This document presents information on verbal communication. It begins with an agenda that outlines topics like the need for verbal communication, its objectives and characteristics. It defines verbal communication as conveying messages through mouth and includes interviews and video calls as forms of verbal communication. The document identifies helping with problem solving, resolving conflicts and influencing people as needs for verbal communication. Its objectives are listed as informing, educating, convincing and persuading people to take action. Characteristics, barriers, benefits and limitations of verbal communication are also detailed over multiple slides.