Join Mac Hays and Brooke Blanton for advice on how to navigate from public forum debate to APDA! Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/PCyQlgHwYfk
Author: Aiden Zhang
Transitioning from APDA to BP
By Dennis Su British Parliamentary (BP) is the format of debate that the vast majority of universities in the world compete in. Many APDA debaters might understandably have some apprehensions about trying BP because of a perception of it as either inaccessible or irrelevant to their APDA success. This video hopes to explain why doing […]
NMC Speaker Series: Member of the Opposition
The NMC is excited to announce its first ever lecture anthology. We have invited several distinguished APDA alumni as well as current seniors to give four lectures on APDA speaker positions. Join Nats Top Speaker Katrina Hotaling for an exploration of the role of the Member of Government! Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/MDncU50XWQE Google Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16qO2Acup5HvUUbJQZB6v2iqUiJMVt-CHHcPygWMfHuk/edit?usp=sharing
NMC Speaker Series: Member of Government
The NMC is excited to announce its first ever lecture anthology. We have invited several distinguished APDA alumni as well as current seniors to give four lectures on APDA speaker positions. Join Chris Porcaro Award Winner Nick Devito for an exploration of the role of the Member of Government! Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/5ivbdBzDbnM Google Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16qO2Acup5HvUUbJQZB6v2iqUiJMVt-CHHcPygWMfHuk/edit?usp=sharing
NMC Speaker Series: Prime Minister
The NMC is excited to announce its first ever lecture anthology. We have invited several distinguished APDA alumni as well as current seniors to give four lectures on APDA speaker positions. Join APDA President Ahmad Howard in an exploration of the role of the Prime Minister! Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/fCIeg9EDhIY?si=JXaIwlNClvSBxnPx Google Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_2AKawzRLDThQsH8CrETwXk7BHnAt_Y_Gb8c8X3axdk/edit?usp=sharing
On Victory by Mac Hays
By Mac Hays Brown ’24 In the first of a planned series of lectures, I aim to explain some of my views on the technical concepts of win conditions in debate in general and APDA in particular. This lecture will involve three parts: 1) A discussion of how applicable technical models of “objectively” understanding and […]