by Anna Johansen | Feb 20, 2017 | Debate Rounds, Technique, Tournaments
It started the moment my alarm began its song and dance routine, vibrating on the table next to the bed. A spike of instantaneous, high-voltage adrenaline and I shot out of bed and across the room in full panic mode, my fight-or-flight instincts going ballistic. It...
by Joshua Anumolu | Jan 4, 2017 | Best Resources, Debate Rounds, DebateSmart, Strategy
Running fewer arguments in round helps you in two critical areas of speaking: in your content and in your delivery. Content Running fewer arguments leads to better or higher quality arguments that are more likely to persuade the audience, for the following reasons....
by Noah Farley | Dec 23, 2016 | Debate Rounds
Last year, Stoa’s value debate resolution was “In developing countries, economic growth ought to be prioritized over environmental protection.” Of course, this was a conservative homeschool league, making it very hard to make a case for environmental protection that...
by Brennan Herring | Sep 12, 2016 | Debate Rounds, Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, Lincoln-Douglas, Strategy, Technique, Video
A few days ago, Ethos Head Coach Isaiah McPeak and Ethos Coach Devin Radford tackled this year’s LD resolution for the NCFCA. It’s one of Isaiah and Devin’s first debate rounds of the season. Use it as an example of where some rounds could go…...
by Abbey Lovett | May 26, 2016 | Debate Rounds, The Parli Station
Lots of Ethos debaters are at nationals and we’re getting called and texted off the hook. Thankfully, we declined to write resolutions for such a time as this. Take a look at the “mess” of parli prep time, and how a strategy must be quickly formulated… plus what a...
