by Nathanael Arroyave | Sep 21, 2021 | From Novice to Intermediate, LD, Parliamentary, Thinking Strategically
(Image Credit: Pixabay) “Yes, and…” is one of the most crucial debate phrases you can ever learn. The phrase, “Yes, and…” is one that is highly encouraged in improvisational skits. The principle is one of cooperation and team-building. The idea is that one person...
by Kyle Lee | Dec 8, 2020 | Parliamentary, Strategy, Technique, Uncategorized
This is the second installment in a two part series about answering points of information. The first two rules can be found here. Last article we discussed how to setup points of information through transitioning and when to reject points of information. In this post...
by Kyle Lee | Nov 24, 2020 | Parliamentary
“Point of information.”*stops mid-sentence* “um I’ll uh take your point.” As I stuttered through my first ever answer to a point of information in parliamentary debate, I noticed that points of information are nothing like...
by Kyle Lee | Sep 2, 2020 | Basics, Concept Analysis, Debate Blog, From Advanced to National-Class, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate, Parliamentary, Speaking, Strategy, Technique, TP
“No way I should’ve lost that round; I won every argument on the flow.” “How did I lose? The judge ignored my most important argument!” “It’s not my fault I lost; my logic was perfect.” You’ve likely heard people...
by Harrison Durland | Nov 1, 2019 | Parli Resolutions, Parliamentary
We have previously published some articles that have various parliamentary debate resolutions (or “motions,” depending on your league) that we think can be helpful/fun for practice. This article will be an extension of that series, with 20 additional...
by Harrison Durland | Oct 4, 2019 | Concept Analysis, Matter Loading, Parliamentary
In the previous article on this topic of punishment, I covered some of the purposes/benefits of punishment; this article will discuss the opposite issue: drawbacks. Introduction (and topic applicability, briefly repeated): As noted in more detail previously,...
