State your role: The role of speech evaluator is to provide feedback to a speaker in an honest constructive way.
Before the speech, find out:
What the presentation is about,
What manual speech the speaker is doing,
What the speech objectives are,
What other personal objectives the speaker may have.
Ten tips for Effective Evaluation:
- Learn the speakers objectives
- Listen actively
- Show that you care
- Suit your evaluation to the speaker
- Personalise your body language
- Show the speaker how to improve
- Give positive reinforcement
- Help the speaker stay motivated
- Evaluate the speech –not the person
- Nourish self-esteem and be gunuine
Evaluations should be Positive, Constructive and Informative:
COMMEND – what was good, why it was good
RECOMMEND – what was ineffective, why & demonstrate how to improve
COMMEND – what was good, why it was good
DO NOT :
- Retell or rehash the speech
- It’s not about you > don’t add to conversation
- Critique not whitewash
The Three types of Evaluations:
WRITTEN – based on speech objectives
VERBAL – less comprehensive; more motivational
OneToOne – after the meeting
– clarify any questions the speaker may have
– discuss any sensitive points
– speaker can give feedback on the evaluation