DC Communicator

Read Dan's column in DC Communicator, a monthly e-newsletter covering items of interest to the Washington, DC communications community.

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08/07
[ Favorite Web Tools » ]
06/07
[ What Communicators Want in a Website » ]
05/07
[ Summertime Reading » ]
04/07
[ Forces Changing Our World »]
03/07
[ Lessons for Communicators from American Idol » ]
02/07
[ Putting Risks Into Perspective » ]
01/07
[ Great Web Tools for Communicators » ]
12/06
[ Year-End Observations » ]
11/07
[ What’s Ahead in 2007? » ]
10/06
[ Planning for 2007: We're all in the Same Boat » ]
09/06
[ Social Media and the Press Release » ]
08/06
[ Is Email an Effective Tool? » ]
07/06
[ Downtime is Disappearing » ]
06/06
[ Trends That Are Hidden in Plain View » ]
05/06
[ TV NEWS: Is it Relevant? » ]
04/06
[ Going Global - Ten Rules of the Road » ]
03/06
[ Blogs Make Good Corporate PR » ]
02/06
[ News Media in the Spotlight, II » ]
01/06
[ Radio Waves Grow Smaller » ]
12/05
[ Traditional Media Losing Momentum » ]
11/05
[ The Spirit of Holiday Shopping » ]
10/05
[ On the Future of Advertising » ]
09/05
[ Lessons Learned: Hidden In Plain View » ]
08/05
[ Staying Ahead of the Curve » ]

Worried in America

20/20 SPECIAL – 02/23/07

Dan served as an advisor to ABC's 20/20 in conjunction with the two-hour John Stossell special "Scared Stiff: Worried in America" that aired on February 23, 2007.

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How Americans Are Living Dangerously

Time article by Jeffrey Kluger – 11/26/06

Dan was quoted for his insight into humanity's skewed perception of risk: "We used to measure contaminants down to the parts per million.... Now it's parts per billion."

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Radio Interviews

In this radio interview, Dan outlines why it's important to keep risk in perspective.

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KFTK-AM, St. Louis, MO, 2/26/07

We are in a period of unprecedented change - a period where power is shifting hands as it never has before. Dan shows us what this shift means to all of us.

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Putting Risk in Perspective

In a world where risk is everywhere, all the time, how does one decide which risks are real? Which are worth taking? And which are worth the costs associated with avoiding or preventing them?