by justin | Jul 1, 2011 | Guest Posts
Thank you Justin Stacy for a Guest Post on the Ethos Blog. I went into Regionals planning to break. I thought I was a skilled orator. I thought everyone else won by getting lucky. I thought bad judges were to blame for my previous losses. I thought wrong. We had our...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jun 24, 2011 | Parliamentary, Video
Private Military Contractors are a frequent topic to surface in parli debates. You should watch the following debate to get familiar with the topic and to learn some value debating (team value format, fyi). The resolution is: “Corporate influence on the U.S. is...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jun 23, 2011 | Coaching a Club, Soapbox
I was recently horrified to hear of a parent telling their child the following: not doing enough devotions at nationals might make God not bless you with winning debate rounds. This is one of the reasons we don’t like Facing the Giants (a movie). God sometimes...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jun 21, 2011 | Ethos Info
Congratulations to Ethos Sourcebook Author Cameron Rentschler and his partner Andrew Schirmer for winning NCFCA nationals!!! As with many of the other national champions we have on our staff it should be telling that we selected Cameron for Ethos before he won...
by Drew | Jun 9, 2011 | From Advanced to National-Class, Technique
Heading into nationals, I find myself in another quandary of speaking style and the absolute best strategy for persuasive speaking. At nationals nearly everyone is expected to be fairly proficient at getting things across and doing it a persuasive way. And the way I...
