Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Evaluation

I am asked to evaluate in my job on a daily basis, as many people are. I have to assess, refine, review, etc. Sometimes I get to go on a course where I am told how to be better at my job.
Today I went on a course. The highlight of the day was the journey there and back which would normally be all about panicking that I won't arrive on time and won't find the venue. I had sat-nav today. What bliss. No panic, no responsibility.
The course was mostly as dull and predictable as I had expected. It was run by someone who I think has his head up his own backside. Someone who thinks their message, and only their message has any place.
We were of course asked to fill in an evaluation sheet. I will summarise this man's crimes for you;
  • very cheap pin-stripe suit
  • spiked gelled hair (he is in his late 40's)
  • instructing his audience to 'think about that silently for a minute'
  • spending break times eavesdropping conversations so that he may come back and share quotes he has eavesdropped about the course from a post it note
  • writing down 10 words that begin with E that described the demonstration we saw; energy, enjoyment, enthusiasm...etc etc
  • telling the audience how much he enjoys coming and working with us in our own establishments (if he only knew what we think of him in my establishment)
  • reading his own slides to us
  • saying; write down 5 things you notice about this
I won't go on. Some people may like his brand of self-satisfied presentation. I do not. All the day he reminded us we must fill in our evaluation sheet. I have.
Usually I don't like to put my name to these sheets - and have been told off for refusing to do so before. Today I did. I have remarked that I dislike the 'you sit and think about that' style of presentation.
I hope he reads it. He assures us the evaluation forms are used to improve courses.
Perhaps I should have mentioned the cheap suit too?

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