Improve Debate's Impact

Improve Debate's Impact

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Improve Debate's Impact episodes

  • Start your Debate Club in the right way! with Vangel Gorgiev of YEF

    Prefer watching to a taping of this episode? https://youtu.be/VIt7jCdtEsE  

    Vangel used to be a debater. Now he's more. A senior coach at North Macedonia's Youth Educational Forum, he knows better than most how to make a success of your debate club.  With debate clubs moving more and more online, understanding what works is more important than ever. This case study tells us how to make debate fun and educational. Its template can be used for people starting out the year in fall.  

    Want to learn more? Use this accompanying list of links:   

    Learn more about YEF:  

    https://www.facebook.com/MOFedu/

    https://mof.mk/  

    Folder with trainings and pracical advice:

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s47KmlT7IrgzmviEq3mJiMrVnQwAcazd?usp=sharing  

    IDI has been made possible by the Operational Grant of Europe for Citizens

    42 min
  • Brian Wong on the dilemmas communities face when they confront prejudice

    in this special miniseries we are hosting conversations with some of global debate's leading voices on making debate a more inclusive space.  In this episode we speak with Brian Wong. Brian is DPhil (PhD) candidate at the University of Oxford and the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Political Review. As a judge they have judged nearly every final in competitive debate, whilst also reaching the semi finals of the European Universities Debating Championships as a speaker.

    This conversation was wide-ranging and complex. I feel like you should come away from this conversation with more questions in your head than when you entered it. At its core, this is a conversation about how we as individuals and communities should listen, adapt, grow, and remain open throughout difficult debates about inclusion and discrimination.

    Topics include:

    * How cross-circuit discrimination materialises and the role ethnicity plays in failing to recognise talent ; how reductive argumentation about minorities makes minorities feel unwelcome whilst at the same time being a succesful strategy in winning a competive debate, and how we can stop this vicious cycle.

    * How we can go beyond "performing" progressive attitudes to actually incorporating them in our practice. How this 'performative' attitude means people avoid self-criticism whilst stifling voices at the fringe of the community.

    * The role of anger and exhaustion in political conversation, a framework for when it is effective or apt to be angry about racism and discrimination, and a recognition of the hard emotional labour we currently and often ask minorities to do in combatting racism.

    IDI hosts conversations about making debate education better. Debate Education is a crucial 21st-century tool to improve young people's critical thinking, civic participation, and public speaking. We talk with leading experts in the field to unlock debate's potential.  IDI is a podcast by the International Debate Education Association.  This podcast is co-funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme of the European Union.

    A list of further sources accompanying the podcast can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lar5XRgFi-eQOUfD_2StAb2_YhIFfzOj?usp=sharing


    The paper mentioned by Brian in the end can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237269740_Deliberation_before_the_Revolution_Toward_an_Ethics_of_Deliberative_Democracy_in_an_Unjust_World

    The Oxford Political Review can be found here:

    http://oxfordpoliticalreview.com/

    Want to offer feedback? Do you want to be featured on this show? Mail [email protected]

    1 hr 3 min
  • Learn and Improve based on Evaluation | With Expert Bob van der Winden

    Prefer listening to this episode on YouTube? https://youtu.be/hxu0O8ucMXA

     Bob van der Winden has a long and storied career. From studying physics to advising radio stations in Southern Africa. His Sensemapping approach helps you think deeply about your project, and find out what works, and why.  Join us for this conversation about the use and misuse of evaluations, and learn how to improve your program!  Evaluation is the missing piece for so many of our activities: from being a debater, to being a coach, to a programme manager. Understanding evaluation is the key to improve, and this conversation will be insightful no matter your link to debate.  

    Want to learn more? Use this accompanying list of links:   

    www.sensemapping.nl  

    For a Debate Impact Evaluation, go to: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zvmnHnRU7HpIwamBfkRKxY0AX1OtzvvJ?usp=sharing  

    IDI has been made possible by the Operational Grant of Europe for Citizens

    47 min
  • Build Debate at the Core of Your Community, with Nathania Engelhardt

    Prefer listening to this episode as a YouTube video? https://youtu.be/l6TbE4AUECI

    Improve Debate's Impact!  In this session we are joined by Nathania Engelhardt, founder of Debat.ed, the first-ever debate organisation of Curaçao. She presents a radical and inclusive vision for debate education: outside of the walls and classrooms of universities, bringing debate directly into the community. She also likes to dream big, as she can attest by her plans to organise PanAms and CMUDE (Spanish World Championships) with her fledgling organisation.  

    Want to learn more? Use this accompanying list of links:   

    Debat.ed website https://debated.cw/  

    TEDxCuracao | How Debate Education can reshape communities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAJoNP6YMXs  

    IDI has been made possible by the Operational Grant of Europe for Citizens

    42 min
  • Involve your alumni, with Ondrej Schutz

    Want to watch the video recording? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdvoxbEr0gQ

    In this session we are joined by Ondrej Schutz, Executive Director of the Slovak Debate Association. We will learn how you can use the alumni of your debate program to make an impact on your current activities.  

