{
  "title": "Public speaking: how many options should you present to support a decision?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prise-de-parole-combien-options-presenter-pour-decider-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-10-30",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Presenting every possibility may seem rigorous. Yet research supports neither a blanket recommendation for exhaustive coverage nor an ideal number of options.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Public Speaking & Impact",
  "place": {
    "name": "Sion",
    "region": "Valais",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper (2000, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) showed across several experimental settings that extensive choice could attract greater interest while subsequently reducing engagement in choosing or satisfaction."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A second study that changes the interpretation",
      "point": "Benjamin Scheibehenne, Rainer Greifeneder and Peter Todd (2010, Journal of Consumer Research) re-examined choice overload in a meta-analysis."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "A rule prescribing just three options therefore does not follow from these studies."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot prescribe",
      "point": "These studies do not directly test professional presentations in Sion, where responsibilities, knowledge and the consequences of decisions differ from experimental settings."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Sion",
      "point": "In a “Public Speaking & impact” workshop in Sion, SHR could use a simulated case in hydropower, healthcare, winegrowing or alpine tourism, randomly assigning participants to two presentation versions: all options from the outset, or an explicitly justified shortlist with the remaining alternatives available in an appendix."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Lepper",
      "year": "2000",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Todd",
      "year": "2010",
      "source": "Journal of Consumer Research"
    }
  ],
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/sion",
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  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}