A Table Topic is shorter than a normal prepared Speech, so a Table Topics Evaluation should be correspondingly briefer for each speaker than a prepared Speech Evaluation. In other respects, the same guidelines for an Evaluator apply.

A suitable Table Topics Evaluation routine for each Speaker is a 'mini-sandwich' as follows:

• one commendation
• one recommendation
• one commendation

Bear in mind that some members, particularly newer ones, find it much more difficult to give an impromptu speech than a prepared one. So you need to be extra-sensitive. For example, a nervous Topics Speaker who can barely stand up will be disheartened to hear a detailed thesis on displaying better body language.