Dear all,
We are glad to announce that on September 18–19, 2010 in the beautiful city of Kyiv (Ukraine) Third Annual International Debate Tournament KYIV OPEN will take place, held by UYNGO “Debate Academy”.
The Tournament is held in British Parliamentary style.
Language – English.
Team cap – 40 teams.
Participation fee €15 for members of UYNGO “Debate Academy”,
€25 for other debaters,
no charge for adjudicators.
Participants are provided with accommodation, food and transfer round our beautiful city.
We insist on N-1 rule.
Chief Adjudicator – Jens Henning Fischer (Head of Berlin Debating Union, prominent debater and adjudicator at Euros and Worlds).
DCA's: Anne Valkering (EUDC finalist and Euros 2010 convenor) and Eugene Akulich (breaking Worlds & Euros adjudicator, WUDC finalist and Moscow Open organizer)
During the Tournament participants will face 5 preliminary, semi-final and final rounds, debate parties with some r-r-real surprise; have an opportunity to communicate with extraordinary people; and feel the unique atmosphere of one of the oldest cities of Europe.
REGISTRATION is OPEN till August, 20.
Don’t miss your chance to debate in one of the greenest, most picturesque and ancient cities of Europe! Just imagine: golden trees, domes of cathedrals and... pure debates!
Details and regforms are available at http://debate.org.ua/category/KYIV-OPEN/
Our group on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=121194991620
If you have any questions feel free to contact us on KyivOpen@gmail.com .
Co-convenors,
Kira Shymanska
Ayshe Memetova
23 July 2010
20 July 2010
More updates about the Red Sea Open
Hello Debaters!
We all had fun at Euros Amsterdam, but that is over now, Time to move on. And moving on starts at Eilat!
If five days in a hotel along with all-you-can-drink free Alcohol and the most cracking A-Team in the world wasn’t enough* - we added more reasons to come to the Red-Sea-Open.
As Announced in Amsterdam, the winning team will take away 500$!!!! We are also offering 250$ for the best speaker! That is 750$ that can be yours if you are the best speaker and win the tournament while your partner suddenly “disappears” after the final! (Cost of making partner disappear may exceed 750$.)
So, what do you still need to do? Registration closes on July 25th, so you have less than a week to find a partner, pick a cool team name, buy a swimsuit and come down to a tournament of fun!
Not spreading the love, but spreading free Alcohol, food and pool parties!
The RSO team.
http://www.redseaopen.com/
*”The most cracking A- Team in the world”, if you didn’t know, consists of Can Okar, Will Jones and our very own Anat Gelber!
We all had fun at Euros Amsterdam, but that is over now, Time to move on. And moving on starts at Eilat!
If five days in a hotel along with all-you-can-drink free Alcohol and the most cracking A-Team in the world wasn’t enough* - we added more reasons to come to the Red-Sea-Open.
As Announced in Amsterdam, the winning team will take away 500$!!!! We are also offering 250$ for the best speaker! That is 750$ that can be yours if you are the best speaker and win the tournament while your partner suddenly “disappears” after the final! (Cost of making partner disappear may exceed 750$.)
So, what do you still need to do? Registration closes on July 25th, so you have less than a week to find a partner, pick a cool team name, buy a swimsuit and come down to a tournament of fun!
Not spreading the love, but spreading free Alcohol, food and pool parties!
The RSO team.
http://www.redseaopen.com/
*”The most cracking A- Team in the world”, if you didn’t know, consists of Can Okar, Will Jones and our very own Anat Gelber!
World Debate Forum : Application and Topic Selection Process
Greetings!
We've received quite a lot of interest in the World Debate Forum and a lot of useful comments. One of them was to provide a clearer idea of how participants can present their ideas - and so that's what we done.
Below we outline the registration process and provide two templates for those interested to conduct a presentation or a meeting.
We are currently in the process of forming the topic selection committee and putting up a website. More to come soon!
