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:
[email protected]: @benjaminvothTwitter: @benjaminvoth
benvoth.combenvoth.com