Sunday, August 03, 2008

One benefit of Toastmasters Evaluations...

I was reading an article by David J. Pollay (author of "The Law of The Garbage Truck") recently and came across the following quote...

...Martin Seligman, co-founder of Positive Psychology, and Christopher Peterson, an expert on strengths and virtues in people, found in their research that by simply naming a strength in someone you amplify it. ...
Doesn't that sound like a Toastmasters evaluation? Did you realize you had that power over the speaker you are evaluating?

This is just one more aspect to think of when you are giving evaluations...
amplifying strengths (notice strengths is PLURAL)
and helping to overcome weaknesses !

What's your tip to improve Toastmasters evaluations?

1 comment:

S. said...

Hi Dave,

Love this tip, and this application to public speaking!

My best,
Senia