by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 26, 2013 | Coaching
Recently, I got to run an event teaching adults (Toastmasters) to debate. I had only one training session, with adults who had never debated before. It was a great time to exercise restraint in teaching what debate is, at its core. Here is the presentation I used. The...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
When I coach, I usually provide four ingredients I think are key to being a successful debater. These ingredients are pretty helpful in life too. You’ll find number four changes from time to time. I’d like to review these, along with the number one...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 19, 2012 | Coaching
If you’re from NCFCA RVIII, team names like “Stacy/McLeod” and “Downing/Lester” could possibly frighten you a tad. But what if those were the parents who squared off against the students in an evening where parents, debating like this for...
by Isaiah McPeak | Aug 31, 2012 | Coaching
Which is better, NCFCA or Stoa? I’m not answering that question. Here’s why: I believe the activity of formally pitting arguments against each other is good. That’s why at Ethos we’re “pro debate,” period. It’s also why...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jul 14, 2012 | Featured, Soapbox
In collaboration with Dr. James Tallmon’s RhetoricRing and Patrick Henry College, Ethos Publications is co-hosting the July 2012 Richard Weaver commemoration blogfest on the cultural role of rhetoric. See all about it… Language is Sermonic on...
