The document discusses key factors to observe when analyzing communication patterns in groups, including who interacts with whom, seating arrangements, common themes, who is listened to, and how problems are solved. It also covers ideal group sizes and session lengths, as well as traits of strong leaders like confidence, passion, trustworthiness, and facilitating communication. Finally, it identifies that non-verbal communication accounts for 70% of messages and lists examples of both non-verbal and therapeutic verbal communication skills.