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The training team from left to right: Jonas, Milos, Cliodhna, Benji, Sharmila, Joona, Milla, Brian, Johan, Matti – \u00a9\u00a0Evertime Visuals<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
The Nordic Debate Academy was the first in a series of trainings co-ordinated by the Athens EUDC and Thailand WUDC. This training was hosted by the Danish Debate Association in conjunction with FINDA – Finnish Debating Association, Stockholm Debate Society, and Lund Debate Society \/ Lunds Debatts\u00e4llskap at the Copenhagen Business School. The NDA featured two and a half days of workshops\u00a0and a four round tournament with a break to finals. 10 countries were represented at the training with debaters coming from the US, Spain, and Serbia, as well as Nordic countries, to participate.<\/p>\n
EUDC CAs Sharmila Parmanand<\/strong> (Oxford), Cl\u00edodhna N\u00ed Ch<\/strong> (Harvard),\u00a0Brian Wong <\/strong>(Oxford), Milos Marjanovic<\/strong> (Belgrade), and Benji Kalman <\/strong>(Hebrew) worked with local trainers Milla Huuskonen<\/strong> (Finland), Joona Suhonen<\/strong> (Finland), Jonas No Sj\u00f8lund<\/strong> (Denmark), Matti Bryder<\/strong> (Sweden), and Johan Allen<\/strong> (Sweden). More information on the Athens EUDC outreach program and trainings is available here.<\/a><\/p>\n Training Program:<\/strong><\/p>\n On arrivals day, debaters participated in and judged practice rounds with randomly assigned partnerships and received feedback on debating and judging. The participants had the opportunity to incorporate a variety of training exercises into their debating. Milos, Jonas, and Johan ran this portion of the workshops. Motions for the\u00a0arrivals day were as follows:<\/p>\n Round 1:<\/strong> THW allow\u00a0people to sue partners that cheat on them The training program<\/a> featured three streams for novice, intermediate, and advanced debaters:<\/p>\n For the novice class:<\/strong><\/p>\n Format introduction, argument introduction, context \/ argumentation, rebuttal, opening half (role fulfillment \/ strategies), preparation time & matter generation, closing half (role fulfillment \/ strategy), and points of information.<\/p>\n There were also matter lectures on Economy (first principles), International Relations, and Social Movements.<\/p>\n For the intermediate class:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Choosing an extension & case building in 2nd half, Framing & Context,\u00a0<\/span>What to do when you know nothing, Adjudication, and Structure within Arguments and Speeches.<\/span><\/p>\n There were matter lectures on Ethics & Philosophy, Social Movements, International Relations, & Economics.<\/p>\n For the advanced class:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Constructing & prioritising arguments,<\/span> Clarity & note taking,<\/span> Prep time & opening half strategy,\u00a0<\/span>Extensions & closing half strategy,\u00a0<\/span>Framing & case building,\u00a0<\/span>Engaging effectively, J<\/span>udging<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n After the first day of training sessions, participants watched a show debate by the trainers on the EUDC 2016 final motion that: In Opening Government was the team of Benji Kalman and Joona Suhonen; in Opening Opposition was the team of Cl\u00edodhna N\u00ed Ch\u00a0and Jonas No Sj\u00f8lund; in Closing Government was the team of Milla Huuskonen and Sharmila Parmanand; and in Closing Opposition was the team of Milos Marjanovic and Johan Allen. A trainer delivered an analysis of the round to the audience.<\/p>\n At the close of the second day of training, debaters participated in a group discussion that covered organizing events and accessing training materials for developing clubs and regions. More information on the training is available here.<\/a><\/p>\n An exhibition debate at the end of Day 2 of the NDA – \u00a9 Evertime Visuals<\/p><\/div>\n Speaker Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n A new speaker point system featuring five categories for speaker point rankings was debuted, with judges marking both the total speaker point for a speaker and their speaker points in each category (Time Management, Structure, Strategy, Engagement, Argument Construction). These speaker points theoretically were arrived at using the same breadth of scale as the other (general) speaker points.\u00a0 These were not used to determine tab rankings but collected as a supplement to the regular ballots.<\/p>\n The Tournament:<\/strong><\/p>\n The tournament champions were Amanda Liang<\/strong> (Rochester<\/em>) and Nikola Michaylov<\/strong> (Amsterdam, Leiden<\/em>) in Opening Government, competing as Shitposters.\u00a0<\/em>Chairing the final round was Jonas No Sj\u00f8lund,\u00a0with Johan Allen,\u00a0Brian Wong, Cliodhna Ni Ch,\u00a0and Milos Marjanovic as panelists.<\/p>\n
\nRound 2:<\/strong> THBT it is not legitimate to shame public figures for non-criminal actions they engaged in when they were younger (eg, legal hard drugs, adultery)
\nRound 3:<\/strong> THW sell the right to govern bankrupt cities to corporations<\/p>\n
\nThis House Would prefer the narrative of dead soldiers as regrettable losses of life rather than as heroes.<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/46498081_10156900292059878_2379821750713057280_o-400x226.jpg\")