World Debate Institute

News and reports from WDI sessions in Vermont and around the world

Friday, June 17, 2011

WDI Blog Moves to New Site

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http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wdi/ We have consolidated all WDI information as well as the blog at a new website. Check there for ...
Monday, May 23, 2011

EDI Adds Faculty, New Website for August Free Debate Workshop

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The East Debate Institute is a FREE  WUDC  debate training workshop that will be held at the  University of Vermont  21-26 August 2011. Atte...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

WDI European Programs for Fall

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Image via Wikipedia The International Debate Academy in Slovenia is jointly sponsored by the World Debate Institute and ZIP SLovenia. Firs...
Monday, January 17, 2011

News from USUDC 16 January 2011

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http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/usu2011/ USUDC 2011 is hosted by the Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont in cooperation w...
Friday, January 14, 2011

WDI Reports from World Debate Forum in Africa

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By Alfred Snider, WDI Director The World Debate Forum was held for two days after the WUDC Botswana as an opportunity for those intereste...
Monday, December 20, 2010

WDI Holds Debate Training Sessions in Ljubljana in December

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While staying in Ljubljana in preparation for heading down south to WUDC Botswana I was called on by those here in Slovenia to do some tr...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Reporting from WUDC in Africa

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I leave early this afternoon. I am beginning one of the longer debate journeys of my life. Global Debate will be there with me, because it ...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Vermont Wins IDAS 2010 Tournament

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Stephen Boyle with his team from Vermont , John Sadek and Jessica Bullock John Sadek and Jessica Bullock have won the 60 team 24 country I...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Breaking Teams at IDAS 2010

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60 teams pose before round one Top 20 teams, top 16 advance to quarterfinals in the morning: 1. Cimerman Dobranic 15-960 Slovenia/Lju...
Friday, November 26, 2010

WDI Sponsored IDAS Moves Into Tournament Phase

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This is the view from the room at Hotel Spik where I was staying. The International Debate Academy Slovenia instructional portion ended...
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Alfred Charles Snider
I am the Director of the World Debate Institute and the Edwin Lawrence Professor of Forensics, University of Vermont. I teach argumentation, persuasion, debate and related courses. I have: 40+ years experience, taught in 44 countries, trained from 51 countries, managed international conferences, hosted many debate tournaments, published or edited over 50 books, received many national and international awards for debate coaching and training, hosted 480+ television programs, done radio for 17 years, managed many busy websites (debate.uvm.edu), and used virtual reality for debate. At Brown University I was third at the USA National Debate Tournament and second at the USA National Tournament of Champions in 1972.
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