Evaluations
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1. Be prepared - Tell the evaluator before the speech specific items that you would like them to watch for. Give them your manual before the speech so that they can make notes right in the manual.
2. Relax - Sometimes after giving a speech we are very excited. Take a couple deep breaths and relax, so you can give your full attention to the evaluation.
3. Take notes - When you are being evaluated take notes and refer to them when preparing your next speech.
4. Listen carefully - Sometimes it is difficult to listen carefully, especially if you are getting a lot of information in a short time (as during an evaluation). Be aware of this and make the extra effort to concentrate.
5. Be sympathetic - Understand that giving an evaluation is as much of an art as giving a speech. Just as you are learning how to give a speech, your evaluator is learning how to give an evaluation. There may be omissions, or poor choices of words, understand that the evaluator is doing the best they can also.
6. Put it into perspective - The evaluation is just one person's opinion of one thing you have done in your life. You are much more then a 5-7 minute speech. While what they have to say really doesn't matter it may contain information for you to improve your speaking skills.
7. Ask others for evaluations also - You may ask other people to evaluate you speech also and have them submit to you a written evaluation at the end of the meeting.
8. Make the most of it - There are very few times that we can be evaluated in a supportive environment by a group of our peers. Take advantage of the information you recieve to better you next speech.
9. Meet one on one - Meet with your evaluator one on one after the meeting to ask for clarification or other information that would be useful.
10. Have your book signed - Have the VP Education sign your book to verify that you have completed your speech.
1. Be sympathetic - Remember how it is to give a speech and understand that not all Toastmasters progress at the same speed.
2. Be supportive - Make your evaluation supportive so that the person wants to come back and give another speech. Remember most improvement comes from speaking. Refinements come from your evaluations.
3. Be brief - You will be giving a written evaluation also, you can save the more specific and lengthier items for then.
4. Be specific - Give clear example of where the speech was good and when you make suggestions for improvement, make them specific also. For example, do not say "you should use more hand guestures", say "I would have liked to see more hand gustures in your speech, for example when you said ... you could have ...".
5. Be organized - have a format put together to cover off the major items for the speech. A genaric list would include; preperation (researched? practised?) speech value (original? interesting?), manual assignment (met objectives?), opening (attention getting? tied into the speech?), body (logical flow? points supported?), conclusion (effective?), transitions (smooth? easy to follow?), voice (clear? loud enough? variety?), language (appropriate to the topic and the audience?), appearance (appropriate?), manner (confident? sincere? enthusiastic?), physical actions (guestures? body movement? eye contact? facial expression?).
6. Be prepared - Contact the speaker a few days before the speech and determine the speeh number and the criteria. Also ask the speaker if there are any areas for improvement that they would like you to specifically watch for.
7. Evaluate the speech, not the person - A speech does not define a person. Refer to the speech not the person. For instance saying "the speech was boring" is a lot different then saying "you are boring" (I personally would never use this term, it appears here as an example only)
8. Don't dwell on one topic - Sometimes we have a specific area that we want to suggest for improvement. Say it once then move on, do not come back to it again. Often we feel that the item is important and when we say it we get a blank look back, so we feel we have to repeat it (again and again). Move on and address it later one to one.
9. Be tactful - Sometime we have to say things that require tact. Remember it is more important to be supportive and have the speaker speak again then it is to press home a point for improvement.
10. Be positive - When you have a suggestion for improvement sandwich it between two positives. Always start and end the evaluation on a positive note.
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