Was Poor Communication Behind the NFL's Recent Officiating Debacle?
Is the NFL (the $18 billion business) being unnecessarily roughed up by poor referee communication? Check out this article in the Boston...
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Dan Cooney
- Feb 7, 2023
- 2 min
How Do You See Your 12 Notes?
Creators have always fascinated me, especially music creators. There's a line from the movie A Star is Born that blew me away, even the...
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Dan Cooney
- Feb 7, 2023
- 1 min
Jennifer Coolidge Showed Us Great Storytelling at the Golden Globes
Words are good, but sometimes you just need to SHOW what effective communication and great storytelling looks like. Jennifer Coolidge...
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Dan Cooney
- Feb 7, 2023
- 2 min
Storytelling and the Curse of Knowledge
Why do founders have a hard time telling their stories simply, elegantly... powerfully? Founders know A LOT. Domain expertise, market...
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Dan Cooney
- Aug 17, 2022
- 1 min
Deadly Sins of Pitch Communication -- Assuming Audience Attention
There is a reason people call it "paying attention" because like money, your audience has a limited “attention wallet.” While you want...
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Dan Cooney
- Aug 10, 2022
- 1 min
Metaphors Make Your Pitches Sing!
Metaphors are powerful allies in helping you make your pitch points more universal, accessible, and easy to understand. Consider the...
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Dan Cooney
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Understanding the Perception Gap
We all see things differently. Thanks, Captain Obvious! Yes, it’s a truism, but why is this one so important to you as a communicator?...
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Dan Cooney
- Jan 19, 2022
- 1 min
Want People To See The Numbers Like You Do? Think Like A College Tour Guide
Have you ever been on a Zoom call with a busy PowerPoint slide shared on the screen while a confident speaker proclaims, “The numbers...
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Dan Cooney
- Jan 14, 2022
- 2 min
Avoid The Zoom Room Blank Stare Olympics
Psychologist Elizabeth Newton asked her Stanford University students to play a simple game. Half of them were told they would be...
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Dan Cooney
- Jan 11, 2022
- 2 min
Why We Make First Impressions In A Split Second
It takes less than 10 seconds for people to decide what kind of person they think you are. What a quaint idea! In fact, Princeton...
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Dan Cooney
- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
Connection - Your Life May Depend On It
Our kids had never been higher. 10,428 feet above sea level to be exact. My heart soared drinking in the view of our boys traversing a...
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Dan Cooney
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
Be Human — Machines May Do Everything Else
Communicating with empathy might be the most important skill you can master. Why so? Because it’s quite possible that machines are going...
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Dan Cooney
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
People PAY attention - You have to earn it!
It’s a noisy, “this one goes to eleven” world out there, and it’s only getting noisier. How are you going to be heard in that world? If...
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Dan Cooney
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
Helping you write to be read, speak to be heard, and communicate to connect.
Welcome to Connect for Good by me, Dan Cooney. Hello and welcome fellow human! We are glad you are here.
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