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Strive2Thrive

Effective Evaluations: A Key
to a Thriving Club!

by Allison Bennett, DTM

Club Coach Coordinator

We all come to couple weeks, you will be surprised to find how
Toastmasters for different reasons, to accom- much easier it is to give valuable feedback. The
plish various goals. What are you looking to get Keizer Communicators club tried this and found
out of your Toastmasters experience? themselves gaining not only new members, but
also achieved the goals necessary to achieve the
For me, the opportunity to speak in front of Distinguished Club Program award!!
small audiences drew me into Toastmasters the
first time. But what keeps me coming back is the If your club is in need of a coach, or if you want
evaluation process and the valuable practice I get to be a coach, click here. To learn more about the
each week to hone my feedback skills. Strive2Thrive program, click here.

One way to pique the interest of guests
and keep current members coming
back is providing friendly, action-
able, and effective evaluations at
each meeting. How are the evalua-
tions in your club? Does your club
have members who struggle with
feedback or don’t feel confident in
their skills?

Would you like your club moving
from Striving to Thriving in this area?
Perhaps you can try an experiment
that Keizer Communicators Club did
this past spring!

An easy way to gain experience crafting
and giving feedback lies right in your
Competent Communication (CC) manual.
Simply make several copies of the evaluation
forms found at the end of each project in the
CC manual. Each week, for a couple of weeks,
choose a different form to fill out for each speaker.
This will help train your eyes, ears and mind to
look for specific items to evaluate. After just a

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