If you are interested in learning more about how to be a better evaluator, an evaluation contest is a very good source of information. You will see a number of contestants at various levels of experience evaluate the same speaker (the test speaker).
In the contest, contestants first listen to a test speaker (usually from outside the club), then leave the room to write their notes for 5 minutes. Their notes are taken away by the SAA, and then one by one the contestants return to compete, receive their notes back, and give their evaluations on the same test speaker's presentation. After a contestant completes the evaluation, he/she may stay in the room to hear the rest of the contestants.
Watch how each of the evaluation contestants identifies some of the same strengths and areas for improvement, observe the differences in their recommendations and how they comment about the speech. Analyze how you might have done the evaluation and compare with what you see in the contest. Did they offer examples of strengths and weaknesses and offer specific recommendations for how to improve?
The evaluator's main goal is to inspire and encourage the speaker to keep on speaking and to offer suggestions that will help the speaker improve in the next speech. If you were the test speaker, would you have been inspired and encouraged by the evaluator's comments and suggestions?
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