"My role as Master Evaluator is to first call on the speech evaluators.

Then I will call on the Timer for his/her report. Finally, I will evaluate the meeting as a whole starting with the evaluators, then I will evaluate the meeting as a whole."

An important expectation on the part of members and guests it a consistent experience meeting to meeting. The agenda provides the framework and the Toastmaster of the evening manages the show. The Master Evaluator evaluates how it all turned out.

Once the Master Evaluator reaches the lectern and addresses the audience with a brief explanation of their role - they call on the individual evaluators who will discuss the prepared speeches delivered earlier. The Master Evaluator calls on each evaluator, and leads the clapping and shakes hands with each Evaluator. Following the Evaluator .

After the last Evaluator, evaluate the meeting as a whole, then introduces the President and calls on the President to conduct the Business Meeting.

Once done - with the agenda in hand, containing the notes made during the meeting - the Master Evaluator takes over.

It is not necessary to recap the activities, for example it is not necessary to repeat the joke told by the Jokemaster. It is not the objective of the Master Evaluator to summarize or otherwise comment of the prepared speeches.

The mission is to illustrate how things can be improved next time and comment on how the roles were handled. The objective is to leave the audience with the feeling that someone is keeping track - to make the next meeting better than the last one.



We are all in this together - helping each other grow!

Written by Wayne Messick, ATM, a member of Traffic Toastmasters.