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Keep the judge curious

18Nov

November 18, 2014 by PotentSpeaking Leave a Comment

They say curiosity killed the cat. Thankfully, your judge isn’t a cat. So curiosity won’t kill them. Isn’t that nice? If you’re able to keep your judge curious about what you’re going to say next, you will keep them engaged. Everyone knows an engaging speaker is a good one. That’s why so many professional speakers […]

Stop using debate lingo

26Sep

September 26, 2014 by PotentSpeaking 2 Comments

  In this 2AC I’m just going to be going down the flow addressing neg’s contentions and doing some impact calculus, showing you why their links and brinks are weak, and refuting their two solvency and inherency points. But first, I’m going to clean my mouth out with soap because that was really awful. No one […]

Say bold things

19Sep

September 19, 2014 by PotentSpeaking 2 Comments

  I used to find it frustrating when I knew in my head why the other team was wrong, but the judge just didn’t seem to get it. I’d complain to myself about the ballot afterwards, wondering how I could win that round next time. One day, I was venting to a friend about how […]

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 […]

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