Speech Evaluator

News

2012-January-03

The University of Ottawa Toastmasters Club will be offering a 7 week introductory course in presentations.

After every speech, an evaluation is made. After you have presented a few speeches, you will be asked to serve as an evaluator and will evaluate one of the prepared speakers for the meeting. In addition to your oral evaluation, you will also give the speaker a written evaluation from the manual. The evaluation presented by you can make the difference between a worthwhile or a wasted meeting for your speaker. The purpose of the evaluation is to help the speaker become less self-conscious. This requires that you become fully aware of the speaker's skill level, habits and mannerisms as well as his or her progress to date. If there is a technique the speaker uses or some gesture made that receives a good response from the audience, tell the speaker so he or she will be encouraged to use it again.

Prior to the meeting

Review carefully the Effective Evaluation manaul that you receivee in your New Member Kit.
Talk to the speaker to find out which manual project he or she will present.Review the project goals and what the speaker hopes to achieve.
Evaluation requires careful preparation if the speaker is to benefit. Study the project objectives as well as the evaluation guide in the manual. Remember, the purpose of evaluation is to help people develop their speaking skills in various situations. By actively listening and gently offering useful advice, you motivate members to work hard and improve. When you show the way to improvement, you've opened the door to strengthening their ability.

At the meeting

When you enter the meeting room, look for the speaker and get his or her manual.
Meet briefly with the general evaluator to confrim the evaluation session format. Then confer with the speaker one last time to see if he or she has any specific things for you to watch for.

During the meeting

Record your impressions of the speech in the manual, along with your answers to the evaluation questions. Be as objective as possible. Remember that good evaluations can give new life to discouraged members and poor evaluations may dishearten members who tried their best. Always leave the speaker with specific methods for improving.
If giving a verbal evaluation, when introduced, stand and give your evaluation. Begin and end your evaluation with a note of encouragement or praise. Though you may have written lengthly responses to the manual evalutaion questions, don't read the qestions or your responses. Your verbal evalution time is limited. Don't try to cover too much time in your talk.
Praise a successful speech and specifically tell why it was successful. Don't allow the speaker to remain unaware of a valuable asset such as a smile, a sense of humor, a good voice. Don't allow the speaker to remain ignorant of a serious fault: if it is personal, write it but don't mention it aloud. Give the speaker the deserved praise and tactful suggestions in the manner you would like to receive them.

After the meeting

Return the manual to the speaker. Add a verbal word of encouragement that wasn't mentioned in your verbal evaluaion.

Resources

Effective Evaluation (Catalog No. 202), included in your New Member Kit

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Speech Evaluator
News Winter Speechcraft Course 2012-January-03 The University of Ottawa Toastmasters Club will be offering a 7 week introductory course in presentations.	After every speech, an evaluation is made. After you have presented a few speeches, you will be asked to serve as an evaluator and will evaluate one of the prepared speakers for the meeting. In addition to your oral evaluation, you will also give the speaker a written evaluation from the manual. The evaluation presented by you can make the difference between a worthwhile or a wasted meeting for your speaker. The purpose of the evaluation is to help the speaker become less self-conscious. This requires that you become fully aware of the speaker's skill level, habits and mannerisms as well as his or her progress to date. If there is a technique the speaker uses or some gesture made that receives a good response from the audience, tell the speaker so he or she will be encouraged to use it again. Prior to the meeting Review carefully the Effective Evaluation manaul that you receivee in your New Member Kit. Talk to the speaker to find out which manual project he or she will present.Review the project goals and what the speaker hopes to achieve. Evaluation requires careful preparation if the speaker is to benefit. Study the project objectives as well as the evaluation guide in the manual. Remember, the purpose of evaluation is to help people develop their speaking skills in various situations. By actively listening and gently offering useful advice, you motivate members to work hard and improve. When you show the way to improvement, you've opened the door to strengthening their ability. At the meeting When you enter the meeting room, look for the speaker and get his or her manual. Meet briefly with the general evaluator to confrim the evaluation session format. Then confer with the speaker one last time to see if he or she has any specific things for you to watch for. During the meeting Record your impressions of the speech in the manual, along with your answers to the evaluation questions. Be as objective as possible. Remember that good evaluations can give new life to discouraged members and poor evaluations may dishearten members who tried their best. Always leave the speaker with specific methods for improving. If giving a verbal evaluation, when introduced, stand and give your evaluation. Begin and end your evaluation with a note of encouragement or praise. Though you may have written lengthly responses to the manual evalutaion questions, don't read the qestions or your responses. Your verbal evalution time is limited. Don't try to cover too much time in your talk. Praise a successful speech and specifically tell why it was successful. Don't allow the speaker to remain unaware of a valuable asset such as a smile, a sense of humor, a good voice. Don't allow the speaker to remain ignorant of a serious fault: if it is personal, write it but don't mention it aloud. Give the speaker the deserved praise and tactful suggestions in the manner you would like to receive them. After the meeting Return the manual to the speaker. Add a verbal word of encouragement that wasn't mentioned in your verbal evaluaion. Resources Effective Evaluation (Catalog No. 202), included in your New Member Kit
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