First Speech Strategies

Introduction to debate lectures and materials. Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas Debate courses taught by Jonathan Wolfson. In this clip, Jonathan discusses the first impression a debate team makes: the first speech. He provides goals, strategy, and questions for every debater to consider before giving the first speech. This is one lecture in the free learning to debate series brought to you by TheGreatDebate from www.greatdebate.net. Check out our brand new debate textbook: The Great Debate; a Handbook for Policy Debate & Public Forum Debate too. Stay tuned for more videos.