1. Contest Judges Training
2012 The Second Officers Training

2. Part Ⅰ
Fundamentals
of Judging
The Part Ⅱ
Contest Judges Visual
Training Demonstration
you have never Speech Contest
had before!
Part Ⅲ
Announcement of
the Judging results
& Discussion

3. Part Ⅰ
Fundamentals
of Judging

4. Purpose of Judging
Evaluation speeches
Selecting winners

5. Good Judges must be
Fair
Good
Accurate
Listeners
Knowledge Trust
-able -worthy

6. Barriers to Objectivity
• Speaker Position
• Prejudices & Personal Preferences
• Halo Effect & Reverse Halo Effect
• Not the Norm

7. Requirements for Disqualifications
Eligibility Timing Originality

8. Judging Criteria
Speech
Appropriateness（10） Development （20）
Correctness （10） Effectiveness （15）
Speech Value（15）
LANGUAGE
20
CONTENT
50
DELIVERY
30
Physical（10）
Voice （10）
Manner （10）

9. Originality Protests
Judges and contestants can protest
to the chief judge and/or contest chair
that some contestant's speech didn't
comply with the rule of originality.

10. Part Ⅱ
Visual Demonstration
Speech Contest

11. Demonstration Speech Contest
• Let's judge three
contestants' speeches with
the Jugde's Guide & Ballot
• We'll have one minute
between the speeches for
judging, and take two
minutes for judging and
tallying after the last
speaker finished .

12. Introduction of speakers
1.TM Ayako Minami
「Birds that forget to sing」
2.TM Drian Von Golden
「The Dim Flackering candle」
3.TM Takayuki Fujiwara
「Japanese secret for health」

13. Part Ⅲ
Announcement of
the Judging results
& Discussion

14. Discussion
Let's discuss three points
below in your groups.
• Results(Place)
• Judging same results
with the
items
• Judging different results
with the
items

15. Summary
• There is no correct answer
to judging.
• But if you realized your judging
results were totally different from
those of a vast majority of others,
you should review
the way you judged.