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The reason for it all

30Dec

December 30, 2015 by PotentSpeaking 1 Comment

Note: Although this post is addressed to the reader, it is as much as post for me as for the reader.  At this point, I’ve written over 50 posts with useful tips for improving your debate speaking. But in all this, I haven’t written about the ultimate reason we (NCFCA/Stoa debaters) do what we do. Christmas has come […]

Survey results

08Oct

October 8, 2015 by PotentSpeaking Leave a Comment

In the interest of sharing what will be improving in the near future, I thought it’d be great if you got to see an overview of the survey results. Before we jump into the data, I wanted to share this nice comment from one of the respondents. If you left a comment with a wish, […]

Potent Speaking survey

29Sep

September 29, 2015 by PotentSpeaking Leave a Comment

By now, you’ve probably read several of my articles, watched some of my videos, and benefited from some of the free resources available here. (Check here if you haven’t seen the free resources). I’d like to get your opinion on what Potent Speaking has done so far, and get some feedback as to which direction […]

Potent Speaking: be positively memorable

02Sep

September 2, 2014 by PotentSpeaking Leave a Comment

If you get nothing else from this website, get this: be positively memorable. Everything I will eventually say can be directly linked back to being positively memorable. The reason I made this website is because I believe there is no one source for tips that make you memorable. I want to change that. Don’t expect to see […]

What is this?

27Aug

August 27, 2014 by PotentSpeaking 4 Comments

That’s a good question, and I’m glad you asked. This is where I post debate tips, especially focused on getting better at speaking so you can win that 1st place speaker award. Admit it, if you’ve been doing debate for a couple of years, it’s probably your life. Why not make your life better by […]

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