Finding out what a debate is about By Katrin Fallmann Prep Time Talk about different sides You want to beat the arguments made by the other side Opening you dont want to leave really strong points to closing ID: 531453
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Strategy & Clashes
Finding out what a debate is
about
By Katrin FallmannSlide2
Prep Time: Talk about different sides
You want to beat the arguments made by the other side.
Opening:
you don’t want to leave really strong points to closing
you don’t want to fall out of the debate
Closing
you want to make important arguments that opening hasn’t made
You want to clash directly with the other side
Think about clashes!
Win the clashes!Slide3
Which arguments do you have to beat?
Which of your arguments are most likely to be attacked?
How do you defend them?
How can you beat another team?
Defeat the premises!Slide4
‘I really like hearing “Oh, you had good arguments but you
kinda
fell out of the debate.”’
…..said no one ever!Slide5
Most common clashes
What we want to achieve
How we can achieve it
Is a trade-off worth making
Focus on beating the strongest
team and the most important
arguments!Slide6
What you want to achieve
Say what you want to achieve before you explain how to get there
Say why this is the most important thing & we should all want to achieve this
This makes your speech much clearer!
Often it is unclear what the two sides are arguing about.
Shift the debate to what you want it to be about.
Create a Clash & win it!Slide7
How you can achieve it?
(Not) implementing a motion
Explain what happens once a motion is implemented
Incentives
Explain why someone will do something
and how this leads to the wanted outcome
“____________ will do ________ as they care about _______________ .
Therefore we achieve ________________ . “
(Add some explanation)
Group of people
action
Incentive to do that action
What you want to achieveSlide8
Trade-offs
Explain why you won’t have to give up as much as the other side says.
Rebut their reasons and give counter-reasons.
EVEN IF
Explain why what you care about is the most important thing in general but also why it is so crucial to act
now.Slide9
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What you will say
x
planation
How you will achieve something
Why this is important
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Give an example, tell a nice story, etc.
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What you’ve said
Why this is relevant in the debate
Say what your side cares about.
If nobody challenges that, you won the first clash before it even happened!
Win the “What will happen” – Clash!
Win the “What we care about”-Clash!
Win the Trade-off - Clash!Slide10Slide11
Info-SlideSlide12
Info-Slide:
A bullshit alarm is an alarm that sounds every time somebody says something that is factually untrue.
The bullshit alarm is always right! Slide13
MotionSlide14
THW introduce bullshit alarms in BP debating.