Become a great speech evaluator

Evaluating speeches is not just an activity for Toastmasters or professional speakers. It is also a way of practicing critical communication and leadership skills such as listening, critical thinking and providing constructive feedback. In fact, being a better speech evaluator can translate into skills such as providing feedback to your employees or managers, being able to learn from other speakers or presenters, and identifying ways to improve your own speaking abilities, all without having to make the mistakes yourself.

This book will cover everything you need to know about evaluating speeches. For instance, what kind of things should you prepare before evaluating a speech? What kind of notes should you be jotting down? What percentage of the speech should you be listening to vs. writing notes about? How do you structure your evaluation effectively so that the speaker (and the audience) can learn as much as they can from your evaluation?

Through speech evaluations, you will find that it can be a unique way of reflecting on your own communication and leadership abilities and a fantastic way of improving your own speeches by observing the techniques, structures and tactics that other speakers use in their speeches. You may not become a world-class speaker or presenter (or want to), but you will certainly take the first few steps to becoming a great speaker and presenter by reading this book.