacts, such as the way we dress. This excerpt from the book Casual Power follows two people on a professional image makeover.
- How to Use Nonverbal Communication to Impress
Are you looking for a job or going on an interview? This article provides helpful pointers on how to use nonverbal communication to impress others during an interview. Appropriate and inappropriate nonverbal artifacts are also discussed.
