NightVision ToastMasters

After several decades of school education and constant reinforcement of the ‘normal’ or ‘common’ way of thinking given by people in our life, I believe many of us find it challenging to keep our creativity alive and our hearts open.

‘Thinking out of the box’ is not as easy to do as it is easy to say. Therefore, let’s take one step at a time.

This week, we will have a reversed meeting. After the meeting is called to order by the Sergeant at Arms, the Toastmaster will be introduced to ‘conclude’ the meeting. The reversed meeting format proceeds as outlined below:

- The meeting sequence will be completely reversed. The greatest reversal is that evaluators evaluate before speakers speak.
- Evaluators will give 1-2 positive comments for what the speaker “will be doing” well and 1 suggestion for what the speaker “will be doing” differently.
- Speakers who have been pre-evaluated will have to take notes for what they are supposed to do well when they speak, and act on that one suggestion or challenge their evaluators have given them.

This meeting format is as interesting as it is challenging. I look forward to hearing from you all there.

 Jenny

Tags: active learning, creativity, evaluation, reversed meeting