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3 Handy Tips for Nonverbal Communication

3 Handy Tips for Nonverbal Communication

by Cameron Bertron | Feb 4, 2016 | Technique, Thinking Strategically, Top Drills

From the moment you walk into a debate round you are communicating with everyone in the room. Everything you do matters, your dress, your posture, your expression, and especially your body language. Because even before the first line of your first speech the judge has...
9 Things Every NCFCA TPer Should Know About Tax Court

9 Things Every NCFCA TPer Should Know About Tax Court

by Cameron Bertron | Oct 19, 2015 | Debate, NCFCA Resolutions, Research

What is tax court? It sounds super boring, why should you spend 5 minutes reading about it? Well Tax Court is a federal court which receives far less attention than the rest of our court system. And like all sectors of the resolution which receive little attention it...

Interview with Dr. Donald Morrill: Liberal Arts and Practical Skills

by Cameron Bertron | Oct 12, 2015 | Debate, LD, Stoa

What practical value is there in liberal arts? Is there an inverse relationship between STEM subjects and liberal arts? What consequences are there for a nation which turns its back on liberal arts? These are a few of the questions tackled by Dr. Donald Morrill...
3 Ways Bulk Data Collection Harms National Security

3 Ways Bulk Data Collection Harms National Security

by Cameron Bertron | Aug 28, 2015 | Debate, LD, NCFCA Resolutions

Picture 4 billion people. An almost impossible number for our brains to process, but try it anyway. Imagine you had orders to pick out one specific face from this crowd but you don’t have a clear picture of that face, only a few clues. Impossible of course, and yet...
7 Ways To Doubt Facts in Parli

7 Ways To Doubt Facts in Parli

by Cameron Bertron | Aug 12, 2015 | Debate, Parliamentary, Stoa, Strategy

“Interesting claims about history, government, economics, politics, and culture are often introduced in parliamentary debates… There are other, less obvious, factual inaccuracies in many debates. Many debaters claim to represent the factual world (at least the...
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