S1 Ep228:"How to assess your preaching and teaching growth in 2020", Tuesday Teaching Tips: Episode 228 - a podcast by Malcolm Cox

Here we are, almost the end of the year, and time for some reflection. Specifically, reflecting on the effectiveness of our speaking.



I made similar recordings in December last year and the year before. The links are below.



[https://youtu.be/h834b238Ses](https://youtu.be/h834b238Ses)



[https://youtu.be/GLcIz3xtAUI](https://youtu.be/GLcIz3xtAUI)



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I think it's fair to assume, if you're watching this video or listening to the podcast, you are someone who wants to grow in your effectiveness as a speaker. One of my guiding Scriptures is in Acts chapter 14:



“At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.” (Acts 14:1 NIV11)



How wonderful! They were so *effective* that people believed. What this hints at is that it is not only *knowing* the right information, nor even speaking *correctly* about the topic, but growing in effectiveness.



How shall we approach assessing our effectiveness this year? I have decided to keep it very simple. We will discuss one issue and one issue only today.



Feedback



["Feedback, Bible, Inspiration". Summary class, Tuesday Teaching Tips: Episode 214](https://youtu.be/x9Ruo-PvRIA)



["How to give feedback to a preacher": Tuesday Teaching Tips](https://youtu.be/g_efN-sy4ZM)



Because I have recorded on issues to do with feedback before, I'm not going to go into a lot of detail today. I have added links above to a couple of other classes addressing feedback. Additionally, I am attaching a PDF of a speaker survey we are using this year in the Thames Valley churches of Christ. 



[Speaker_Survey.pdf](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/35734f8b-6d69-4538-89fb-55c56f43251f/Speaker_Survey.pdf)



Further, I can recommend a book by my friend Chris Chin:



[Collaborative Feedback - Curious Learning](https://www.curiouslearning.co.uk/collaborative-feedback)



My suggestion is to ask two questions of those to whom you speak regularly:



1. Please tell me one thing I do well that you would like me to continue doing and why that matters to you.

2. Please tell me one thing I could improve, and why that matters to you.



Honestly, I think that will do. More than that maybe more complicated than is necessary.



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Finally, let me set a good example by asking you for that precise feedback for myself. 



Please tell me something I do well that you'd like me to continue doing and why that matters to you. And, please tell me one thing I could improve and why that matters to you.



You can send feedback to my email address: malcolm@malcolmcox.org.



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God bless, Malcolm