I recently had the pleasure to interview Rich Hopkins, a 2-time competitor in the World Championship of Public Speaking (WCPS), about evaluations.
In addition to finishing 3rd in the 2006 WCPS, Rich has been a 5 time District Evaluation Contest Finalist, winning 3 of those 5 times. He has been a Toastmaster for over 10 years and has expanded significantly on Toastmaster evaluation theory as a professional speaker and presentations coach.
Visit Rich’s blog to see his current progress towards making it a 3rd time to the WCPS and also follow Rich on Twitter.
Starting Monday on this blog and continuing until Friday, Rich will answer questions on evaluations including:
- How to describe evaluations to someone that has never been to a Toastmasters meeting.
- How to get more comfortable evaluating speakers.
- How to improve your evaluation skills.
- How evaluations relate to being a professional speech coach.
Posted under Interview
This post was written by john on April 24, 2009
