2011+Convention

2011 Convention
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS IN PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE //This panel will cover the evolution of public forum debate and provide strategies and tips for helping students achieve success in public forum competition.//

CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE 101 //This panel of accomplished congressional debate coaches will discuss strategies for guiding your students to success in congressional debate from formatting legislation, crafting speeches, and learning the basics of parliamentary procedure.//

LD Debate 101 //An introduction to Lincoln Douglas debate for beginning coaches which includes a swap shop for lesson plans and handouts.//

INSTITUTION BUILDING AND TEAM MANAGEMENT //Seasoned directors discuss strategies for the challenging and complicated task of managing a competitive debate team. Panelists will provide insight into team building, fund raising, logistics, working with the schools administration, parents, publicizing your team’s success and much more.//

CURRENT TRENDS IN LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE //With LD competition becoming faster and more technical and pulling from arguments styles in CX, debate coaches need to learn how to instruct students to compete successfully in the new world of LD. For beginner and advanced coaches alike, this panel will focus on teaching LDers to survive “in a CX world”.//

BEGINNING POLICY DEBATE //This workshop is designed to help beginning policy debate coaches learn the ins and outs of what it takes to build a competitive debate team.//

STRUCTURE OF A POLICY DEBATE //This panel will walk through a full policy debate round going speech by speech discussing the responsibility of each debater. This is a great panel for beginning coaches to learn how to instruct debaters to effectively use their time in a round. Handouts and sample lesson plans will be provided//