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Thank you Justin Stacy for a Guest Post on the Ethos Blog. I went into Regionals planning to break. I thought I was a skilled orator. I thought everyone else won by getting lucky. I thought bad judges were to blame for my previous losses. I thought wrong. We had our worst record of . . . → Read More: Guest Post: Justin Stacy: Why I Failed Private Military Contractors are a frequent topic to surface in parli debates. You should watch the following debate to get familiar with the topic and to learn some value debating (team value format, fyi). The resolution is: “Corporate influence on the U.S. is excessive” or something like that. The round is between Alyssa Farah/Isaiah McPeak . . . → Read More: Parli Round: Farah/McPeak vs. Lichlyter/Vellalos I was recently horrified to hear of a parent telling their child the following: not doing enough devotions at nationals might make God not bless you with winning debate rounds. This is one of the reasons we don’t like Facing the Giants (a movie). God sometimes had his disciples die and face terrible circumstances because . . . → Read More: Winning Debate and “Being Good” Aren’t Linked Congratulations to Ethos Sourcebook Author Cameron Rentschler and his partner Andrew Schirmer for winning NCFCA nationals!!! (hisfaceinmyjourney.blogspot.com) As with many of the other national champions we have on our staff it should be telling that we selected Cameron for Ethos before he won nationals, not after. Why is this significant? Research and debate ability . . . → Read More: Ethos Author Wins NCFCA Nationals Heading into nationals, I find myself in another quandary of speaking style and the absolute best strategy for persuasive speaking. At nationals nearly everyone is expected to be fairly proficient at getting things across and doing it a persuasive way. And the way I see it, there are really only two options when it comes . . . → Read More: Which Is Best: The Battle Between Organization and Persuasion This is my initial review of the scope of topics underneath Stoa’s new resolution, and some general observations I’ve had when combing through the literature. A similar post will be made concerning the NCFCA resolution.
First, the Topicality. Stoa’s resolution is “Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should substantially reform its revenue generation . . . → Read More: Analysis of the Stoa Resolution on Revenue Generation For those of you who missed our debut into the public airwaves, you can still listen to our interview about Ethos communications coaching, interview coaching, and debate. Thanks to our friend Mo for being awesome and making this happen. . . . → Read More: Our First Radio Interview This week we had three days of nats prep at Drew’s house. Amy wrote a nice note that should be helpful to anyone going to nationals. We spent most of our time focusing on being clever, impactful, and memorable. Good work this week guys. Thanks Drew for letting us take over your house (and toilet . . . → Read More: 10 Nats Prep Parting Remarks Ethos Instructors and myethos.org consultants Isaiah McPeak and Tim Snyder will appear in a WEBR Fairfax County live radio broadcast interview to discuss communications-centered debate, interview coaching, and political/professional coaching. The show goes live at 7pm Eastern http://fcac.org/webr Channel 37 on “Majestic MoMints” radio show with DJ Mospeaks. Mo is a frequent judge at local . . . → Read More: On Air Live in 1 Hour with Mo Hamilton For introductory purposes, I was not originally planning on submitting this article to be published here, on the Ethos site because I know I might develop a bad reputation of being an advocacy hater (but due to a push from my partner, it’s published). This article simply lays out several responses to the typical advocacy . . . → Read More: Advocacy is Overrated |
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