Want to be able to judge debates? To be able to see the points of clash between opposing sides? Or to be able to get to the heart of a point someone is trying to make? Then sign up to attend our masterclass by world champion debater Duncan Crowe on how to judge debates.

With the London iDebate Cup fast approaching we will be running this training themed around how you judge debaters speeches. It will cover how to judge the main points of a speech, how to work out what could improve it, as well as the technical details like scoring a debate.

You should attend this training if:

• You are helping with any of our World Debate Clubs
• You are interested in volunteering just to help out with the London iDebate Cup
• You are generally interested in debating; judging is a useful skill to have in any debate society and can help with your own public speaking.

By now you may well be wondering what the World Debate Club and London iDebate Cup are. The World Debate Club is iDebate’s main programme providing debate training to develop the self confidence, critical thinking, and public speaking skills of marginalised young people through Clubs in further education Colleges around London. The London iDebate Cup is our final end of year debate competition for these clubs to see how far they have come and celebrate the completion of the term. It takes place on the 9th December, and we are looking for volunteers to help out either as judges or for more generally for registration and similar.

What we will be doing at the training:

18:00-18:30 introduction for anyone who is new to the Fellowship.

18:30-18:45 introducing the London iDebate Debate Championship.

19:00-19:30 How to judge debates.

19:30-20:00 Give it a go!