Cheers
Logan
World Debate Forum - Registration Process
We have an absolute limit of 100 places. We want to have as many people as possible attend, but we also want to reflect the diversity of topics and interests.
Registering to Present Ideas or Organize a Meeting
- 30 places are reserved for people who are presenting or organizing meetings
Registering to Share and Participate (non-presenter, not organizing a meeting)
- 40 places to be allocated purely on first-come-first serve
- 30 places to be allocated to ensure diversity – a balance between areas of areas, expertise etc. This will be determined by the organizers and the topic selection committee.
Deadlines
- Proposing Presentations and Meetings – submit your topics before the 30th of September 2010
- Registering as non-presenters or organizers of meetings – register before the 30th of October 2010
World Debate Forum - Topic Selection Process
There will be three stages of topic selection
1. Topics will first be filtered to ensure they are consistent with the overall theme of the Forum and the topic area.
2. Topics will then be published for online voting. Anyone can vote on what you think is an interesting topic, you don’t have be registered to attend to vote.
3. Topic selectors will then choose additional topics.
We are in the process of forming the topic selection committee
World Debate Forum - Application Process
*Presentations*
- Submit a title and abstract of your presentation. This abstract should be of 300 words or less. You do not have to submit your entire presentation.
The abstract should discuss the main theme of the presentation, give an outline of the issues you will discuss and what you hope to achieve.
- If relevant, you can briefly introduce yourself and/or your organization
- Also choose a topic area – Tournament, Education or Advocacy
*Example for Presentations*
Topic : Modifying the registration process at WUDC
Topic Area : Tournament
Abstract :
Given the incredible demand to attend WUDC, there needs to be a system that fairly selects the teams who gets the privilege of participation. The current system of first-come-first-serve has merits but leaves too much to the chance of the internet. I will propose a system that has a component of chance but also tries to ensure diversity. The outline of my presentation will be as follow:
1. Problems with the status quo
2. The goal of WUDC – determining the champion and representing the world
3. The proposed system (assuming a team cap of 400 and 30 countries participating)
1. 30 teams allocated purely on first-come-first-serve
2. 10 teams allocated to first-come-first-serve for each country
3. Every team that broke the year before is guaranteed a place (above other registration opportunities)
4. Half Extra teams allocated to regional teams and new debate regions
5. Half Extra teams put back into the waiting list
6. A simulation of how this process would have worked on past Worlds
7. Q&A
*Meetings/Workshops*
- Similar to the process for presentations, you should submit a title for your meeting and submit an abstract that discuss the theme of the meeting, states its goals and provides an agenda. You may also submit background material.
- You can also state what you expect people who attend this meeting to be interested or involved in
- If relevant, you can briefly introduce yourself and/or your organization
- Also choose a topic area – Tournament, Education or Advocacy
*Example for Meetings/Workshops*
Topic : Developing a framework to develop African debating
Topic Area : Advocacy/Education
Abstract : There has been a lot of activity in developing debate in Africa the past few years. With more coordination between institutions active in debate and organizations promoting debate, we can increase the impact of this work.
This meeting aims to highlight some of the successes and challenges and develop a framework to sustainably promote debate in Africa I would like to talk to people currently involved in promoting debate at the university or highschool level (in or outside Africa), members of universities with debate programs, civil society organizations interested in debate or have access to funding. At the end of this meeting we hope to find people who are willing to work with us or ideas we can use to improve our work.
We are _____________, an African NGO that aims to develop African society by empowering them though knowledge and debate. We were set up in 1998 and since then have been running workshops and programs to students and teachers, promoting new tools of education – like debate, drama and music.
We have project ongoing in ____, ______ and _____, involving in total 400 students and 60 teachers.
