World Champion Evaluator evaluating like a champion

When was the last time you challenged yourself when you give a speech evaluation?

The evaluation contest is just 6 short months away.  Now is the time to treat all of your evaluations as if they are contest evaluations.  No more taking the lazy way out!

Here are seven ways you can challenge yourself when evaluating a speech:

1. Limit yourself to 5 minutes after the speech for writing your notes.
2. Leave your written notes behind when delivering the evaluation.
3. Don’t take any notes at all and make sure to quote specific details in your evaluation.
4. Focus on a single aspect of the speech, such as gestures, and talk about that for the entire evaluation.
5. Give your evaluation to the entire room rather than to the speaker.
6. Create a theme for your evaluation based on the content of the speech you are evaluating.
7. Create your evaluation as a story rather than as a typical informative speech.

You will find that your speech evaluating abilities will improve immensely each time you challenge yourself.

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