Slides from a workshop presentation delivered by Julian Gee to members and guests at Wessex Speakers April 9th 2014. Includes a fail safe technique to deliver good evaluations at a Toastmasters meeting.

1. Tips for better speech evaluations
Julian Gee
April 9th 2014

2.  Picking the best content
 Learn a structure that is failsafe
 How to make your points most effectively

3.  Freddie Daniells

4.  Goal is to help everyone to learn

5. The speaker
needs:
Encouragement!

6. The
audience
needs to: Learn

7. Evaluating at a
meeting
KeyTips

8. 1. Talk to the speaker
2. Read the objectives in the manual

9. 3. Analyse what takes place in the speech
- Prioritise 5 points

10.  Commend
 Commend
 Recommend
 Recommend
 Commend

11. 4. Beginnings
 DO Grab the audience’s attention
 DON’T Repeat the objectives
 OR Say that it your personal opinion

12. 5. Closing
- Summarise recommendations
- Close on commendation
- Think about alternative closes (no clichés)

13. 6. Fill in the manual – you can use extra points
from evaluation
7. Speak to speaker – offer reassurance, answer
questions.

14. Audience –
What’s in it
for me?
Structure
- Beginning , Middle, End
- Three main points
- Transitions
- Purpose
Content
- Stories
- Rhetorical devices e.g. similes, metaphor
- Word pictures/jargon
- Facts, relevant support
- Asking questions
- Humour
Delivery
- Vocal variety
- Gestures
- Use of stage
- Props
- Facial expressions
- Stance
- Eye contact

15. LIKE
 Great opening
 Good storytelling
 Excellent body
language,
hand gestures
 Vivid word selection
 Interesting vocal
variety
IMPROVE
 Eye contact – missing
part of room
 Rather abrupt ending
 Rather too quick in
places

16. LIKE
 Great opening
 Good storytelling
 Excellent hand
gestures
 Vivid word selection
 Powerful vocal variety
IMPROVE
 Eye contact – missing
part of room
 Rather abrupt ending
 Pace - rather too quick
in places

17. FORMAT
 Commend
 Commend
 Recommend
 Recommend
 Commend
ORDER
 Great opening
 Vivid word selection
 Eye contact – missing
part of room
 Rather too quick in
places
 Good storytelling

18.  Commend
 Recommend
 What did you like?
 When was it done?
 Why is it important?
 What could be
improved?
 When did you hear/see
it?
 How could it be done
better - tip

19.  Vocabulary – Carefully consider your words
 Remember –You should aim to give speaker
confidence to come back again
Confidence v Learning

20.  Time to try it out for yourselves!