by Zack Voell | Jul 20, 2012 | Ethos Info
Ethos is privileged and proud to recognize NCFCA Team Policy debate National Champions and Ethos staff members Kara Stivers and Rebecca Frazer! Prior to the 2012 NCFCA Nationals, Kara and Rebecca joined Ethos in March, and have now joined the growing number of Ethos...
by Zack Voell | Jul 13, 2012 | Ethos Info
Ethos is excited to bring back its online debate blog! This blog has provided large amounts of information, coaching, opinions, strategies, and even evidence for a while, and we are glad to continue this venue of debate coaching. What can I expect from the Ethos blog?...
by Zack Voell | May 21, 2011 | Coaching
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...
by Zack Voell | May 3, 2011 | Coaching, Speech Events
All too often I find that some of the debaters who haven’t started on the journey towards wisdom (which can be taught by debate, actually) quiver in fear behind their debate boxes, cracking binders, and piles of paper occasionally peering out at…them: the...
by Zack Voell | Jan 18, 2011 | Strategy
Games. We play games in everyday life. Chess teaches us strategic thinking. Chess masters learn the stratagems necessary to win the game. Many card games teach the power of bluffing an opponent and are quite strategic in nature. We even apply the concepts we learn in...