The Real Reason Evaluating is Hard

Imagine you’re evaluating an icebreaker/beginner speech and the speaker does a fair job. Their content is good but it is difficult to hear their voice. You are most likely to:

Use the sandwich technique, praising them for their content and suggesting that they work on speaking louder for their next speech.

Comment on how their story reminded you of the time in your life, when you had a similar experience.

Tell them you couldn’t believe it was their icebreaker, mentioning how amazing their speech was and how much you are looking forward to their next one.

You are evaluating an advanced speaker. Their goal is to share their project vision and mission with the audience. Overall, it is hard to pinpoint any major mistakes. You are most likely to:

Talk about how he/she is such an excellent speaker, and that it is difficult to find any mistakes. If you had to pick one room for improvement, it is that they could have used even more vocal variety. Overall though, you were extremely impressed.

Describe what the HPL project is, talking about the speaker’s goal and vision.

Tell the speaker your thoughts on their vision/mission, and if they did a good job or not in inspiring the audience to join their project.

You have been selected to give an evaluation at the last minute, without receiving the speaker’s speech beforehand or knowing what they will talk about. You are most likely to:

Ask the speaker what they would like to be evaluated on, then take notes on those points only.

Take notes throughout the speech, looking out specifically for a few good points, one area of improvement, and memorable sentences.

Listen to the speech without taking notes, enjoying it as an audience member and then giving your honest reaction to it.

A speaker that is evaluating is having a difficult time on the stage. They haven’t memorized it and are looking at their notes, stuttering from nervousness, and also mumbling a lot. You are most likely to:

Suggest that they spend more time memorizing the speech, as it will give them more confidence next time.

Give them tips to help stage nervousness, such as deep breathing or pausing when thinking of the next sentence.

Encourage them to practice speaking clearly, saying that pronunciation is very important in helping audience members understand a speech.

The Real Reason Evaluating is Hard

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