Six judges. One room.

They sit the way a real room sits. Strict on the rubric, allergic to jargon, timing the close. Same six voices, every rep.

The panel SIX JUDGES

Same five minutes, six different hearings. Scored out of 100.

  • 50 Rubric
  • 25 Panel
  • 15 Q&A
  • 10 Delivery
Dr. Stone
Dr. Stone Rubric Cited slide 4 as evidence
Maya
Maya Clarity Flagged jargon in the intro
Mr. Cross
Mr. Cross Skeptic Questioned the 40% claim
Ari
Ari Impact Asked who benefits first
Nina
Nina Responsible AI Checked consent language
Coach Lee
Coach Lee Timing You ran 0:42 over
SPEAKNOW CONFIDENTIAL DOSSIER · 2026
FILE 0031

Know who is grading you

Six seats, six agendas. Open the file before you take the floor, because they have already read yours.

SEAT 01 · DR. STONE
Dr. Stone
■ VERIFIEDFILE 01
ID
00301
ADDED
08.2026
CLEARANCE
RUBRIC · 50 PTS
STATUS
ACTIVE

Dr. Stone THE RUBRIC HAWK

Reads your sheet before you say a word, then grades against it line by line. Owns half the score, and acts like it.

LISTENS FOR
Every criterion on your rubric, in order, with evidence attached.
FLAGS
Points claimed but never shown: a criterion with no slide, no number, no demo behind it.
FROM THE BENCH Criterion 3 asks for a control group. I heard a story about your cousin.
SEVERITY
INTERRUPTS
FILE #01
SEAT 02 · MAYA
Maya
■ VERIFIEDFILE 02
ID
00302
ADDED
08.2026
CLEARANCE
PANEL · CLARITY
STATUS
ACTIVE

Maya THE STRANGER IN THE ROOM

Plays the person who just walked in. If she cannot follow slide 6 cold, neither can the room that matters.

LISTENS FOR
Whether a first-time listener could repeat your idea back after one hearing.
FLAGS
Jargon in the first minute, and acronyms nobody unpacked.
FROM THE BENCH Pretend I missed your first two slides. What is this?
SEVERITY
INTERRUPTS
FILE #02
SEAT 03 · MR. CROSS
Mr. Cross
■ VERIFIEDFILE 03
ID
00303
ADDED
08.2026
CLEARANCE
PANEL + Q&A
STATUS
ACTIVE

Mr. Cross THE SKEPTIC

Assumes the demo was the good take. Every number you say out loud becomes a question you will answer out loud.

LISTENS FOR
Numbers that survive a second question, and claims with a source.
FLAGS
Charts that go up and to the right with no axis labels.
FROM THE BENCH You said 40%. Forty percent of what, measured how?
SEVERITY
INTERRUPTS
FILE #03
SEAT 04 · ARI
Ari
■ VERIFIEDFILE 04
ID
00304
ADDED
08.2026
CLEARANCE
PANEL · IMPACT
STATUS
ACTIVE

Ari THE SO-WHAT

Does not care how clever it is until you say who it helps. Wants a name, a day, and what changes for them.

LISTENS FOR
Who benefits first, and what actually changes for them by Tuesday.
FLAGS
A solution still hunting for its problem.
FROM THE BENCH If this ships, whose day gets shorter?
SEVERITY
INTERRUPTS
FILE #04
SEAT 05 · NINA
Nina
■ VERIFIEDFILE 05
ID
00305
ADDED
08.2026
CLEARANCE
PANEL · SAFETY
STATUS
ACTIVE

Nina RESPONSIBLE AI

Reads the fine print you have not written yet. Consent, data, and the day your system is wrong about a person.

LISTENS FOR
Where the data comes from, who agreed to it, and what happens when the model fails.
FLAGS
“The model handles it” offered as a safety plan.
FROM THE BENCH Walk me through the day it is wrong about a person.
SEVERITY
INTERRUPTS
FILE #05
SEAT 06 · COACH LEE
Coach Lee
■ VERIFIEDFILE 06
ID
00306
ADDED
08.2026
CLEARANCE
DELIVERY · 10 PTS
STATUS
ACTIVE

Coach Lee THE CLOCK

Runs the clock like it is part of the score, because it is. Tracks pace, fillers, and whether your close got its minute.

LISTENS FOR
A close that gets the time it deserves, and a pace a room can follow.
FLAGS
Three minutes of intro on a five-minute pitch.
FROM THE BENCH Your close started at 4:51. It needed a full minute.
SEVERITY
INTERRUPTS
FILE #06
SIX PERSPECTIVES

Every judge hears a different pitch

The same five minutes lands differently on a skeptic, a rubric hawk, and a timing coach. SpeakNow scores all of them at once, so nothing blindsides you later.

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Dr. Stone THE RUBRIC
Maya CLARITY
Mr. Cross THE SKEPTIC
Ari IMPACT
Nina RESPONSIBLE AI
Coach Lee TIMING
PRESSURE DIAL

Turn up the heat

Start friendly. End in the final round. The dial changes how the panel behaves, not just how it sounds.

  • Four levels: Friendly, Classroom, Competition, Final Round
  • Questions get sharper and answer clocks get tighter as you climb
  • Practice hotter than the real room, and the real room cools down
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Dr. Stone Maya Mr. Cross Ari Nina Coach Lee
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