Evaluating the Evaluator, From Surviving to Thriving and More Evaluations - no playing hooky at EarlyBirds today!



Dear Members, Guests and Friends,

To support and give feedback to our Contest Evaluator, TM Paolo, TM Chris played for us recordings of (3) of his prior evaluations, which we then proceeded to evaluate.  In case you're wondering, the Word of the Day was NOT "evaluate" - but more on that later.

Several Club members then evaluated TM Paolo's evaluations:

* TM Tom suggested that TM Paolo act as an intermediary between the audience and the speaker.and wear eyebag concealer makeup when evaluating from Miami.  Preferred brand is Estee Lauder.

* TM Jose asked TM Paolo to focus on a stronger closing and evaluate partly in Italian.  It's good to leave the judges wondering what they heard.

* TM Pam declared herself our contest rule implementer and asked TM Paolo to add the words "In summary" to his evaluations - that will win the judges over.

* TM Marie praised TM Paolo's precise strategic analysis of the speaker's camera angle.

* TM Chris asked TM Paolo to tone down his Italianism while evaluating but accentuate it while speaking.

* TM Aleta asked TM Paolo to please please evaluate while riding a gondola in Venice.

* Tm Mary Helen asked TM Paolo to analyze the content and tone down the performance.

Next came our prepared International Speech contest speaker:

* TM Aleta bared her soul and shared her vulnerability with us after a failed marriage which led her to thrive, rather than survive, and to become proficient at changing the belts of John Deere tractors, a very lucrative profession.  All the women in the Club are seriously considering divorce as we speak.

As far as the evaluation goes...

* TM Paolo praised TM Aleta's black jacket, her facial expressions and encouraged a more energetic salutation.  He used several prior suggestions, including "in summary",  speaking Italian with an American accent and total avoidance of the word "GREAT".

Several other members of the club jumped in as impromptu evaluators, and we learned that...

* TM Pam has a photographic memory of contest rules, all gathered on a trip to Orlando.

* TM BeckyJo thinks TM Aleta needs to watch the flow of the speech and avoid staccatos or stilettos.

* TM Tom asked TM Aleta to explain that she's sharing her story.

* TM Chris encouraged her to use questions and tread well=trodden paths.

* TM Randolph introduced a new Pathways, "The Aleta Chronicles", and asked What's Next?

And so it was that after a free-for-all meeting of evaluations over evaluations and then some more evaluations, we concluded that a good evaluator will definitely win the contest if they use up all their time but do not surpass it by even one nanosecond.

The Word of the Day was

HOOKY, as in "To Play Hooky"

Unjustifiable absence from school or work.

Example:  One third of EarlyBirds revealed they had played hooky, the other third did not play hooky because they are "goody two-shoes" (a future Word of the Day), and the last third BECAME "Goody Two-Shoes" because they PLAYED HOOKY and got caught by their mother... and the rest is plain to imagine.

Here's the link to the recording:

https://youtu.be/Cv5pp0lnDcE

See you next week!

Ana 

Recap Writer

Would like to play hooky but it's too spooky

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