Preface -- Communication: Making Connections -- Types of Communication -- Connecting Through Verbal Communication -- Connecting Through Nonverbal Communication -- Connecting Listening and Thinking in the Communication Process -- Selecting a Topic and Delivering a Speech -- Developing Relationships -- Group and Team Communication

"Purposive Communication is designed to help students improve their ability to communicate effectively. What is purposive communication? It is the act of communication with a common purpose of making sense and sharing that sense with others. As human being, we make sense out of what we see, hear, touch, smell and taste. We usually relate what happens to us at any given moment to something we have experienced in the past. We use words as well as nonverbal clues (such as gestures, facial expressions, clothing and others) to convey our thoughts and feelings to others." -- Introduction of the book.