Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events | Vol 3 | Iss 1

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Conference Proceedings: Third National Developmental Conference on Individual Events: Addressing Individual Events, NFA Lincoln-Douglas Debate, & NPDA Parliamentary Debate, Rice University, Houston, Texas, August 13-16, 1997
Shawnalee A. Whitney

Conference Schedules

Conference Schedule
Shawnalee A. Whitney

List of Attendees

Conference Attendees
Shawnalee A. Whitney

New Directions for Evaluation and Judging

Creating Space for the Physically Challenged Competitor in Individual Events
David L. Kosloski

Creating an Individual Events Judging Philosophy
Jeff Przybylo

New Directions for NPDA and NFA LD

Developing Functional Standards as a Means to Greater Accessibility in NFA-LD
John M. Devine

Maintaining the Status Quo: Recommendations for Preserving Public Argument in Parliamentary Debate
Steven L. Johnson

Forensics Fellows: Integrating Faculty Participation into Intercollegiate Parliamentary Debate Programs
Lewis E. Rutledge

Presumption in Parliamentary Debate: Examining Whately's Ideas and their Application to an Emerging and Evolving Debate Style
Tammy Duvanel Unruh

New Directions for Oral Interpretations

Challenging the Conventions of Oral Interpretation
Christopher S. Aspdal

Returning to our Roots: A New Direction for Oral Interpretation
Trischa Knapp

New Directions for Public Speaking

New Directions for Public Speaking: The Perfect Pendulum Swings
M'Liss S. Hindman

Fisher's Narrative Paradigm Theory: A Model for Differentiating After Dinner Speaking From Informative and Persuasive Speaking
C. Thomas Preston Jr.

If It's Problem-Cause-Solution This Must be Persuasive Speaking: Are We Short-Changing the Art of Persuasion?
Shawnalee A. Whitney

Paper from the Keynote Sessions

The Ghostwriter, the Lassez-Faire Coach, and the Forensic Professional: Negotiating the Overcoaching vs. Undercoaching Dilemma in Original Contest Speeches
James J. Kimble

Professionalism and Forensics: A Matter of Choice
Larry Schnoor and Bryant K. Alexander

Resolutions

Resolutions from the Third National Development Conference on Individual Events (addressing Individual Events, NFA-LD, & Parliamentary Debate): August 13-16, 1997, Rice University, Houston, TX
Shawnalee A. Whitney

Table of Contents

Table of Contents for the 1997 National Developmental Conference on Individual Events
Shawnalee A. Whitney

Tournament Managements

Forensics Education and Tournament Management
Joel Hefling

Equal Opportunity?: The Impact of Specialized Tournaments on Forensics Pedagogy, Forensics Professionals, and the Forensics Laboratory
Scott Jensen

Judge Agreement and Student Rotation: A Real-Life Study of the 1990 DSR-TKA National Forensics Tournament
Vicki L. Karns

AFA-NIET: The Culture of Qualifying and Its Effets on Forensics
Daniel A. West

Trainings of Coaches and Judges

Teaching and Coaching Individuals: The Use of Learning Styles in Forensics Coaching
Thomas Bartl

Solving for a Healthier Future: Creating National Standards for Training Future Directors of Forensics
Thomas A. Workman