Many of the techniques described in this series of articles were honed during several years ofattending and competingin Toastmasters Evaluation Contests. In both 2006 and 2007,I reached the District 21 finals, taking 2nd place in 2007. [Update:I won the District 21 Evaluation Contest in 2008.]...
This question has two benefits: it tells you what the speakers strengths are before the speech, so you can focus on finding examples of this strength in the speech. It also gives you something positive to talk about in your evaluation. Of course, if you find a strength that the person ...