by Lisa Alexander | Apr 15, 2010 | Technique
Debate begins with the first affirmative speaker presenting a prima facie case. The case usually consists of a discussion on why it is needed, how it will work, why it works, and what good it will do. It stands “on its face” when complete with evidence. It...
by Lisa Alexander | Apr 9, 2010 | Strategy
The key to this last week is organization and preparation. 1. Now that you have gone through all of your negative briefs and developed great arguments, make sure that they are organized. If your binders aren’t labeled, do so now. Make sure your generic evidence...
by Lisa Alexander | Apr 6, 2010 | Strategy
Now that you have a good caselist and have your 1AC all put together, it is time to work on negative. 1. First step is to get with your partner and go through the caselist one by one. Set out your negative strategy for each of the affirmatives. The negative strategy...
by Lisa Alexander | Apr 3, 2010 | Strategy
One of the questions I get asked is how to prep for regionals. Here are a few steps that will help you out. 1. Polish your 1AC and get it in good shape. Re-visit all of your affirmative evidence, check your citations, check the quality of your evidence, check your...
by Lisa Alexander | Mar 31, 2010 | Research Tips
It is that time of year again. We are headed into regionals and teams are gearing up with new cases, new negatives, and new evidence. It is also the time of year when people start sending me their cases and evidence to critique as well as negative briefs to critique....
