Attend a public hearing at your school or in the nearby community. It could be a meeting about zoning, placement of a public facility, etc. Observe nonverbal communication such as where public offi cials and citizens are located

(which locations suggest greater power?), timing of the meeting (who might be unable to attend?), artifacts (clothing; who has offi cial fi les?). How do nonverbal factors refl ect and shape what happens in the meeting?