World Online Debating Championships - the draw‏

I'm delighted to announce that the draw for the WODC is below

All debates start at 12 noon GMT.  The first of the two teams listed will be the Proposition.

If you haven't sent us your Debatewise usernames please do so now.  Time is running short (this means you: Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, England, Israel, Kenya, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Scotland, USA1 and USA2, Venezuela and Zimbabwe).

Dave

First round

Monday 1^st August

1: Latvia vs. Brazil, 

2: USA 2 vs. Uzbekistan

Tuesday 2^nd August

3: Mongolia vs. Czech Republic, 

4: Scotland vs. Nepal

Wednesday 3^rd August

5: Lithuania vs. Canada, 

6: Rwanda vs. Australia

Thursday 4^th August

7: Bangladesh vs. Colombia, 

8: USA 1 vs. Venezuela

Friday 5^th August

9: Belgium vs. Pakistan 2, 

10: Zimbabwe vs. Pakistan 1

Saturday 6^th August

11: China vs. Mexico, 

12: Trinidad and Tobago vs Malaysia

Sunday 7^th August

13: Republic of Korea vs. Romania, 

14: Mongolia 2 vs. England

Monday 8^th August

15: Nigeria vs. Macedonia, 

16: Kenya vs. Israel

Round II

Monday 15th August

17: Winner 1 vs. Winner 2, 

18: Winner 3 vs. Winner 4

Tuesday 16th August

19: Winner 5 vs. Winner 6, 

20: Winner 7 vs. Winner 8

Wednesday 17th August

21: Winner 9 vs. Winner 10, 

22: Winner 11 vs Winner 12

Thursday 18th August

23: Winner 13 vs. Winner 14, 

24: Winner 15 vs. Winner 16

Quarter Finals

Monday 29th August

QF1: Winner 17 vs. Winner 18

Tuesday 30th August

QF2: Winner 19 vs Winner 20

Wednesday 31st August

QF3: Winner 21 vs. Winner 22

Thursday 1st September

QF4: Winner 23 vs. Winner 24

Semi Finals

Monday 12th September
SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2

Tuesday 13th September
SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4


Final
Monday 26th September
Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

Announcement of the Winner of the World Online Debating Championship Monday 3rd October

There's a Google Calendar of this schedule here:

http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=MnFwbTlxN3V1NzZxMW1tdGRlYmFyaHJ1dnNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ

WODC 2011 update

One little update on the World Online Debating Championships.


Okay, so you've registered; but there's one little formality left(before the debates in August). Now, you have to either ask Dave for bursaries at dc@debatewise.org  (just ask, they only charge a fee to insure participation, if you can prove you are serious about participating you'll get a partial or full bursary) and/or send payments via Paypal or moneybookers to wodc@debatewise.org ($US20 per person 'or' $100 per team).

Only four more countries can join the loop to make it officially 32.

We had people from 34 countries in (wrote to Dave about wanting to participate) but a few of those countries have yet to settle financial matters. If you need a bursary please ask for it, or you might not be in the final pool. :S

Nadia

Last chance to register for WODC

Hi everybody,
Your last and final chance to register for the WODC ends today.
 
We extended the deadline to give you more time to find teams, apply for a bursary and/or start your ad-hoc car washing business to generate the registration fee. But to be fair to all concerned we do have to close the door sometime and tomorrow is that time.

So please, if you want to take part tell me now. Don't wait for a better time, don't put this in your 'must-get-round-to-soon' folder, you know the folder you never get round to. Simply email me with your details and your money or your reasons why you deserve a bursary and a great summer of learning and laughter will ensue.

BTW, you will have to send money by Paypal and we can't promise the laughter. But we can promise the learning. Oh there'll be lots of that.

Thank you,

Dave

dc@debatewise.org

WODC registration closes today.

Hi all,

Registration for the third World Online Debating Championships will close TODAY, so what's it going to take to get you to commit? Promises of untold fame and fortune? Guarantees of everlasting happiness? Certain knowledge that at the end you'll be a whole lot smarter than when you started out? One of those is definitely true. The others, who knows. Oone thing that's certain is if you don't register at all none of this will be possible.

To register send $US20 per person or $100 per team (remember, teams can have unlimited number of participants) to wodc@debatewise.org via Paypal. If you can't use Paypal let me know. If you can’t afford it let me know. If you need more time let me know.

