Judges Training District 4 Presented by Henry Miller DTM

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Judges TrainingDistrict 4 PresentedbyHenry
Miller DTM
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Contest Roles

• Chairman
• Contestants
• Timers
• Counters
• Toastmaster

• Chief Judge
• Judges
• Tiebreaker- Judge
• Sgt-At-Arms

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Required Contest Roles

• Contest chair, chief judge, at least 5 judges
• Tiebreaker judge, 3 ballot counters, 2 timers
• International Contest only, Division and District
  levels at least 7 judges or equal representation
  from each Area

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Contest Judges Obligation to

• Contestants
• Toastmasters International
• Audience
• Themselves

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Good Judges are

• Accurate
• Fair
• Trustworthy
• Knowledgeable
• Good Listeners

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JUDGES CODE OF ETHICS

• Be objective
• Ignore timing
• Use discretion in support of the spirit of the
  contest

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JUDGES CODE OF ETHICS

• Support contest rules and judging standards by
  word and deed
• Refrain from publicly criticizing contestants or
  the contest
• Reveal scores and ranking only in accordance with
  official policy

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JUDGES CODE OF ETHICS

• Consciously avoid bias of any kind in ranking
  winners
• Do not consider contestants club, area,
  division, or district affiliation
• Do not consider contestants age, sex, race,
  creed, national origin, profession, or political
  beliefs
• Demonstrate utmost objectivity

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JUDGES CODE OF ETHICSTIMING

• Judges must not time the speeches
• Judges must not consider the possibility of
  under-time or overtime when judging a
  contestants speech.

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Barriers to Objectivity

• First or Last Speaker Is Best
• Lets Help the Underdog
• Halo Effect
• Reverse Halo
• Second or Third Time Around

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Barriers to Objectivity

• Give Someone Else a Chance
• Club Norms
• Prejudice, Personal Preference
• Unfamiliar Judging Forms

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Judging Techniques

• The Perfect Role Model
• Measure each speaker against your ideal. Assign
  score based on how well the speaker compared.
• The First Speaker Model
• Assign 1st speaker average score. Measure other
  speakers or - from performance of 1st speaker
• The Baseline Model
• Select base score, then select or values. Add
  or subtract values based on performance against
  each criteria.

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JUDGES CHALLENGES

• Treat each speaker the same
• Avoid letting feelings influence your judging
• Resist giving speakers high marks for anything
  other than good performance

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JUDGES CHALLENGES

• Downgrading in one category because of
  performance in a different category
• Ignore past successes or failures
• Ignore norms in your club

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ToastmastersInternationalINTERNATIONALSPEECH
CONTESTJudges Guideand Ballot
1190A - Speech Contest Judges Training Program
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ToastmastersInternationalTABLE TOPICSSPEECH
CONTESTJudges Guideand Ballot
1190A - Speech Contest Judges Training Program
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ToastmastersInternationalTALL TALESSPEECH
CONTESTJudges Guideand Ballot
1190A - Speech Contest Judges Training Program
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ToastmastersInternationalHUMOROUSSPEECH
CONTESTJudges Guideand Ballot
1190A - Speech Contest Judges Training Program
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ToastmastersInternationalEVALUATIONSPEECH
CONTESTJudges Guideand Ballot
1190A - Speech Contest Judges Training Program
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PROTESTS DISQUALIFICATIONS

• Protests can only be filed by judges and
  contestants
• Before a contestant can be disqualified on the
  basis of originality, the contestant must be
  given an opportunity to respond to the judges
• A majority of judges must concur in the decision

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PROTESTS DISQUALIFICATIONS

• Quoted material must be so identified during the
  speech presentation
• The contest chairman can disqualify a contestant
  on the basis of ineligibility
• All decisions of the judges are final

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LOOSE-ENDS FOR CHIEF JUDGE

• All judges must sign in to keep track of ballots
• Request attendees to turn off cell phones
• Keep the identity of the tie-breaking and all
  judges secret

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Judges Training

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