by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 11, 2015 | Coaching, Guest Posts, Strategy
Ryan Collins (2013 TP national champion) and I are planning this weekend’s teaching. We’re working with a group of experienced debaters who aren’t having the traction they should. We had both written down our own notes, and they were remarkably...
by Rebecca Frazer | Feb 7, 2015 | Coaching, Technique
Once there was a robot named Bob. Bob was programmed to deliver helpful information in a timely and organized matter. Bob was intuitive. His antennas could pick-up and decode human language, triggering him to respond with his helpful information whenever another...
by Elijah Schow | Feb 6, 2015 | Coaching, Soapbox
Download (23.3MB) | iTunes Cumulatively, Isaiah and Nathanael have given feedback professionally for over 15 years. In this episode, they reach into the past and discuss the secret sauce that makes their criticism pop. Reblogged from...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Did you know that debaters can inoculate their audiences against future persuasion? Not against arguments you know (that’s called spiking), but against arguments you’ve never heard of. Please partake in a recent text conversation… Isaiah Mcpeak: So...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 3, 2015 | Parliamentary, Research Tips
Too many debaters rely on web search. As we’ve argued before (here, here, here, and here), books are the most important sources to explore. Lectures and MOOCs are great, too. But you should also be following or regularly visiting some sites to get up-to-date...
