Burma Project: Liberty & Leadership

Burma Project: Liberty & Leadership

Dr. Ben Voth, Communication professor and Director of Debate

Southern Methodist University

Dr. Ben Voth, Communication professor and Director of Debate

Southern Methodist University

Equipping your voiceEquipping your voice

"The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. Our goal ... is to

help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom, and

make their own way." -

President George W. Bush

Holocaust Survivor Workshops 2006 & 2007

Overview of afternoonOverview of afternoon

1. Introductions

2. Discussions of how to speak and argue

3. Practice

4. Feedback on practice

How to speak:How to speak:

Martin L. King’s advice

Martin L. King’s advice

"Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they cannot communicate.

FundamentalsFundamentals

•Rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given situation, all available means of persuasion. --Aristotle

•Rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given situation, all available means of persuasion. --Aristotle

Basic resources of speaker

Basic resources of speaker

•Ethos

•Pathos

•Logos

•Ethos

•Pathos

•Logos

Basic elements of Delivery

Basic elements of Delivery

•Eye Contact

•Energy

1.vocal enthusiasm

2.use of the hands

•Eye Contact

•Energy

1.vocal enthusiasm

2.use of the hands

Speech elementsSpeech elements

introduction

Thesis and overview

Body elements

Review and tie-back to introduction

Raising Questions and the social process of debate

Raising Questions and the social process of debate

Good questions begin with respectful listening.

Make eye contact with authorities.

Find common assumptions with the authority

Be clear with your expectations and desired outcome

Confront ideas and practices-- not people

What is debate?What is debate?Resolution: a common understood controversy with two clear

sides

two advocates: one for each side

equal time to express viewpoints

a basis for decision

i. a judge or panel of judges

ii. balloting of an audience

How debate helps?How debate helps?

a. builds the basic alternative to violence for social change

b. it raises up new generations of advocates

c. debate discovers common ground

How was segregation in the United State

destroyed?

How was segregation in the United State

destroyed?The story of James Farmer Jr.

The “Great Debater”The story of James Farmer Jr.

The “Great Debater”

Farmer Farmer GraduatesGraduates

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Farmer Farmer boycotts boycotts

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Farmer Farmer organizeorganize

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Civil Civil Rights Rights

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Practice [2 hours]Practice [2 hours]

A. Prompt: Give a three to five minute presentation of your personal story

B. Discussion of Performances

Speech designSpeech design

1. 30- 45 seconds of an interesting story

2. Give your name and personal goals

3. Explain two or three points

4. Give a conclusion including a review and reference to your introduction

1. 30- 45 seconds of an interesting story

2. Give your name and personal goals

3. Explain two or three points

4. Give a conclusion including a review and reference to your introduction

Conclusion-- FeedbackConclusion-- Feedback

Contacting Dr. Voth:Contacting Dr. Voth:

bvoth@smu.eduTwitter: @benjaminvothTwitter: @benjaminvoth

benvoth.combenvoth.com