1. Overview on current programs (this is detailed in the material attached – participants are expected to read this before attending the meeting)
2. What are the challenges?
1. Trainers and training materials
2. Funding
3. Venues
4. Dealing with administrators
3.Building solutions
1. Assemble best practices
2. Volunteer trainers – Teach Debate for Africa for 1 year
3. Joint Programs – Adopt a School in Our Community
4. Joint applications for funding and support
4. Compile Framework
Other Possible topics
- Modifying the registration system at Worlds
- Teaching debate in the classroom: Modules for teachers and students
- Grading debates – a process that is academically responsible and not overly rigid
- Fundraising from your institution – how to persuade them that debate is worth paying for
- The role of Manner in debate – a modification to the scoring system
- A curriculum for using debate to teach English
Logan
Chief Adjudicator WUDC 2011
http://www.botswanaworlds.com/
Debate videos -> loganimal.blip.tv
We've received quite a lot of interest in the World Debate Forum and a lot of useful comments. One of them was to provide a clearer idea of how participants can present their ideas - and so that's what we done.
Below we outline the registration process and provide two templates for those interested to conduct a presentation or a meeting.
We are currently in the process of forming the topic selection committee and putting up a website. More to come soon!
Cheers
Logan
World Debate Forum - Registration Process
We have an absolute limit of 100 places. We want to have as many people as possible attend, but we also want to reflect the diversity of topics and interests.
Registering to Present Ideas or Organize a Meeting
- 30 places are reserved for people who are presenting or organizing meetings
Registering to Share and Participate (non-presenter, not organizing a meeting)
- 40 places to be allocated purely on first-come-first serve
- 30 places to be allocated to ensure diversity – a balance between areas of areas, expertise etc. This will be determined by the organizers and the topic selection committee.
Deadlines
- Proposing Presentations and Meetings – submit your topics before the 30th of September 2010
- Registering as non-presenters or organizers of meetings – register before the 30th of October 2010
World Debate Forum - Topic Selection Process
There will be three stages of topic selection
1. Topics will first be filtered to ensure they are consistent with the overall theme of the Forum and the topic area.
2. Topics will then be published for online voting. Anyone can vote on what you think is an interesting topic, you don’t have be registered to attend to vote.
3. Topic selectors will then choose additional topics.
We are in the process of forming the topic selection committee
World Debate Forum - Application Process
*Presentations*
- Submit a title and abstract of your presentation. This abstract should be of 300 words or less. You do not have to submit your entire presentation.
The abstract should discuss the main theme of the presentation, give an outline of the issues you will discuss and what you hope to achieve.
- If relevant, you can briefly introduce yourself and/or your organization
- Also choose a topic area – Tournament, Education or Advocacy
*Example for Presentations*
Topic : Modifying the registration process at WUDC
Topic Area : Tournament
Abstract :
Given the incredible demand to attend WUDC, there needs to be a system that fairly selects the teams who gets the privilege of participation. The current system of first-come-first-serve has merits but leaves too much to the chance of the internet. I will propose a system that has a component of chance but also tries to ensure diversity. The outline of my presentation will be as follow:
1. Problems with the status quo
2. The goal of WUDC – determining the champion and representing the world
3. The proposed system (assuming a team cap of 400 and 30 countries participating)
1. 30 teams allocated purely on first-come-first-serve
2. 10 teams allocated to first-come-first-serve for each country
3. Every team that broke the year before is guaranteed a place (above other registration opportunities)
4. Half Extra teams allocated to regional teams and new debate regions
5. Half Extra teams put back into the waiting list
6. A simulation of how this process would have worked on past Worlds
7. Q&A
*Meetings/Workshops*
- Similar to the process for presentations, you should submit a title for your meeting and submit an abstract that discuss the theme of the meeting, states its goals and provides an agenda. You may also submit background material.
- You can also state what you expect people who attend this meeting to be interested or involved in
- If relevant, you can briefly introduce yourself and/or your organization
- Also choose a topic area – Tournament, Education or Advocacy
*Example for Meetings/Workshops*
Topic : Developing a framework to develop African debating
Topic Area : Advocacy/Education
Abstract : There has been a lot of activity in developing debate in Africa the past few years. With more coordination between institutions active in debate and organizations promoting debate, we can increase the impact of this work.
