#10 Evaluation Guide for Inspire Your Audience

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Evaluator Date

NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to inspire the audience to improve personally, emotionally, professionally or spiritually, relying heavily on emotional appeal. The speech should appeal to noble motives and challenge the audience to achieve a higher level of beliefs or achievement. The speaker is to use the skills learned in previous projects and not use notes. In additional to your verbal evaluation, please complete this evaluation form by checking the appropriate column for each item. Add comments for those items where special praise is warranted, or where you can offer specific suggestions for improvement.


COULD COMMENTS /
EXCELLENT SATISFACTORY IMPROVE SUGGESTIONS


· Was the speech topic relevant to the
occasion selected? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker understand and express
the feelings and needs of the audience? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Was the speaker forceful, confident
and positive? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker effectively use stories,
anecdotes and / or quotes to help convey
his or her message? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker’s words convey strong,
vivid mental image? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker’s use of body language
enhance his or her message? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speech uplift the audience and
motivate them as the speaker intended? ___________ ___________ ___________



· What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?



· What did you like about the speech?