Thanks to everyone who has registered. To everyone else - come on, we want you to join us.

David Crane --

The International Debate Education Association (IDEA) UK
96a Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3AA

020 3393 7223
 
info@idebate.org.uk Registered charity in England and Wales. Registered number: 1139452

Register for World Online Debating Championships

Last call
Half-price for returning teams; so was Dave`s word. and register before 1st June here: http://www.facebook.com/l/32179f5rJQGVmdD_iwrB7SXOm5g/www.debatewise.org/wodc  or just write an email dc@debatewise.com
Watch the video:
May 31st is the registration deadline not the `payment` or `team round-up` deadline; so don`t worry if you haven`t got a fully-formed team yet, you have until July for that.
For now, register: http://www.facebook.com/l/32179WanOZFH0iyaPVQzZyO9eQA/www.debatewise.org or email dc@debatewise.com.

Cheers Nadia :)

New website resource debateable.org

Samuel Myat San has created a new website featuring debate skills and techniques mainly focused on Schools but with useful elements for all debaters.
You can find the site at http://www.debateable.org/

Registration is open for the 3rd WODC‏

We are proud to announce that registration is open for the 3rd World Online Debating Championships. Thirty two teams from all over the world will compete in a knockout tournament, debating anything from pre-nuptial agreements, through European tax law, all the way to denying heavy drinkers liver transplants.

Last year (in front of an all-star judging pool) the Czech Republic beat New Zealand in the final. Could your team beat the reigning world champions? Can you impress this year’s top adjudicators? You can team up with anyone: people from the Internet; your school, university or local community; or, for the hard-core, you can compete by yourself.

This year we’ve upgraded our system, tweaked the rules and improved the prizes. We’re expecting all 32 places to be filled by exceptional teams and you could be one of them, with a chance to win the coveted WODC 2011 trophy!

The tournament starts in July and the winners can expect to be involved every two weeks from then until the end of September. This makes it a very tough competition and whoever ends up victorious can take great pride in their achievement.

Entry is $20 per person and capped at $100 per team, though bursaries are available to all deserving applicants.

More information can be found on our site, you can register there too: http://debatewise.org/wodc

We are really looking forward to what will be an exceptional tournament and we hope you can join us.

IDEA Debate Live-Streaming

As part of a continuing effort to bring debate to as wide of an audience as possible, the media team at IDEA will be live-streaming three debate tournaments this April in the United States.

Each of these tournaments will be streamed in real time, and the video archives will be available for subsequent viewing. Our Twitter feeds will include live updates as the events unravel. All of this is free of charge, so we hope you enjoy the opportunity to watch high-quality debates without having to travel!

As for the schedule...

*United States Universities Debate Championship 2011*
Burlington, Vermont
April 1st - 3rd
http://www.idebate.org/streaming/usu2011/

*HWS / IDEA Round Robin*
Geneva, New York
April 8th - 9th
http://www.idebate.org/streaming/hwsrr2011/

*Campeonato Norte Americano de Debate (debates in Spanish)*
Ithaca, New York
April 7th - 10th
http://www.idebate.org/streaming/cnad2011/

We will email more updates as they become necessary.

Thanks,

Alex Dukalskis
Executive Director
International Debate Education Association (IDEA), United States
http://www.idebate.org/
http://idebate.blogspot.com/

Strategy Competition‏

This post isn't strictly about a debating event but it could be a useful tool for people to practice their strategic thinking in debates.  Also debaters used to thinking strategically about proposals may be in with a good chance of winning.

Wikistrat is holding it's first International Grand Strategy Competition later this year and there's a strong crossover between the skills of debating and this tournament, despite being in a written format.


The whole event takes place online, there are no entry fees, and the team ranking #1 will receive a $10,000 USD as a cash prize.

Ideally participants will come from an international relations or political science background as they will be proposing country strategies and foreign policy.

More information and to register interest: http://about.wikistrat.com/strategy-competition/

Thanks again,

Daniel Green

Debating Alumni Linkedin group

While we are waiting for the finals now is a good time to remind all the Worlds Alumni of the linkedin group has been created for debating alumni set up by Ray D'Cruz.

If you would like to join the link is below.


http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3607103