Do you cram in too much information when you present?

Recently one of my one on one executive manager clients mentioned that he regularly sees his colleagues – when presenting to senior audiences – ‘cram too much information’ into their allotted speaking time.

Here are the results of cramming in too much information:

  • You rush through the presentation.
  • Due to rushing, your key messages are not clearly heard and understood.
  • The rushed speaking signals junior behaviour.
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How to communicate like DENIRO & PACINO

This 6:17 minute scene of Robert Deniro and Al Pacino, from the movie Heat is cinematic gold.  (I’m sure some of you know of it).

Watching it – will make you a better communicator – by osmosis. It’s riveting viewing.

It is so good, I feel reluctant to offer any analysis of it.

The main effect of the scene on me was how Deniro and Pacino don’t rush their lines. They ‘own’ time. They take extra seconds as needed, before responding to the other.

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