This meeting aims to highlight some of the successes and challenges and develop a framework to sustainably promote debate in Africa I would like to talk to people currently involved in promoting debate at the university or highschool level (in or outside Africa), members of universities with debate programs, civil society organizations interested in debate or have access to funding. At the end of this meeting we hope to find people who are willing to work with us or ideas we can use to improve our work.
We are _____________, an African NGO that aims to develop African society by empowering them though knowledge and debate. We were set up in 1998 and since then have been running workshops and programs to students and teachers, promoting new tools of education – like debate, drama and music.
We have project ongoing in ____, ______ and _____, involving in total 400 students and 60 teachers.
1. Overview on current programs (this is detailed in the material attached – participants are expected to read this before attending the meeting)
2. What are the challenges?
1. Trainers and training materials
2. Funding
3. Venues
4. Dealing with administrators
3.Building solutions
1. Assemble best practices
2. Volunteer trainers – Teach Debate for Africa for 1 year
3. Joint Programs – Adopt a School in Our Community
4. Joint applications for funding and support
4. Compile Framework
Other Possible topics
- Modifying the registration system at Worlds
- Teaching debate in the classroom: Modules for teachers and students
- Grading debates – a process that is academically responsible and not overly rigid
- Fundraising from your institution – how to persuade them that debate is worth paying for
- The role of Manner in debate – a modification to the scoring system
- A curriculum for using debate to teach English
Logan
Chief Adjudicator WUDC 2011
http://www.botswanaworlds.com/
Debate videos -> loganimal.blip.tv
Coach position in Seattle
Seattle University are seeking a British Parliamentary (BP) Debate Coach for their debate team.
If you are interested and want more information visit https://jobs.seattleu.edu/ (using the requisition number 10074) or e-mail Dr. Paul Christopher
If you are interested and want more information visit https://jobs.seattleu.edu/ (using the requisition number 10074) or e-mail Dr. Paul Christopher
19 July 2010
Botswana Worlds Finance Update : Wire transfer information and proof of payment process
On behalf of the Botswana Worlds Finance Team:
Dear World Participants,
Please use your institution's registration account to send your proof of payments and getting
invoices. First click My Invoice, and on the top there's a link Send Wire Transfer Info. This will
take you to the page below:
Also below is updated bank information needed for making payments. The information
includes all information as requested by some institutions who wanted to make payments.
1.Full Name of Receiving Bank (Vendor's Bank)
- Capital Bank Botswana, GABORONE BRANCH
2.Complete Address of Bank
- Plot 17954, Old Lobatse Road
3. Branch number
- 80-02-67
4. Swift code or Sort Code
- Gaborone sift: CAPLBWGAXX
5. IBAN ( if European Country)
- Correspondent Bank: CITI BANK NEW YORK, SWIFT CODE: CITIUS33
- IBAN: 74CPBK08927388130138
6. Account number for person receiving the wire
- 0020025709131
7. Beneficiary of the wire (Name of Vendor on the account above)
- University of Botswana Debate Masters Association
8. Beneficiary's Street Address
- PLOT 4775, NOTWANE ROAD
9. Beneficiary's City and State / Province
- Gaborone
10. Beneficiary's Country
- Botswana, Africa
11. Reference
- WUDC 2011 REGISTRATION FEES
Thank you
Botswana Worlds Finance Team
--
Chief Adjudicator WUDC 2011
Debate videos -> loganimal.blip.tv
18 July 2010
European Debating Championships Final Video
A video of the final of the 2010 European Debating Championships has now been uploaded to Debatierclub Potsdam.
To view it visit http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BC5B5A9F9F2368D9
To view it visit http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BC5B5A9F9F2368D9
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