Your opening often determines how long the audience will “tune in” to your presentation. If you bore your audience right from the start, there is little chance that your message will effectively get across. Here are seven effective methods to open…
1. Education, You learn things from debate, maybe it’s a new viewpoint; piece of evidence; or argument entirely. But Debating exposes people to view points and …
As someone who has judged many competitive debate rounds and competed in many more, I have a fairly good idea of what is necessary to win a debate. The very first thing that needs considering is the burden of proof of each debater, on the highest …
In the interplay between behavioral science and policy, puffs of smoke abound.Photo illustration by metamorworks / ShutterstockIn March the United Kingdom curiously declined to impose significant social distancing measures in response to the global pandemic. The government was taking advice from the so-called “Nudge Unit,” a private company called Behavioral Insights Team, which uses behavioral…
There are two main differences between a debate and a debate competition. In a debate, at the end, you can concede to your opponent’s points if you feel they make sense. In a debate competition, don’t even think about it, unless you feel he deserv…
If one takes Donald Trump and his administration to embody modern conservatism, it is easy to see in their response to the coronavirus pandemic the right’s final divorce from science and expertise. There was the case of Rick Bright, the Health and Human Services scientist who claims that the Trump administration retaliated against him when…
Time to lawyer up — Draft executive order claims that technology giants have “dangerous power.” Timothy B. Lee – May 28, 2020 2:46 pm UTC Aurich Lawson / Getty The Trump administration is putting the final touches on a sweeping executive order designed to punish online platforms for perceived anti-conservative bias. Legal scholar Kate Klonick…
Last week, referring to the protests in Minnesota over the murder of George Floyd by police, US President Donald Trump threatened that military forces would open fire if the situation was not brought under control, in a tweet. Within hours, Twitter hid the tweet citing that it “glorified violence.” However, Facebook decided to remain on the fence and not…
Hill + Knowlton is trying to rebuild its business after a series of losses over the past decade.The WPP-owned public relations agency has been changing how it charges clients, investing in creative and digital work, and shaking up its leadership.It folded one of its best-known subsidiaries, Blanc & Otus.But morale problems and internal divisions linger…
The Tesla Model 3. Hollis Johnson/Business Insider When we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, some of us may take the plunge on car ownership.It’s going to be easy to buy or lease a gas-powered vehicles, but the time couldn’t be better for checking out an electric car.To that end, Tesla should be high on your…
