By the time you get to slide 2, the room is already forming an opinion about how to listen to you.
Yes—they may be very interested in your data.
Yes—they may want your answer, but that doesn’t mean they’re evaluating it the way you think. They’re simultaneously reading something else:

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.

This is where strong technical professionals miss what’s actually happening, because they assume that if the data is solid, it will carry the weight.
Sometimes it does, but in high-stakes rooms, the data and the delivery are being judged at the same time, and here’s the part no one says out loud:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, not because the content changed— but because one person explains the details thoroughly, while the other makes it unmistakably clear why the details matter.

So when a room leans in—or pulls back— it’s rarely just about the information.
It’s about whether they believe action needs to be taken— and whether they’re confident enough in you to lead it.