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Download the latest tools to help your teams prepare for new topics or get practice in with sample materials! The following are member resources available for member coaches and students at member schools!
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Upcoming Convo: Electronic Equipment in Info and Scouting in Debate
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The Competition and Rules Leadership Committee will meet on September 17 to determine subcommittee topics for 2024-2025 and discuss whether to change rules regarding use of electronic equipment in Informative Speaking and scouting in debate. We invite you to review the agenda in advance and send any feedback to lauren.burdt@speechanddebate.org.
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Save Time Planning Your Instruction with Start Here
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If you are taking on a team or a class for the first time, or you want to refresh your materials, check out our Start Here lesson plan series. It features 13 grab-and-go lesson plan collections for interpretation, public address, and debate. They include a mix of activities, lecture, video, group work, assessments, and more. Other members grade them an "A"! Check the materials out as you gear up for the year—they're included with NSDA school membership!
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Preparing Students for Interpretation Events
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As students begin to prepare their pieces for Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Duo Interp, or Program Oral Interp, check out these resources to guide them through the process!
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Character Checklist » Use these tools to find the voice, goals, and motivations for a character.
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How to Pick a Piece » Join an expert Interper and coach for an in-depth conversation about searching for a piece, identifying your strengths, and finding the right fit.
- Demonstration of an Effective Cutting » Work through the process of cutting an Interp step-by-step in this hour-long video!
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Crafting a Duo Interp » Go behind the scenes of the cutting, blocking, practicing, and performing of a final round Duo. In this course, finalists Ethan Gambriel and Tyler Simpson use script notation, video, and narration to share the story behind their performance of A Tiny Miracle With a Fiberoptic Unicorn.
- Intro Courses » New to interpretation events? Dive into coaching Humorous and Dramatic Interpretation in this course!
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Dive into Lincoln-Douglas with Online Courses
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Use our self-paced online courses to increase your knowledge of Lincoln-Douglas Debate, or share them with students for independent learning or as a peer coaching resource. All courses are included with coach or student membership, no school membership required!
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Prep for the Policy Topic with Free Workshops
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We invite students and coaches to learn more about intellectual property in preparation for the 2024-2025 Policy Debate topic, Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
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Over the course of three FREE sessions this fall, COSI’s online Extracurricular Intellectual Property Innovation Center will introduce the basics of intellectual property, explore current issues in IP, answer questions, and offer feedback on arguments. Learn more or sign up today. Each workshop will be recorded and provided to registered participant.
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