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Summary: Recording thoughts works when you know you need more info in a debate. Learn how writing thoughts helps in debating claims from a communications and public speaking expert in this free instructional video.
Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is a college professor of...read more
"Alright. Now let's talk about what we're going to do on the other side of the paper. We have outlined the speaker's main points. Now, we're going to put our thoughts, and what we're talking about is our thoughts to refute what the person says. So, let's say they're giving a speech about slaughterhouses and how they're bad. And we're going to refute this. We're not totally on board with this, Ok? So they give a speech and one of their points is about cruelty in the slaughterhouse. Ok, we need more information on that. So over here in our thoughts, we're going to write "Need more info". So, that's one of the reasons that it's really important that you take real clear, concise notes of their outline. So that you can just look here and write your thought here. And look here and write your thought here. And your thoughts will come to you as you go down this outline. Your thoughts -- "Well, I don't believe that." Or, "Well, you didn't prove that to be true." Or, "I need some examples." Whatever your thought is on what they said, whatever you're going to refute, that's what you write on the other side of the paper."
eHow Article: Debate Tips: Recording Thoughts
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