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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 category

One 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 Topic Review: Berkeley

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Extemporaneous Speaking category

BERKELEY, CA - “I like the idea of public disclosure of extemp topics,” explains Mike Dorsi, the student director of the Berkeley Parliamentary Debate Team, “because it allows scrutiny of topics as well as a practice resource.” As such, Dorsi has released the questions from the Berkeley National Invitational, which concluded two weeks ago, to VBD. Enjoy!

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Extemp Estuary: Cross-Examination

Posted by Jesse Nathan in the Extemp Estuary, Extemporaneous Speaking category

Extempers 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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Celebrating Our National Qualifiers

Posted by Jon Cruz in the Extemporaneous Speaking, Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Nationals 2006, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate category

NEW YORK, NY - Has your district tournament happened already? Is it about to? We’re working on a creating a permanent place to see who will be representing what districts in which events. It will be a place to celebrate the accomplishments of students across the country as they qualify to Nationals. Please keep Jon Cruz up-to-date as your district tournament occurs.

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