over 30 attendances to the joint-meeting of Shanghai No.1 TMC and CAT!
As the General Evaluator, I’d like to share with you the following:
- The meeting was well organized:
- thanks for the EVP of Shanghai No.1 , Jasmine and Asst. EVP of CAT Susan (me, our EVP, Emily, is not in town). The key to success is to plan and communicate with role-takers earlier (1-2 weeks before the meeting)
- Snacks and Water (hot water in cold day is extremly welcomed) are ready, well done!
- The role takers are experienced and well prepared, expecially:
- TMC, Alice, is humorous as usual
- I think the highlight of the evening is Yingdan’s training on Speech Contest
- video of 2000 world Champion, Ed Tate, it’s very convicing and vivid
- 3 winning points: Message (inspirational), Connection (with the audience), and Stage Performance
- practice by LOVE (Learn, Observe, Visualize, Exceed the limit)
- it would attract immediate and strong interest if Yingdan could tell us why we should attend the contest in the opening
The only thing I hope we can improve is the speech evaluation. While we CAT members are proud of our critical thinking and frankly opened opinion on the speech evaluation, I do think it would be more motivated if we can:
- point out the advantages of the speaker and the speech first because the speaker will know which skills he/she has already possessed;
- focus on speaking skills instead of content
- provide suggestions or Demo to show how to improve
All in all, I enjoy the meeting. 
