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intern in 2016 while working with UN FAO (UN Your speech evaluation included props. What
Food and Agricultural organization). That was prompted you to do so?
my first physical club. But soon I had to leave I always find it easier to follow a story when
the city when my job contract ended. Early on I there are visual aids associated with speeches.

realized that with my mobile work environment, This is something I tried and adopted myself.
online clubs would work better for me than a It helps me to keep excitement and curiosity
physical club. In 2018, I joined the online club I in the audience, which keeps them connected
am now with. I wanted to participate in speech to my speech. Therefore, I also thought to
contests but I learned online clubs were not include props in the evaluation speech. It

also takes me beyond
my comfort zone by
being different and

innovative. I have
started liking these
experiments and this
is a new dimension I
have added recently

to my speeches.
Props become fun in
evaluation contests

because they demand
more creativity in a
limited time as most
of the time we are not
included in speech competitions. It wasn’t until familiar with the speech and are not sure of

COVID happened in 2020 that all the contests the appropriate props that could be used.
had to shift online and the world seemed

connected and smaller as never before. I am How do you evaluate a speech (other than the
member of Roseburg Speakers and Storytellers props). Do you have a method or process you
Club of which I am currently VPM, In July I follow?
serve as VPE. I dedicate my success completely I have benefited a lot from the evaluation
to my Club which is unique in the sense we have workshops that were held in our Club. I
members frorm 10 nationalities. It gave me the learned about several methods such as

type of diversity and acceptance, I have always the Sandwich method. However, I find it

been looking for. especially useful if the evaluation is done
by asking questions—What did I see? How

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