Communication involves sending and receiving verbal, nonverbal, and paraverbal messages between people. Effective communication skills are important for careers and include the ability to get and give information, persuade others, ensure understanding, and get action. The communication process involves a sender transmitting a message through a channel to a receiver, with the potential for noise and the opportunity for feedback. Developing good communication skills requires exploring related skills like clarity, integrity, timing, adequacy, maintaining eye contact, body awareness, gestures, conveying thoughts, and practicing effective communication.