Mar
10
They say 85% of all debate briefs are written in the 48 hours before a tournament. Let me correct that: 85% of all debate briefs are written in the 48 hours before a tournament, unless you have an expos to finish.
Howdy, I’m an author here now! Two things:
- For all your last-minute research, check out Factsmith.
- If anyone has a good idea of a mildly silly, simple thing to put up on an expos board to represent the internet, please tell!
How about a picture of Al Gore!
(http://politicalhumor.about.co.....eaties.htm)
Or: Go into your dad’s closet. Find his mass (about two pounds) of tech wires. Stick em’ on the board while your talking. Or just hold it up. Or grab a picture (http://i.ehow.com/images/Globa.....n_Full.jpg) (http://dvanzant.files.wordpres...../cords.jpg)
If you have an internet safety section in your speech you could use this. (http://download.zonelabs.com/b.....0_box2.jpg)
-Ben
I like Ben’s idea about the wire. Maybe you could border one or more of your boards with a long, flat, “wire-looking” strip of paper to frame the edge.
If you talk about people’s addiction to the internet, you could use this picture as a warning:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QpFf.....eleton.jpg
Christina
Actually the reference to the internet is extremely passing – the rest of the speech is unrelated. It’s just a good opportunity to do something mildly silly in an otherwise rather uninteresting section of the speech.
I thought of the wires idea some time back, but I couldn’t really figure out how to get it to work and flow smoothly – and be mess-free enough. I’m thinking right now of having a really simple graph that plots something (like correct punctuation) and shows the (exaggerated) change when the internet comes in.
zomlol liek d00d i haz mad grammur sk1llz rofl!!!!111!!!1!1!
Yeah.
http://politicalhumor.about.co.....ternet.htm
-Ben