Next week is the period break so there are little to no classes at the university and many are taking this as a chance to have a short holiday. So we're not going to have a debate meeting either next Tuesday on March 1st.
See you all again Tuesday after that on March 8th!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Meeting, 15th of February
Hi everyone!
Yesterday we had another fast-paced meeting starting with an exercise and continuing to a full debate of eight people. I'd like to remind everyone that the meeting starts at 5 pm sharp. Lately people have been showing up late so we can't start a full debate right away.
Anyway, the exercise we did meant basically working as a group to think of as many government and opposition points as possible for one motion. We used the motion "THBT arranged marriages should be outlawed" and we did find a lot of things both for and against! I definitely think we should do this more often.
The actual debate motion we chose was "THW ban television advertisements aimed at children". Very surprisingly the debate ended up being "girls vs guys" with girls defending the motion on the gov side and the guys opposing. I sincerely think this was one of the most interesting and even debates we've had for a while! Special thanks to our first-timers who also did a great job.
See you all next week!
Yesterday we had another fast-paced meeting starting with an exercise and continuing to a full debate of eight people. I'd like to remind everyone that the meeting starts at 5 pm sharp. Lately people have been showing up late so we can't start a full debate right away.
Anyway, the exercise we did meant basically working as a group to think of as many government and opposition points as possible for one motion. We used the motion "THBT arranged marriages should be outlawed" and we did find a lot of things both for and against! I definitely think we should do this more often.
The actual debate motion we chose was "THW ban television advertisements aimed at children". Very surprisingly the debate ended up being "girls vs guys" with girls defending the motion on the gov side and the guys opposing. I sincerely think this was one of the most interesting and even debates we've had for a while! Special thanks to our first-timers who also did a great job.
See you all next week!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
How to get to E301
There's quite a lot of renovation going on at the university campus and at the moment the E-wing is cut out from the main building, so you have to take another route to get to our meeting. Here's the map of the campus: http://www.uta.fi/kuvat/yliopisto_paakampus_1105_FIN.pdf
The room E301 is in the E-wing, at the northernmost part of it. Simply walk under the huge tunnel and pass the door the tunnel is connected to until you reach the E-wing. Open the door under the building and climb up until you reach E301. (This door is roughly where the E-wing meets the D-wing, see the picture.) There's some construction going on outside as well, but don't worry, the E-wing doors can be accessed.
The room E301 is in the E-wing, at the northernmost part of it. Simply walk under the huge tunnel and pass the door the tunnel is connected to until you reach the E-wing. Open the door under the building and climb up until you reach E301. (This door is roughly where the E-wing meets the D-wing, see the picture.) There's some construction going on outside as well, but don't worry, the E-wing doors can be accessed.
Friday, January 7, 2011
This year's first meeting
Happy new year, everyone!
To kick off 2011, I strongly recommend you to join us in this year's first meeting, Tuesday, 18th of January. I can't wait to debate again! See you there!
To kick off 2011, I strongly recommend you to join us in this year's first meeting, Tuesday, 18th of January. I can't wait to debate again! See you there!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Yet another last meeting before Christmas!
We had so much fun in today's meeting that we decided to meet one last time before Christmas. Next Tuesday, same place, same time.
It would be nice to know, though, how many people are coming, so please drop a comment on Facebook. See you all next week!
It would be nice to know, though, how many people are coming, so please drop a comment on Facebook. See you all next week!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Last Debate Before Christmas
Next week, Tuesday 7th, will be our last debate meeting for this year. We will continue again on January and will post here when the first meeting will be.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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.
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.
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