Emory National Debate Institute

Ed Lee (remember he’s trying to win the best lecturer award at ENDI) gives this lecture on how to properly deal with undoubtedly the most popular CP on the topic – the States CP. This lecture is in three parts.

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James Roland, coach at Emory, is known for how powerful his lectures can be. In this feature, he presents tips on how to give the most effective cross-ex’s. The lecture is in four parts.

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Ana Nikolic, debater at Emory, gives a lecture on the counterplans on the topic. She goes through different types of CP’s on the topic as well as a little bit of theory.

He’s considered one of the best high school debaters of all time and his success has transferred into college. Stephen Weil, TOC Champion and Copeland Award Runner Up, gives a lecture on how to best utilize the most strategic part of a debate round, the negative block. This lecture is in five parts.

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Mikaela Malsin, debater for Emory, gives a lecture on the best way to impact poverty in the 2AR.  The lecture can be found in two parts.  This lecture will be extremely helpful as many debates this year will involve a poverty advantage.

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Although, you probably won’t be at debate camp when you watch this lecture – Ed Lee, director of debate at Emory, gives fantastic advice that can be used at any time of the year.

This lecture is in three parts.

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In a second research skills lecture, Dylan Keenan, who Ed Lee pronounced as “one of the best researchers he’s ever seen”, goes into to detail on how to find the best evidence. This lecture is fantastic. The lecture can be found in three parts.

You may want to use this document that gives examples of the specific type of evidence Dylan mentions.

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James Herndon, coach at Emory, gives this introductory lecture on research skills. The lecture goes in detail about how to write citations, use templates, and properly find sources.

You can download the template [used at ENDI] to follow along in Herndon’s lecture.

You can find the lecture in five parts. Yes, five… it’s the only way we could get it to work.

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The following videos are from the Demonstration Debate at ENDI.  The affirmative team is Joel Lemuel (1A, Grady Alum) and Ana Nikolic (2A).  The negative team is Mikaela Malsin (1N) and Stephen Weil (2N, Westminster Alum).

The Demo Debate follows the cut. Comment your opinions and who you think won the debate.

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We have uploaded the complete set of evidence given at the ENDI camp & Middle School camp.  You can find them here.