General Evaluator

SAMPLE SCRIPT

For the benefit of our members and guests, I am the general evaluator and I conduct the evaluation portion of our meeting. I will be calling on a team to assist me with giving feedback to our speakers and I will evaluate the entire meeting as well at the end.

Evaluators

Say a sentence or two to acknowledge each evaluator.

• Help me welcome ________________to evaluate the speech given by _____________ [Evaluator 1 gives evaluation]

• Help me welcome ________________to evaluate the speech given by _____________ [Evaluator 2 gives evaluation]

• Help me welcome ________________to evaluate the speech given by _____________ [Evaluator 3 gives evaluation]

Helper Reports

It is important to get your message across in the allowed time, and for the meeting to run according to schedule. Our timer, __________________, will now report on how we’ve done with the time. You may give your full report from your place. [Timer provides report]

Next we’ll hear from the Lexicologist, _____________, who has been tracking our use of the word of the day. You may give your report from your place. [Lexicologist provides report]

The ah-counter tracks the use of verbal pauses and fillers words – those ahs and ums that come out of our mouths while we think of the next thing to say. Our ah-counter is ______________. You may give your report from your place. [Ah-Counter provides report]

Our Listener, ___________, will now quiz us on the speeches given tonight and see what we can remember.  You may ask your questions from your place. [Listener provides report]

Our vote counter will tally the ballots and pass the final names to the Toastmaster who will announce the winners.

General Evaluation

Now I have a few comments on the meeting as a whole. Timer, please monitor my time between 2 and 3 minutes. [see checklist below]

That concludes the general evaluation segment.

Let’s welcome back our Toastmaster of the Day, _________________.

GENERAL EVALUATION CHECKLIST

Before Meeting

• Was the room and equipment set up on time?

• Were guests welcomed upon arrival?

• Were guests informed about Toastmasters and the meeting format?

Meeting Opening

• Was the presiding officer prepared and organized?

• Did the meeting start on time?

• Was everyone properly introduced?

• Was the Toastmaster properly introduced?

Toastmaster

• Did the Toastmaster fill all roles prior to the meeting starting?

• Did the Toastmaster introduce and explain the meeting’s theme?

• Did the Toastmaster introduce the General Evaluator?

• Did the Toastmaster properly introduce the Topicsmaster?

General Evaluator

• Did the General Evaluator properly introduce the Grammarian?

• Was the Grammarian prepared and did they introduce their role within the allotted time?

• Did the Grammarian properly introduce the Word of the Day?

• Was the Word of the Day challenging, appropriate, and fitting for the theme of the meeting?

• Did the General Evaluator properly introduce the Timer?

• Was the Timer prepared and did they introduce their role within the allotted time?

• Did the General Evaluator properly introduce the Ah-Counter?

• Was the Ah-Counter prepared and did they introduce their role within the allotted time?

• Was the General Evaluator’s report given?

Topicsmaster

• Was the purpose and timing of Table Topics® properly explained?

• Was the topic selected appropriate and did it fit the meeting theme?

• Did the Topicsmaster call on people who did not have a meeting role first during Table Topics?

• Were guests invited to participate?

• Did the Topicsmaster track time to ensure the meeting stayed on schedule?

• Was control properly returned to the Toastmaster?