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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...
Dan Cooney
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Feb 7, 20232 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Feb 7, 20232 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Aug 17, 20221 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Aug 10, 20221 min read
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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?...
Dan Cooney
Jan 25, 20222 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Jan 19, 20221 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Jan 14, 20222 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Jan 11, 20222 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Dec 17, 20212 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Dec 14, 20212 min read
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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...
Dan Cooney
Dec 14, 20212 min read
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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.
Dan Cooney
Dec 14, 20211 min read
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