How is judging consistency assured?
During the preliminary round judging process, each judge scores the video/DVD presentation individually. Then the facilitator puts each judge’s score by criteria on a chart. If any score is more than one score away (i.e., one judge scores a criteria a 1 and another scores the criteria a 3), a discussion will take place until consensus is reached on that criteria point. For assistance in the discussion, the judges can and do refer to the hard copy of the presentation slides for review and clarification. Realizing that organizations have different work processes, the judges are trained to only focus on how each criterion was met not on their own perceptions.
