View the Meeting Agenda      ---  Speech Contest  -- Evaluation Contest Agenda ---  List of Contest Staff   Downlad Forms:    Speaker Eligibility Form   Judge's Ballot Form  Time Record Sheet   Counter's Tally Sheet Judge Eligibility Form

Welcome to the Northern Division G International Speech and Evaluation Contest Website. 

Our Very first on-line contest will be an exciting adventure as well as a challenge.

Join us on the journey to new horizons.  Think about it, People from Hackensack, Paris, Yokahama, and London can join in our experience almost as easily as from Oregon and Washington. Help us expand our scope, Learn new ways of Communicating, and pushing communications skills in new directions.

Challenge --- Opportunity --- Enjoy the Contest  

Hear and watch the best local communicators. The winners may go on to inernational honors.	The yearly International Speech Contest is a series of competitions. In each local Toastmasters club, the members compete to represent their club at an are contest. Winners at the area contest go on to compete at ever higher level, culminating at an International contest where the winner is the best communicator in the Toastmastes world.	On line this year Normally, Speech contests happen in a big room with a large audience of people who appreciate great communications.  COVID 19 gives us the opportunity to open the audience to home. On your computer, smart phone, or just by calling in. This contest will show you how well we can communicate from our own homes. People conduct family meetings, work from home, all kinds of get-togethers. Join us and you will find out how you can apply on-line meetings in your own life. It will be a blast.
Toastmasters compete in two categories, Best Speaker, and Best Evaluator	Best Speaker Each contestant may give a humorous, entertaining talk, perhaps an important personal experience, or informing  us of something important. These are not just people talking off the cuff. Every speech is important enough for a great speaker to spend the time and effort to make it their best effort. - Every talk will be entertaining, some will knock your socks off. - All will be worth listening to and watching	.Best Evaluator Learning antything, especially learning how to communicate well requires effort. But beyond that effort, one of the most importatn learning experiences is to get feedback, help improving what you do by kind advice. A good evaluator encourages you on what you do best, and offers assistance in how to improve. The Best Evaluator tests Toastmasters on how well the evaluate speakers, and the quality of their mentoring assistance.

Pre-Meeting Activities                

Titles that indicate Contest Staff  ---  Speech Contest Agenda  ---  Evaluation Contest Agenda

• CC = Contest Chair
• ZM = Zoom Master
• AZ = Assistant Zoom Master
• TM = Toastmaster
• SAA = Sgt at Arms
• TL = Timer with Lights
• T2 = Timer #2
•  BC = Ballot Counter
• CJ = Chief Judge
• Jn  = Judge number n -- Eg. J3: J. Palmer Cass
  
•  MS = Model Speaker
• Contestants
• CE = Evaluation Contestants
• CS = Speech Contestants
• CB = Contestants in both Eval and speech

1. Primary staff check to make sure they can rename, pin participants and control what is on their screen.
2. Assure you can enter and leave rooms properly and communicate between rooms
3. Re familiarize yourself with the script Assure that you can perfomr your tasks at the righ time
4. Make any necessary script changes
5. Review contestants and staff -- Be prepared for changes, no-shows, etc.
6. Clearly understand what Contestants will be told, introductions, and all required exchanges.

1. Assure that all staff have renamed themselves
2. Chief Judge will assure that all staff understand what they need to do
1. Script review
2. Exchanges with contestants for all steps
3. Mute/Unmute
4. Controlling your screen
5. Pinning & Unpinning
6. Entering & exiting rooms
7. What each room is for
8. Chatting, public & private
9. Communicating between rooms
3. Timers Instruction
4. Fill in staff assignments to cover no-shows
5. All staff will practice what they will need to do

   Agenda