Training Minds Podcast

Will your Thanksgiving dinner be filled with avoiding hot topics, or will it be filled with robust argumentation and debate? Most will say they prefer the former (avoid politics and religion at all costs!), but I challenge that route. Instead, turn up the persuasion skills and engage. You may be surprised at how wonderful your Thanksgiving dinner will be. Download MP3 This podcast covers much of the content listed in this blog post: https://chrisjeub.com/5-steps-to-winning-the-argument-at-thanksgiving/

Today I take an excerpt from my FREE online course "Persuade." Its viewing is available for free through November 15, so sorry for those of you tuning in after that date. This podcast is still very helpful to your own persuasive mastery, as I delve into the three advantages to mastering persuasion. Download MP3

Today's podcast is technically #135, though it is the third relaunch since I started podcast September 1, 2014. For a while I branded the podcast under my publishing company, Monument Publishing, but the podcast is more appropriately "training grounds for action," as the ministry's purpose suggests. Download MP3 Today, I will discuss the meaning behind the idea of Training Minds, what the organization does for young people, and how the podcast will be an extension of the good work the ministry does.

Chris Jeub opens the podcast with a summary of the Season 18 Week #07 releases. There is only two more releases of the Summer Edition, then onto competition! Vance Trefethen gave a 2-1/2 hour presentation to Training Minds Camp attendees in July, thoroughly analyzing the Season 18 Stoa Resolution on Transportation Policy. Today's podcast covers a portion of this presentation, giving Stoa competitors a great kick-off analysis of the exciting topic of US transportation policy. The resolution for Stoa is: "Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its transportation policy." The fuller presentation will be available later in September exclusively to Monument Members at MonumentMembers.com. For now, members can access two informational articles and (we are in Week 7) two of the three summer release cases along with the negative brief. For access to the year's releases, see MonumentMembers.com/content/policy.

About Today's Podcast Matthew Erickson won NITOC in 2012 and has since launched into law school with top scholarships. His debate experience had a lot to do with it! In this podcast, Matthew explains key elements in developing great Lincoln-Douglas cases.

Summary of Today's Podcast Coach Vance Trefethen heads up our policy debate program at camps and throughout our Monument Publishing curriculum. This is a continuation from last week's harm/solvency case structure lesson, instead focusing on alternative case structures. Visit our new MonumentMembers.com website!

Summary of Today's Podcast Coach Vance Trefethen heads up our policy debate program at camps and throughout our Monument Publishing curriculum. Be sure to take notes as he goes through the structure of the standard harms/solvency case. Visit our new MonumentMembers.com website!

Summary of Today's Podcast We are looking for experienced speakers and debaters or coaches to help contribute to the 2017-2018 content strategy for our Monument Memberships. Listen to this podcast and submit your application. Why? You will be able to pass on your expertise to the next generation of competitors. You will have your piece published in a scholarly representation of the next year of competition. You will have Chris Jeub and Monument Publishing as future recommendation (I write recommendation letters for my authors all the time). You will continue your winning streak by working with a group of other winners. You will make money. Monument Publishing pays its authors for the contributions they print. We are looking specifically for three contents areas and three leagues for those areas. Policy. This is for policy debaters. We are prepared to support NCFCA and Stoa debate all year long, and NSDA through the summer months. Lincoln-Douglas. This is for Lincoln-Douglas debaters. We are prep

Summary of Today's Podcast For the past two weeks, nearly 100 of you filled out our Season 17 Survey. The feedback was incredible! Much of it led to brand new changes to our Season 18 development. Chris Jeub, the owner of Monument Publishing, reads through the second 1/2 the surveys and makes some key announcements. You still can get your word in! Take Survey Also, be sure to check out our new website, in beta through May. Get on board and receive valuable content from now till June 1! Check it out: Visit MonumentMembers.com  

https://monumentpublishing.com/podcast68 For the past two weeks, nearly 100 of you filled out our Season 17 Survey. The feedback was incredible! Much of it led to brand new changes to our Season 18 development. Chris Jeub, the owner of Monument Publishing, reads through 1/2 the surveys and makes some key announcements. You still can get your word in! Take Survey Also, be sure to check out our new website, in beta through May. Get on board and receive valuable content from now till June 1! Check it out: Visit MonumentMembers.com

This is a short podcast today, simply calling on all listeners and users of Monument Publishing sources to fill out a simple survey. You get a free download when you do... Click here!  

