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Stoa University 2013
Expect the 2013 version of Stoa University to be the best ever. Stoa elicited feedback from attendees at the 2012 event in an effort to make this year's event serve the membership even better than before. Plan now on attending these excellent educational workshops.



Stoa University 2012
Stoa is planning the most extensive informational workshops in its history for Monday, June 4. This is the day before NITOC competition begins. Stoa University is open to all interested parties and their is no charge for attendance. You do not even have to be a NITOC attendee to participate. There will be about twenty morning and afternoon sessions from which to choose.

There are three basic tracks:
1. Parent Track
2. Club Leader/Coach Track
3. Tournament Leader/Staff Track

Each track has a half-dozen workshops. This will be a great opportunity to learn from some of the best Stoa has to offer and to network with others from around the country.

We look forward to seeing you at Stoa University.






Stoa University 2011
Workshops were delivered at Stoa’s National Invitational Tournament of Champions (NITOC) 2011 at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. Board and committee members gave these presentations. We hope these recordings help you in creating a successful competitive season.

1. Speech & Individual Events (Charlotte Rehn, Win Heggem, Sarah Rutledge)

The IE Committee has met 2-3 hours per week this last year to sift through the current speech rules. They worked hard to (1) ensure as much creativity to the student as possible while (2) guarantee authority to the parent/coach/judge as possible. Speech coaches and committee members explain some of the big changes coming up for 2011-2012 school year, proposals for wild card speeches, apologetics orientation, and script submission.

2. A New Homeschool Paradigm: Speech & Debate (Brita Jorgensen)

This “extra” curricular activity of speech and debate often becomes “core” curricular when students fall in love with its multidisciplinary work. Home school teacher since 1989 Brita Jorgensen explains why this isn’t such a bad idea.
3. HOPE in Running Tournaments (Laura Yeates, Maggie Carabelos)

Happiness, Organization, Punctuality, Education = HOPE. Laura and Maggie walk through each fundamental that help make running tournaments rewarding and fun. These ladies have been running tournaments for years and are known for being just that.
4. Advanced Judges Training (Chris Jeub)

A healthy judges pool is a dream of every tournament coordinator, but the community of judges typically stop learning beyond Judge Orientation. Parents and community members would appreciate “advanced judges training” to help them become better judges. Board member and debate author Chris Jeub explains how tournaments can offer “advanced judges training” and provides a lesson he would teach.