Intro to British Parliamentary and How to Win Debates – with Ruth Silcoff

Image may contain: 1 person, text: Intro to British Parliamentary and How to Win Rounds. June 2, 6PM EST. This seminar will cover roles and strategies for BP speaker positions and tips for success. Ruth has won HHIV 2019 and the Lord Discord Cup 2020, broken at WUDC 2020, and served as a CA at BP champs 2019.


This seminar will be the first of many CUSID seminars to be hosted this summer. Tune in every Tuesday at 6PM EST to learn more about debate and take part in a practice where you can directly apply your skills and meet debaters from across CUSID!
Our first seminar will be hosted by Ruth Silcoff on British Parliamentary strategy. It will cover fundamental debate concepts, as well as tips for success that would be helpful to debaters at all skill levels, including:
– Framing rounds
– Using prep time
– Coming up with arguments and prioritization
Fill in this Question Form if you have anything you’d like to ask Ruth to cover!
https://forms.gle/ry68K1qHEKB2DuUU7
Two hours before the seminar (4PM EST), we’ll be posting the Zoom link for the seminar as well as a Google form (NOT the question form) to sign up to be slotted at the subsequent practice. Please fill in the form by 6PM EST for us to be able to put you in to debate/judge after the seminar!
These seminars are open to absolutely anyone, so spread the word!
See y’all on Tuesday 😎