    Want to learn more? Use this accompanying list of links:   https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1lar5XRgFi-eQOUfD_2StAb2_YhIFfzOj


     IDI has been made possible by the Operational Grant of Europe for Citizens

    44 min
  • How to have better conversations and debates about race, with Martha Muir

    Prefer listening to this episode as a video? https://youtu.be/IYWAH2o_Ccc

    In this special miniseries we are hosting conversations with some of global debate's leading voices on making debate a more inclusive space.  In this episode we speak with Martha Muir. Martha is currently finishing her undergraduate degree in politics at Durham University. Whilst there she was the Director of Debates at Durham Union and a breaking participant at the European and Universities Debating Championships. 

    We discussed the following topics;  

    * How stereotyping and essentialising language about minority groups in debate is offputting and harmful, even when employed by people in good faith; what better ways exist to argue about topics concerning minority groups; and how we can improve learning about social justice topics in the community.

    * How to have more productive conversations about racism and equity in the community; the damaging role of social media in current discussions; and the importance of patience, of checking your own role in a conversation, and listening to each other.  

    IDI hosts conversations about making debate education better. Debate Education is a crucial 21st-century tool to improve young people's critical thinking, civic participation, and public speaking. We talk with leading experts in the field to unlock debate's potential.  IDI is a podcast by the International Debate Education Association.  This podcast is co-funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme of the European Union. 

    A list of further sources accompanying the podcast can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lar5XRgFi-eQOUfD_2StAb2_YhIFfzOj?usp=sharing  

    Want to offer feedback? Do you want to be featured on this show? Mail [email protected]

    33 min
  • How to include new people into your debate community, with Esinam Osei-Bonsu

    Prefer listening to this series as a video? https://youtu.be/sXyO3ebt8Wo 

    In this special miniseries we are hosting conversations with some of global debate's leading voices on making debate a more inclusive space. 

     In this episode we speak with Esinam Osei-Bonsu. Esinam is a prominent debater in the Ghanaian debating community, where she helped set up a Women's Tournament to allow women to join ánd stay in debating. She herself felt the hurdles of entering and staying in the debate community whilst moving to Cambridge University for her postgraduate degree.

     This episode includes the following topics: 

     * How the majority in a space can be blind to the adjustments needed to make everyone feel welcome into their club, and how concrete steps can - and must - be made to include this majority;

    * How representation in adjudication cores and in organisation, learning from each other's backgrounds, taking complaints seriously, and reaching out to student communities beyond your own can make a real difference to increase the representation of minorities in the debate community;
    * how ignorance by the majority in a space can be broken down by patient and good-faith conversation on both ends;
    * what we can learn from the rise of women's debating in Ghana.  

    IDI hosts conversations about making debate education better. Debate Education is a crucial 21st-century tool to improve young people's critical thinking, civic participation, and public speaking. We talk with leading experts in the field to unlock debate's potential.  IDI is a podcast by the International Debate Education Association.  

    A list of further sources accompanying the podcast can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

    36 min
  • Combatting Racism Interviews | How to make Worlds more inclusive, with Noluthando Honono

    In this special miniseries we are hosting conversations with some of global debate's leading voices on making debate a more inclusive space.  

    In this episode we speak with Noluthando Honono. Noluthando is a prominent voice in the South African debating community. This community organised the Worlds Universities Debating Championships in Cape Town in 2019, and based on some sobering experiences at the tournament Black debaters launched an important conversation on making Worlds far more accessible to all.  

    This episode includes the following topics:  

    * Some important proposed adjustments to how Worlds is run, including redistribution of reg fees and votes on Council, to make sure debaters from the Global South can actually participate;

    * The persistent lack of recognition for second-language debaters by the community, and a suggestion to host a parallel Worlds in French;
    * The need to target implicit biases that occur in debate rounds, and the need to improve adjudicator training on this topic;
    * The importance of having an open mindset and active listening on conversations surrounding race, prejudice and discrimination.  

    IDI hosts conversations about making debate education better. Debate Education is a crucial 21st-century tool to improve young people's critical thinking, civic participation, and public speaking. We talk with leading experts in the field to unlock debate's potential.  

    IDI is a podcast by the International Debate Education Association, and is co-financed by the Europe for Citizens programme of the European Union.  

    A list of further sources accompanying the podcast can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lar5XRgFi-eQOUfD_2StAb2_YhIFfzOj?usp=sharing  

    The proposal for WUDC reform can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/mighti-jamie/access-for-africa/10157761430935070/

    The video recording of this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/fm3Oy7zhAts

    42 min
  • How to organise a succesful debate event

    Improve Debate's Impact!  In this session IDEA staffers Daan Welling and Mojmír Stehlík run you through a step-by-step guide to organise a succesful project. Including that one time a convenor had to drive all across The Netherlands on Christmas to print out some barcodes...

     Want to set up your own club, event, or training program? Want to learn more about Project Cycle Management? Use this accompanying list of links: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lar5XRgFi-eQOUfD_2StAb2_YhIFfzOj?usp=sharing

    IDI has been made possible by the Operational Grant of Europe for Citizens

    Please mail us at [email protected] for any feedback or suggestions for future episodes! Or fill in this quick survey: https://forms.gle/Vte7nFucFJpr8VFB7

    52 min

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IDI hosts conversations about making debate education better. Debate Education is a crucial 21st-century tool to improve young people's critical thinking, civic participation, and public speaking. We talk with leading experts in the field to unlock debate's potential.