by Isaiah McPeak | Nov 15, 2016 | Ethos Info
We interrupt our normal dose of content with a brief service announcement: there is a new downloads page at http://www.ethosdebate.com/downloads/ On this page you will find several example briefs, as well as some lessons and tools for debate coaches. Please let us...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 24, 2016 | Coaching a Club, Speech Events
So what is most likely to help club members improve their speeches? The parents and students at Lone Star Christian Communicators, a speech and debate club in Austin, Isaiah was asked to give an hour talk on giving and receiving speech feedback in club. Several...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 26, 2016 | Coaching, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate
At my day-job, statUP, today we completed a major product design, the coach dashboard. That means Monday is when we’ll decide what major design epic to pick up next. Choices include Athlete Profile+, Skilltrees, Goal-Tracking, Club Dashboard, Mobile App Improvements,...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 9, 2016 | Coaching, Ethos Info
This is a public service announcement… we’ve partnered up with Isaac Sommers, founder of ZiggyDebate, to bring Ethos coaches onto the ZiggyDebate platform. In case you didn’t know, ZiggyDebate is for Stoa and NCFCA debaters both this year!...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 5, 2016 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Soapbox
ERRATA: This post referred to “this year’s national champions” at one point in a way that could’ve meant any of several teams and people. At least one national championship team this year specifically adopted a strategy like is recommended...
