provides 25 case studies that explore why communication is prone to failure, as well as how nonverbal communication can become more effective and more predictive of positively valenced outcomes. Now, as we are well into the third decade of the 21 century, nonverbal communication scholarship continues to thrive. Given our collective use of mediated technologies and our increased reliance on such media for interpersonal, group, and organizational endeavors, understanding how to best communicate, nonverbally, seems as (if not more) important as ever. Communication is a human need. Something that we require for social survival. The more we know about this process, the more equipped we will be at dealing with, and succeeding in, our communicative endeavors.