Shane Baumgardner is the 2009 and 2010 Nationals Champion in impromptu speaking, as well as being the 2009 National Champion in extemporaneous speaking. He also placed 6th in LD at 2009 NCFCA Nationals and 3rd in TP at the 2010 National Invitational Tournament of Champions for Stoa. Suffice it to say, Shane knows what it is like to compete nationally! This episode is the second of two parts where Shane goes into champion analysis for extemp.

Summary of Today's Podcast Shane Baumgardner is the 2009 and 2010 Nationals Champion in impromptu speaking, as well as being the 2009 National Champion in extemporaneous speaking. He also placed 6th in LD at 2009 NCFCA Nationals and 3rd in TP at the 2010 National Invitational Tournament of Champions for Stoa. Suffice it to say, Shane knows what it is like to compete nationally! This episode is the first of two parts where Shane goes into the basics of extemp. Next week, he will be sharing his secrets to champion analysis.

Last week we heard from Monument Publishing owner Chris Jeub, also the president of Training Minds Ministry, a nonprofit 501(c)3 ministry that has years of training experience, preparing speakers and debaters for competition. This is Part 2 where he explains the vision for the For Action Conference, an event he plans to bring back in 2018.

Training Minds is a nonprofit 501(c)3 ministry that has years of training experience, preparing speakers and debaters for competition. The ministry is actually based off a single biblical verse, 1 Peter 1:13, reading "train the mind for action." President Chris Jeub explains the meaning of the verse during a sermon at one of the camps given for NCFCA debaters in Orlando in 2012. Part II will be next week, where Jeub explains the vision for the For Action Conference.  

Undefeated his last year of competition, Luis Garcia is a legend in academic apologetics speaking. Hear what he has to say about the three seasons he worked through as a competitor: Confused Learning Beyond https://monumentpublishing.com/podcast62

Summary of Today's Podcast Matthew Baker concludes his General Research Strategies on Debate Topics, explaining how to put together a strong research strategy for debaters. Matthew Baker took 2nd place two years in a row in the 2004 and 2005 National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA). He joined Training Minds Ministry as a research developer and taught an exclusive Research Camp for two years. Matthew is now a graduate of law. This podcast is a continuation of Podcast #60: General Research Strategies on Debate Topics Part 1 with Matthew Baker.

Summary of Today's Podcast Matthew Baker led Research Camp several years ago. No matter what debate format you debate, research is key. Matthew Baker (two-time finalist in NCFCA several years ago) gives his ideas on how to... Develop keyword search skills Pull up library catalogs Integrate the Internet with traditional resources Retrieving keywords from library catalogs Apply general theory and concepts on research strategies Which dictionaries are best and why How "Opposing Viewpoints" may be used for research Useful databases that most people don't realize is accessible Matthew Baker took 2nd place two years in a row in the 2004 and 2005 National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA). He joined Training Minds Ministry as a research developer and taught an exclusive Research Camp for two years. Matthew is now a graduate of law. This podcast is a continuation of Podcast #50: The Value of Library Research with Matthew Baker.

Summary of Today's Podcast A speech hardly goes by that Chris Jeub doesn't mention some speaking flaw. In this podcast, he goes through common errors speakers make that could easily be caught if attention was given early on in the speech development. Even for developed speeches, applying Jeub's techniques will surely avoid hasty and foolish errors that could possibly keep you from First Place. This is a continuation from last week's podcast: Podcast #58 "Four Big Fixes to Revising Your Piece."  

Summary of Today's Podcast Have you competed with a speech this year? You likely have. This podcast goes into four big fixes you can make before your next tournament. Apply these steps to your revisions and you most likely will turn ballots to your advantage: Where to start and end Staying on target Having the right attitude Keeping to detail We will continue this episode in Podcast #59 next week. Want to come to camp? Chris Jeub and most of his staff of writers, coaches and teachers will be gathering Season 18 debaters in beautiful Monument, Colorado, in July. Check out information and be a part of this wonderful event!