World Champion Evaluator » Toastmasters

Losing the WCPS

john — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:29:45 +0000

I had an eery feeling while reading the following post:

http://mytoastmastersblog.com/2009/04/08/losing-the-2009-world-championship-of-public-speaking-%e2%80%93-part-ii/

It was almost as if I had written it myself! This is one of those lessons I think you have to experience to fully understand it.

The Toastmasters Trap

john — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:34:29 +0000

Do you focus more on the ums and ahs of a speech than the content? Perhaps you have fallen into the trap:

http://mytoastmastersblog.com/2009/11/25/toastmasters-trap/

The Pause Master

john — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:45:15 +0000

Great idea in the October 2011 Toastmaster magazine, have a member of the club that focused purely on pauses. Rather than focusing on the negative like the Ah Counter does, the Pause Master can focus on the positive.

Humor and Staging

john — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:32:10 +0000

Interesting post from John Kinde about the recent World Championship of Public Speaking contest. Think about how to use the current situation for humor.

Convention Summary

john — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:47:46 +0000

Rich has an excellent post on the Toastmasters Convention that was held this past week.

Alternative to Chewing Glass

john — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:25:19 +0000

You can either chew glass or join Toastmasters.

So, what are you waiting for? Go here to find a club near you.

General Evaluator Script

john — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:27:03 +0000

As good a guide to the General Evaluator role as I have seen:

http://www.tinseltowntoastmasters.org/images/G E Script.doc

PowerPoint Agenda

john — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:26:28 +0000

If you are interested in using PowerPoint to present your agenda for your Toastmaster meeting, then take a look at this PowerPoint meeting agenda from Ryan, for TimberTalkers.

Evaluate our meeting

john — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:35:59 +0000

If you are in the Portland, OR metro area, and you want to exercise your evaluation muscles, come give Feedbackers a visit. We are a specialty club focused on evaluations.

Some of the things we do differently than a regular Toastmasters club:

We have 3 evaluators for each speaker
Sometimes we do a round robin evaluation
We have more time for longer speeches, such as seminars
The General Evaluator has 5 minutes to evaluate just the 3 evaluators
Evaluators can focus on one aspect of a speech, such as vocal variety, gestures, etc.

We meet every second Wednesday, 7pm at the Beaverton Library. We meet tomorrow, the 8th of June.

Our facebook page is here.

How to be Interviewed

john — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:00:20 +0000

In a recent post, Seth Godin talks about how to be interviewed. Great advice for Table Topics as well.

Each of the 6 points are definitely worth reading. Point 6 is great:

If your answers aren’t interesting, exciting or engaging, that’s your fault, not the interviewer’s.