GENERAL EVALUATOR OR MASTER EVALUATOR
Prerequisite: Experience as an evaluator.
Time: Two to five minutes plus the Evaluators’ time.
Preparation:
Review “The General Evaluator’s Responsibilities” on pages 10 and 11 of the Effective Speech Evaluation manual.
Procedure:
When you are asked to explain your duties, stand at your place and say words to this effect: “Mr./Madam Toastmaster, Fellow Toastmasters, and Welcome Guests, as your General Evaluator today I will be watching and listening to insure that the meeting is conducted properly. The Timer, Ah Counter, and Grammarian/Word Master/Lexicologist will assist me in doing this. If you need evaluation forms, please see me or the Sergeant-At-Arms during the break. Guests are welcome to write evaluations since all of us are giving our personal reactions to the various speeches.”
State the names of the Speakers and the Evaluators who will be evaluating them so there will be no confusion. This assures that all Evaluators are present and are aware of their duty. It is unnecessary to ask them to stand.
Remind the Evaluators to meet with their Speaker during the break to get the manual and to discuss anything specific the Speaker wishes the Evaluator to watch for.
Conclude by stating that after the Evaluators have spoken, you will give an overall evaluation of the meeting.
When the Toastmaster introduces you, move to the lectern and follow this outline for your duties: 1. Explain the evaluation portion of the meeting; 2. Call on each Evaluator in turn to give his or her speech evaluation; 3. Ask members to vote for the meeting’s Best Evaluator; 4. Call for reports from the Timer, Ah Counter, and Grammarian/Word Master/Lexicologist; 5. Briefly evaluate the Evaluators and give an overall evaluation of the meeting within about two minutes; as in a speaker’s evaluation, address the meeting’s positive aspects and areas for improvement; 6. Ask for comments from the floor if there is time and you are so inclined.
It is also the General Evaluator’s responsibility to safeguard the club’s professional decorum by addressing inappropriate language, subjects, or disruptiveness.
Return control of the meeting to the Toastmaster by calling him or her back to the lectern. Wait at the lectern and shake the Toastmaster’s hand.
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