Do you ever feel like you've given or received too much information?

Do you ever feel like you've given or received too much information?

Too much information: No, you can't receive too much information. Once all information is received, then it will need to be deciphered to determine which is accurate and true. Base decision on all the true/actual facts.

Guess I should have qualified the question with a little more information. :rolleyes:

There have been moments (incidents) where I've provided too much information. Recipients eyes glaze over.:tg: And again, I've received so much information during a session where my brain just went into overload.:frust:

Great comedians, entertainers, speakers, teachers and the like have long understood that they need to leave their audience with the desire of wanting more.

Any comments?

Guess I should have qualified the question with a little more information. :rolleyes:

There have been moments (incidents) where I've provided too much information. Recipients eyes glaze over.:tg: And again, I've received so much information during a session where my brain just went into overload.:frust:

This could be caused by the lack of an interesting topic. Presentation of the specific topic.

Great comedians, entertainers, speakers, teachers and the like have long understood that they need to leave their audience with the desire of wanting more.

Well, they are getting paid to have you return. However, most comedians, and speakers keep the interest going on a particular topic.

I don't know if this helped in your quest for and answer.

:2cents:

It may have been a case where you provide too much data. When writing memos or doing presentations, I have always followed the newspaper article method of writing. The most important information is presented first followed by the second most important and so on. That way if you decide to stop reading before the end, you are always assured that you've gotten the most information to that point.

Also, I tend to over prepare and only present that information that is requested and seems relevant to the discussion. Two common mistakes are 1) The need to treat every presentation like a murder mystery where clues are presented and the final solution is saved for the end
2) If I took all this time to prepare this presentation, then I darn well intend to share all of the information.

Always keep the goal of the presentation in mind, and once the goal is achieved, stop presenting.

I absolutely think you CAN give too much information to an audience...

case in point: Back in the early 90's when I wasfresh out of college and Ergonomics was becoming a buzzword I was the saefty guy for a sizeable plant. So, trying to be proactive, I put together an ergonomics awareness class. As part of the class I described symptoms of some repetetive stress injuries.
Within the week the plant nurse had a dozen complaints of carpal tunnel syndrome, none of which turned out to be valid.

More than forty years ago, I had a professor in a philosophy class who listened and listened and listened as one student rambled on and on and on about some cockamamie discourse. Suddenly, he leaped to his feet, ran to the blackboard, grabbed chalk, and wrote in huge letters:
M E G O
and underneath, in slightly smaller letters:
My Eyes Glaze Over

The class erupted in laughter and the hapless student NEVER rambled again.

The class erupted in laughter and the hapless student NEVER rambled again.Brilliant! :D

Ok, Imo you can get too much information... It may for instance be irrelevant. :cool:

/Claes

Consultant or mildly retarded?

Hmmmm... pondering the meaning of my universe..... (5 seconds)
I do believe I am.... (5 seconds)

.... mumble, mumble,

...mumbo jumbo mumbo jumbo mumbo jumbo....

A consultant!

My audit clients will tell you that I am not mildly retarded, I think I heard through the grapevine that I am seriously impaired, suffering from ESP, have an uncanny ability to know what is NC before I see everything, psychic, psycho ---- and the other ones think I am ok.

We can't all be right, now can we?