by Noah Howard | Nov 29, 2017 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Strategy, Technique, Thinking Strategically
Throughout life (and especially in debate), the biggest improvements are oftentimes made with the slightest of changes. And usually, those changes have to do with the way you think. Change your mindset, and you can change the way you play the game. So what does this...
by Harrison Durland | Nov 25, 2017 | Communication/Rhetoric, Ethics Bowl, Tournaments
What do the Electoral College, “Fake News,” the Goldwater Rule, and 13 Reasons Why all have in common? Not much, except they were all cases in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl this season. In fact, they are just four of the 15 cases/topics that ethics bowl teams at...
by Isaiah McPeak | Nov 18, 2017 | Coaching, Communication/Rhetoric, Technique, Top Drills
Audiences dread public speaking because they think, from a whole pile of bad coaching on the subject, that public speaking is about being perfect. It’s not. Nobody likes a perfect person. Public speaking is about being likable, so your message shines through. Today...
by Noah Farley | Nov 14, 2017 | Debate Rounds, Parliamentary, Strategy, The Parli Station, Uncategorized
Time for some new theory. Only a couple weeks ago, I was doing some Parliamentary debate. We were Opposition, and the debate had come down to the mass of historical examples on our side vs. the Government’s contention that the resolution was necessarily true. They...
by Joshua Hu | Nov 11, 2017 | From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate, Parliamentary, Technique, Uncategorized
We’ve all dealt with it. Whether you were working on dropping your mile time, increasing your vertical, or improving your speaking skills, you’ve probably faced the unfortunate reality of the “Law of Diminishing Returns”. Contrary to what we may think, people do not...
by Harrison Durland | Oct 24, 2017 | Communication/Rhetoric, Technique
“Surely, surely you can’t be serious; that’s absurd—borderline conspiracy theorist!” Yet, sure enough, he was being serious. And as we got into a heated conversation, I soon regretted not taking him seriously. In this age of rapid information and opinion sharing,...
