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.