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As part of our continued effort to be the most complete Public Forum Debate resource on the internet, we are rapidly improving he ‘PF Resources’ section of the website. The latest addition to the page is a new article from our leading student correspondent, Christian Chessman. Public Formula recently published his first article, The Final Focus. His new article, PF Debate: The Basics is a great piece on some of most important parts of Public Forum Debate.

Here is a clip from the article which can be found in its entirety on the ‘PF Resources’ page.

Speaking ability as it relates to persuasiveness is critical. You must be able to get the judge to relate to you and believe what you are saying to be successful. This is especially true in light of the fact that Public Forum is aimed at “citizen judges” – judges without debate experience. These are also known as lay judges.

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