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Evaluations aren't as easy as giving prepared speeches or even table topics. I've completed two evaluations so far and I found both a tad difficult. You have to not only continue listening to the rest of the meeting after the prepared speaker you are evaluating has finished speaking, but also work on a succinct evaluation that outlines the good points you noted in the speech as well as recommendations you would suggest the speaker to consider in their upcoming speeches. Oh, and did I mention you have to speak for at least 2 whole minutes, but not more than 3 minutes 30 seconds? I realized I had to take notes while attentively listening to the speaker on aspects involving the speech content, delivery, body language, and project objective(s) while also drafting a clear, concise speech of my own while the meeting is ongoing.
First Evaluation Ever - January 2, 2021
Before the prepared speaker speaks:
Good evening everyone. Today, TM so-and-so is attempting his Level <#> project <#> from the so-and-so pathways. The project topic is <...>. The purpose of this project is for the member to <...>. Timer, please note the speech duration is 5-7 mins. Good luck to the speaker and back to you TMOD.
For a speaker who attempted his Level 1 Project 3 on researching and presenting, I was able to employ the sandwich technique to evaluate. State the commendations first, followed by recommendations, followed by a summary of the good points.
A template one can follow would be like this:
TM <...>, you started off well, with <...>
From there on you beautifully moved on to the body of the speech <...>
Good transition into <...>
You spoke about <...>
You excelled in these areas <...>
Here is my recommendation <...>
OR
TM <...>, I evaluated you on the basis of content, delivery, vocal variety, relevance and body language.
I would like to appreciate you on <...>
However, I would request you to work on these areas - <...>
Evaluation script:
Good evening everyone once again. This is my first evaluation ever so I hope I do a decent job.
TM <..>, you had an excellent start. You grabbed the audience's attention right from the first by opening with a question which made it interactive. Kudos on all the amazing props used.
It was unusual to see those phones together and I personally found it interesting that you kept all of them so safely till now.
Despite the topic being quite technical, you did not let the audience feel alienated. You explained the technical terms, the jargon, like CDMA and MIMO. Your slides were crisp and contained bullet points rather than long sentences. Most powerpoint presentations I have seen contain extensive sentences which the speaker tends to read out as is. Since you organized your slides in a concise manner, they acted as supporting cue cards rather than distracting the audience with too much text.
Coming to the structure of your speech, I would say it was well organized. You started off with describing the technology your research was about, and then moved on to the person who was influential behind this and connecting their story with something that we can all relate to. Moving on, your conclusion was complete, because you tied back the speech with the title 'behind the looking glass' and you also told the audience how this research helped you in your life.
One small recommendation I have is that perhaps, you could have tried to narrate the story of Paulraj in an interesting way with some gestures and dramatization rather than show the audience one slide and have them look at that. That way, the audience could have looked at you sketching out the story in your own way and felt renewed and refreshed [theme of the day] by your creative portrayal of what happened behind the looking glass. But overall I must say it was a great speech and it also wholeheartedly conformed to the required speech objective, which was to present a well-organized and well-researched speech on a topic of your choice, which you did so.
Looking forward to more speeches from you. Thank you, over to you GE.
Second Evaluation Ever - February 13, 2021
TM <...>, what an indomitable [word of the day] performance indeed!
I enjoyed the unique way in which you started your speech, with a question that elicited fun responses from the audience about the ferris wheel. You involved the audience a lot more during the flow of your speech, which I think held their attention a lot longer than if it had been a one way monologue
For your evaluation I decided to adopt the sandwich technique. But I think for your sandwich, the top bread will be a lot larger than the filling in between. That's because you excelled at so many things! Vocal variety, use of props, voice modulation, gestures, body language, usage of the word of the day multiple times in relevant contexts and usage of the space that you had - it's tough to do this successfully in a virtual platform but you did all of that so seamlessly with no trouble - and all these are simply the technical aspects.
Coming to other aspects of your speech, I felt your choice of wordplay enhanced your speech to the next level and the humour and quotable quotes were placed in just the right places. Coming to the purpose of your speech, you nailed it! We got to learn about your altruistic and compassionate leadership styles. We got to learn about how you feel about ferris wheels too.
Now coming to one teeny tiny recommendation. I felt if you had given perhaps a few more examples from your own life and shared with us anecdotes that might have helped us discern your leadership style during the narration of the story, it might have reinforced the speech objective by placing more emphasis on it. But other than that, i think this was a wonderfully rendered speech. To summarize,
it was an indomitable [WOTD] speech that blended beautiful wordplay along with elegant voice modulation, use of interesting props, gestures that captured the attention of the listeners, and of course humour.
That's it from me. All the very best. Look forward to hearing many more speeches from you. I hope I could do justice to your speech with my evaluation. Thank you and over to you GE.
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