More Training Possibilities

In order to provide society members training possibilities that more match their personal debate goals, we will soon have more training options available. Firstly, there will be an additional meeting formed for those wishing to raise their debating skills to the next level. Secondly, in the Tuesday meetings there will be an option to have your speech recorded on video, and then later be able to download it for your viewing.

Second Meeting

In yesterday's meeting we discussed ways to provide additional training for those interested in either competing, or just improving their skills more and faster.

I suggested that a way to accomplish this is to have extra meetings in addition to the one on Tuesday. It turns out that there is sufficient interest in this and so we will go forth with it.

The plan is as follows:
The Tuesday meetings will remain the same, but additional meetings will be formed. The goal of these additional meetings will be to first determine what aspects people want to train, set goals, and then proceed in reaching them. That is, the approach will be a bit more rigorous than in Tuesday meetings in order to achieve heightened development for those who wish it. In addition for those wishing to compete, we can also arrange to have competitions between, for example, Tampere and Helsinki debating societies sometime during the spring, or whenever people feel they are ready for that. But I also want to emphasize that this is not only for those wishing to compete, just wanting to increase your skills more is enough.

The time and place for the additional meetings will, at least at the beginning, be decided based on what suits the participants best. That is, they can vary. But we can discuss this, and more, once we meet for the first time.

Now, you don't have to be great in debating to take part in this intensive training. The plan is to make you great, all you need is the willingness to put some extra effort in.

Think about it, and if you are interested send me a message either through email or Facebook. We can later decide what is the best venue for deciding meeting times etc. Also if you have any suggestions or comments they are most welcome!

Video Recording
One great way to improve is to see yourself speaking. You can spot what you could improve on and then work on those aspects. In future meetings we will provide everyone with the option to have their speech recorded and available for later downloading online. The video will be made with a webcam so it will not be HDTV quality or anything but sufficient for our purposes. The recording will of course  be behind a password, and as such not visible for the whole world. :) And again, this is totally optional, and recordings will only be made from speeches of people who so wish.