2021 District 87 Toastmasters Speech Evaluation Contest 1st Winner - Natali Tjahjadi
Contest Date: May 22, 2021

For people who are not familiar with Toastmasters or what speech evaluation is, it is like a feedback that you give in form of a speech after listening to a sample speaker's speech.
If you are competing in a contest, like I did, you'll have 5 mins to prepare your content and then wait for your turn to speak.

In the beginning, effective evaluation seemed elusive for me, but after years of practice and having the right mindset that:
"Evaluation is our Gift to the Speaker", I'm much more confident now.
I believe good evaluation should be effective, encouraging and personalised.

This evaluation speech clinched my first ever Toastmasters District Championship - after 7 years being a Toastmaster!
Truly, practise helps you to progress.
I encourage you to keep practising and progressing in your public speaking journey, to give a more effective and uplifting evaluation.

Connect with Natali at: IG @natali.tj or Linkedin: Natali Tjahjadi