Debate Coaching
Debate Courses
for Organizations
Debate - what is it?
Debate is a form of intellectual competition that assesses your ability to convince about any given topic, including politics, law, economics, education, environmental policy, etc. There are only 15 minutes to prepare your speech, and you cannot use the Internet. Debate originated in 18th century Cambridge, England, and remains a vital part of British discourse culture. Judging is conducted by a qualified adjudicator who provides feedback for improvement to all participants.
Training adapted to organizations transforms debate into something much more than a competitive event. Debate is the art, the medium, and the most comprehensive, challenging, and in-depth platform for acquiring persuasive skills, public speaking, and verbal communication!
Table of contents:
An asset for the individual
and the organization
Personal Growth
Goals
Organizational Objectives
Goals for personal growth
- Overcome stage fright and practice public speaking.
- Learn to present a position and convince others about a wide variety of dilemmas and issues with relevant, accurate, and reasoned arguments.
- Improve your ability to distinguish key messages and focus on them.
- Better refute opposing arguments in real-time and respond to questions and objections.
- Improve your improvisation skills and your ability to think on your feet.
- Increase your ability to listen to and fully understand the other side.
Organizational objectives
- Improve communication within the organization and with external stakeholders, by gaining a renewed way of thinking about arguments and new ways of expressing them.
- Enhance the quality of work discussions and make decisions orderly and correctly.
- Create employee buy-in for organizational changes by improving communication between managers and employees.
- Achieve collaboration and frictionless information flow between colleagues.
- Increase customer satisfaction, retention, and sales.
- Strengthen teamwork.
"Monica is a superb professional. The uncompromising thoroughness she displays matches the high standards required by Talpiot. The debate training she provided greatly benefited the trainees and the organization as a whole. "
(Alon Granot, Talpiot Program Commander)
Suggested course structure
Each session is composed of two parts:
Lesson
Practice
Feedback
Lesson topics
- Persuasion fundamentals, speech structure, and style
- Burdenas of proof and argument selection.
- Rebuttal.
- Argument building and logical explanation.
- Advanced argument-building workshop
- Summary
- Criteria building and principled cases
- Wordsmithing and semantics
- Objection handling and dealing with questions
- Logical fallacies and cognitive biases
- Debating in everyday situations (aka how to argue and stay friends)
"This course transforms persuasion from an abstract art or intuitive ability into an organized methodology and easy-to-learn tools. "
(Anonymous)
Logistics
- Lessons will be held in the organization's offices.
- The ideal number of participants is at least 6. To ensure everyone participates fully in the debate practice, groups should be in multiples of four (8, 12, 16 people).
Ideal for
- Organizations that are interested in creating a common language between employees through experiential activities.
- Companies that want their employees to communicate better with one another and with customers.
- Companies that are committed to continuously investing in their employees, and want to ensure long-term improvement.
- Organizations that want to improve their employees' English.
The possibilities do not end with a debate course!
Feeling competitive? Want to foster healthy competition? Want to encourage your employees to excel at speaking in front of an audience? Like to reward the best and the brightest?
We can take the debate knowledge you have gained and hold a tournament for employees who love the game. This will provide employees with a platform to shine and participate in an activity that challenges and interests them.
The finals could be a fantastic opportunity to invite employees, families, friends, and even future recruits to watch, cheer, and participate.
Interested in a debate competition between companies? Let's talk
(no need to argue)