Extemp Estuary Archive
Extemp Estuary: Introducing Introductions
Posted by Jesse Nathan in the Extemp Estuary, Extemporaneous Speaking category“Ich Bin Ein Extemper!” Today, we release another segment of the newly published Victory Briefs Extemp Style Guide, this time drawing from the Introductions chapter. What better way, in fact, to begin your season that by perfecting the art of beginning an extemp speech? This chapter covers that concern at length, starting with the basic impetus for introductions as part of the speechmaking process.
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Extemp Estuary: Picking the Topic
Posted by Jesse Nathan in the Extemp Estuary, Extemporaneous Speaking categoryJesse Nathan’s regular column on Extemporaneous Speaking touches upon a number of important issues in the activity. Today, he looks at how to pick a topic-question among the three offered in the prep room.
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Extemp Estuary: Nonverbal Communication
Posted by Jesse Nathan in the Extemp Estuary, Extemporaneous Speaking category“Ich Bin Ein Extemper!” Again this month we will get a glimpse of the forthcoming style guide, this time focusing on the wide world of nonverbal communication.
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Extemp Estuary: Conclusions About Conclusions
Posted by Jesse Nathan in the Extemp Estuary, Extemporaneous Speaking category“Ich Bin Ein Extemper!” Second up for April is a discussion about conclusions.
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Extemp Estuary: The Importance of a Good Transition
Posted by Jesse Nathan in the Extemp Estuary category“Ich Bin Ein Extemper!” This month we first explore the wide world of transitions. The following is an excerpt from the upcoming Victory Briefs Extemp Style Guide, set to be released around the time of Nationals:
And that leads me to my next important point of analysis: transitions. Stilted, formulaic, disconnected — […]
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Extemp Estuary: Life Management
Posted by Jesse Nathan in the Extemp Estuary, Extemporaneous Speaking categoryOne of the things extempers always seem to ask me is how to sustain oneself during the season — or even over the course of a high school career. An underexplored topic, no doubt — but certainly quite relevant. I myself — a second place finisher and national champion at two successive NFL tournaments — remember how burned out I felt after completing my senior year. I was in no shape to continue the event — and I didn’t in college, for this and other reasons. I do not, however, think this is the healthiest way to do anything, let alone an event that is as exciting (and do-able in college) as extemporaneous speaking. So, from my experience, here are my recommendations for how to avoid my tired-out, worn down encounter with extemp…an event I do, however, love dearly to this day.
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Extemp Estuary: Cross-Examination
Posted by Jesse Nathan in the Extemp Estuary, Extemporaneous Speaking categoryExtempers unite! The season is now on the verge of its final throes and nationals is peeking out on the horizon. Ahem. Please excuse the poetics, however, the truth is, now is the time to think about Nationals and how one’s extemp strategy plays into qualifying for that prestigious tournament. In this first February installment, we will be analyzing an aspect of extemp that becomes important primarily during the final part of the year: cross-examination. While traditionally left for debaters, cross-examination can separate two extempers from eachother if they are otherwise quite similar in, say, the qualifying round at the district tournament. So, we begin.
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