Lera sat down and slid her hand across the table, touching his arm.

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When blogger Violet Blue--who has pictures of herself posing with her Apple laptop on her Web site--approached Jobs on the floor of the MacWorld Expo to ask for a photo, lightly touching his arm, Jobs rebuffed her.

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Try this: Choose one nonverbal behavior (say, touching a colleague on the arm) and list all the conditions under which this behavior would be acceptable in your company or organization.

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