London Cardinals Toastmasters

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General Evaluator

The General Evaluator evaluates everyone on the programme who’s not already been evaluated:

The President, Toastmaster, Timekeeper, Grammarian, Table Topics Master, Topics Evaluator, Sergeant at Arms and the Evaluators of all the prepared speeches.

The General Evaluator also comments on general observations of the club, the room set-up, programmes, atmosphere and timings.

Everything evaluated must follow the Commend – Recommend – Commend format. Because the allotted time is only 10 minutes, it’s important to keep to just one C-R-C. Don’t be tempted to give more than one Commendation, Recommendation and Commendation or you will run out of time.

The following checklist may be a useful reference on things to look out for.

Meeting preparation

• Guests/visitors greeted and looked after?
• Club information readily available?
• Room properly equipped (lights, lectern, clock, voting slips, etc., all in place)?
• Up-to-date programmes available?

Timing/Flow

• Meeting started on time?
• Any individual segments ran over?
• Meeting restarted on time after the break?
• Meeting fast-paced and under control?
• Any disruptions?
• Audience knew what was going on?

Individual functionaries

• Well briefed / well prepared?
• Contribution well delivered?
• Objectives achieved?
• Any creativity/new ideas

Audience reaction

• Did the audience find the meeting interesting, informative, entertaining?
• What was the “mood” of the meeting?
• Did the audience lose interest at any point?
• Did any contribution offend members of the audience?
• Were the audience ‘moved’ by any contribution?
• Were there any special moments that provoked a h3 audience reaction?

Finally

• Overall impression of the meeting
• Ultimately, the success of the meeting can be judged by audience reaction.