Train for any argument with Harvard’s former debate coach | Bo Seo
Show up to every meeting 100 percent prepared. • Craft an opinion and deliver it with conviction (and data). • Stay open to others’ ideas, not just your own. • Let the best argument win, even if it isn’t yours (and often it isn’t). • Feel free to stand up and shout, but never make the argument personal. • Always listen—really listen—to minority vie
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Deep canvassing starts by asking sensitive questions, listening to the answers with real interest, and then asking follow-up questions as a way to start a conversation. Why is this approach more likely to be effective? Because in the standard argumentative approach we tend to start counterarguing (at least in our heads, but sometimes out loud, too)
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