What to Do
When You Are:

Toastmaster

TableTopics
Master

General
Evaluator

By Peggy Beach
For Hi Rise Toastmasters, Raleigh, NC

1. The Toastmaster will call on the GE. The Toastmaster relinquishes control of the lectern to the GE for the evaluation portion of the meeting. When the GE comes to the lectern, he or she calls on each evaluator.
   
2. When the evaluations are complete, the GE asks members to vote for the best evaluator. The votes are given to the Sgt.-At-Arms for counting. The Sgt.-At-Arms will give the name of the winner to the Toastmaster. The Toastmaster will announce the winner at the end of the meeting.
   
3. The GE will give an evaluation of the meeting as a whole.
   
4. The GE has a lot of discretion about the meeting evaluation. He or she can include anything he or she deems noteworthy about the meeting. Some ideas include:
   

The room arrangement
The greeting of guests and members
Promptness of meeting opening
Conduct of the business session
The Toastmaster's performance
The Table Topics Master and the Topics Speakers' performance
The Evaluators' performance
The Timing and Vote Counting procedures when needed

5. The GE can evaluate the evaluators. As was suggested in a recent meeting, this can be helpful to the evaluators. We have not done this often in Hi Rise Toastmasters but future GE's may want to consider it.
6. When neither accolades or suggestions for improvement are needed, the GE should not feel compelled to verbalize unnecessarily. While no time is specified for the GE, time is precious to everyone at the meeting so use it wisely! The GE should NOT (except in the case of the very grossest oversight) evaluate the individual speakers. This is the job of the individual speech evaluators.
7. The GE retains control of the lectern during the entire Evaluation session. After his or her final comments, control of the lectern is returned to the Toastmaster.

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