Resources
Here's a handful of resources that will make your participation in SFDebate Easier
- Speaker Guide (PDF)
Each week a handful of members volunteer to start the debate with opening speakers. This guide will help prepare you for how to open a debate, prepare statements, and rebut opposing opinions.
- Moderators Guide (PDF)
Moderating & Facilitating a meeting is probably the hardest role at any of our meetings. It requires not only an understanding of the topic, but also a tenacity to keep the meeting on schedule, and the participants on topic. If you've been coming to a few of our meetings now, have spoken once or twice, consider volunteering to moderate.
- Sample Agenda (Word)
Here's a sample agenda.
You might also be interested in some of these external resources on how to improve your debating and rhetoric skills.
- Learn Debating
A 215 page e-book by a debating student in Australia. - Very interesting tips and strategies on debating, although the rules are slightly different and more geared to competition than SFDebate.
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Join Our Group!
The SFDebate group connects and updates members on events through Meetup.com - If you've not yet joined the group, here's the link. SFDebate Meetup Group
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