Spirited Speech Masters > Starring Role > Starring Role: Speech Evaluator

Starring Role: Speech Evaluator


Deprecated: Optional parameter $onlycount declared before required parameter $linkcount is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /home2/hufflabo/public_html/ssm/wp-content/plugins/link-library/render-link-library-sc.php on line 314

Deprecated: Optional parameter $parent_cat_id declared before required parameter $linkcount is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /home2/hufflabo/public_html/ssm/wp-content/plugins/link-library/render-link-library-sc.php on line 314

Deprecated: Optional parameter $level declared before required parameter $linkcount is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /home2/hufflabo/public_html/ssm/wp-content/plugins/link-library/render-link-library-sc.php on line 314

Deprecated: Optional parameter $display_children declared before required parameter $linkcount is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /home2/hufflabo/public_html/ssm/wp-content/plugins/link-library/render-link-library-sc.php on line 314

Deprecated: Optional parameter $hide_children_cat_links declared before required parameter $linkcount is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /home2/hufflabo/public_html/ssm/wp-content/plugins/link-library/render-link-library-sc.php on line 314

Description

The Speech Evaluator’s role in the meeting is to provide constructive and encouraging feedback that supports the speaker to improve their public speaking skills and confidence. The Evaluator focuses on the speaker during the speech, making only a few notes. Seek to understand the speaker’s viewpoint. Feedback is often given with statements such as “I heard,” “I saw,” “I felt,” and avoiding “you” statements, which can be discouraging.

Consider the speaker’s experience level when giving feedback. The goal of feedback is to motivate, help, and build confidence. An inexperienced speaker can be overwhelmed with too much feedback. Pick only one or two items as the focus of your evaluation. Repeating a couple elements of the speech shows you were listening. Do not recount the whole speech.

The timing for speech evaluations is 2-3 minutes. Be sure you have the evaluation form for the speech. The speaker should provide it, but you can download the form from the full agenda for the meeting, or from Basecamp at the Toastmasters.org site.

Before the Meeting

  • Sign up for the role ahead of the meeting, so you have time to interact with the speaker.
  • Ask for the evaluation form or find it on the agenda page.
  • Ask the speaker if there are any special concerns they want you to cover.

During the Meeting

  • Give your full attention to the speaker while they are speaking; limit yourself to a few notes.
  • Flesh out your feedback after the speech. If the speaker is new, limit your improvements to one or two items.
  • Use “I” statements instead of “you” statements. (See resources.)
  • Give your feedback, focusing as much as possible on the positives in the 2-3 minutes allotted.

After the Meeting

Complete the evaluation form and give or email to the speaker as soon as reasonably possible.

Skills

  • Listening: focus on the speaker
  • Critical thinking: use to understand the speaker’s ideas. Whether you agree with them or not is irrelevant
  • Constructive feedback: give feedback in a non-critical way that offers just the right amount of information for the speaker’s skill level
  • Motivation: encourage the speaker to learn and improve

Benefits Gained from this Role

Listening and critical thinking bring heightened awareness in business and life situations. Learning to give feedback rather than criticism enables us to better regard the feedback (or criticism) we might be given.

Describe Your Role

The functions of the Evaluator role are not generally described during a meeting.

Evaluator Review

To be reviewed by Evaluator before the meeting

Copy Link Email Link

Answer these 3 questions (multiple choice):

  1. What are the skills gained as a Speech Evaluator?
    1. Listening, critical thinking, feedback
    2. Listening, outlining the speech, noting mistakes
    3. Listening, criticism, defining faults
    4. Focus, feedback, failures
  2. Where might you acquire the evaluation form for the speaker?
    1. From the speaker before the meeting
    2. From the current agenda page on https://spiritedspeechmasters.org
    3. From the evaluation and feedback section in Basecamp
    4. All of the above
  3. Which is not a benefit of speech evaluation?
    1. Listening skills
    2. Leadership skills
    3. Minimizing crutch words
    4. Time management
Starring Role does not include any additional forms for the Evaluator role.

Resources