Everything YOU want to know about Evaluating

Hi,

If you would like to improve your evaluation skills, please check out the January 2005 issue of The Toastmaster Magazine. It's a special issue for evaluations.

Please at least take a look at the articles "Evaluating the Championship-Level Speaker" and "Want to Win an Evaluation Contest?"

A simple tip is that we are going to evaluate the delivery of the speech, but NOT the content of the speech.

We should not retell the speech. I repeat don't retell the speech.

"Many evaluators simply retell the entire speech. This doesn't benefit the speaker or the evaluator. You may want to repeat small portions of the speech to highlight areas for improvement, but the evaluation should be your speech, not the speaker's speech.
Listen with a critical ear and find the areas for improvement: don't merely parrot back what you heard...."

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Extracted from the article : "Evaluating the Championship-Level Speaker"P.13 of the January 2005 issue of The Toastmaster Magazine.BTW, I am not a good evaluator yet, but I would like to share with you the great information source from the TI magazine.

BTW, I am not a good evaluator yet. : )
However, I would like to share with you the great information source from the TI magazine for helping us to become a better evaluator...

Yetti
P.S.The below is the judging criteria for evaluation contest. Please make sure that you have a conclusion too (15 marks). : )

> ANALYTICAL QUALITY (40 POINTS) refers to the effectiveness of the evaluation. Every evaluation should carefully analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the speaker's presentation. Were the evaluator's comments clear and logical? Did the evaluator identify specific strengths and weaknesses of the presentation?

> RECOMMENDATIONS (30 POINTS) are an important part of an evaluation. An evaluator not only points out the strengths and weaknesses of a speech, he/she also offers specific recommendations for improvement. Recommendations should be practical, helpful and positive, and they should enable the speaker to improve his or her next presentation.

> TECHNIQUE (15 POINTS) refers to the manner in which the evaluator presents his/her comments and recommendations. An evaluator should be sensitive to the feelings and needs of the speaker, yet inspire and encourage the speaker in his/her future speaking efforts.

> SUMMATION (15 POINTS) is how the evaluator concludes the evaluation. The conclusion should briefly summarize the evaluator's comments and suggestions, and. be positive and encouraging.