The Berlin IV took place from 8th to 10th July 2011 and Debattierklub Wien sent four teams and three adjudicators to, what some people consider as the big brother of Austria, Germany. The tournament, with participants coming from nearly 14 countries, was quite international. For some reason there were quite many Scandinavian teams – maybe because they were not required to pay reg fee. Weiterlesen…
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Berlin IV 2011
2011 August 8
Good Morning Budapest
Possibly this article will alter history a little bit (sorry, that’s an Austrian habit). The first reason therefor is that due to writing this article several days after the tournament, the author’s memories are not so detailed anymore. Two things are totally clear, however: Budapest was loads of fun and it had something to do with debating. The second reason for creativity in this story is the fact that the reader might gain access to the tournament tab. In this case it is better to tell him some good excuses and possible ways of interpretation beforehand. So be aware that not everything stated in this article has to be taken literally*.
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1. Baker & McKenzie Debate Club – Review
2011 May 13
Im ersten Moment scheint es wie ein ganz normales Debattierturnier. Eine Ausschreibung, junge Leute melden sich an, es werden Informationen und Zeitpläne verteilt. Doch sieht man genauer hin stellt man fest, dass keiner der Teilnehmer debattieren kann.
Was wie ein riesen Fehler der Veranstalter aussieht, ist aber in Wirklichkeit ein neues geniales Projekt des Debattierklub Wiens in Kooperation mit der weltweit größten Anwaltskanzlei Baker & McKenzie. Ziel dieser neuartigen Veranstaltung war es neue, junge NachwuchsjuristInnen für das Debattieren und Baker & McKenzie zu begeistern. Letztere sponsorten hierfür nicht nur einen der höhst begehrten Praktikumsplätze sondern verwöhnten den neuen Gewinner auch mit einem persönlichen Mentor und vielen andern Goodys. Weiterlesen…
I really can’t explain why so many of us Viennese people wanted to go to Paris IV. Maybe, it was because of the promised wine and cheese, the good adjudicators or just because it’s Paris. Maybe also because it is one of the rare situations where you will get to hear the Frenchmen speaking English. The Paris Debating Society definitely wants to make British Parliamentary Debating more popular in France. We believe they have succeeded.
White Nights in Belgrade
2011 March 24
Open your calendars and mark August 5 to 11 2012 with the words “Belgrade” and “awesome”. You can book your flights and advertise Belgrade Euros 2012 in your debate societies as one of the best ever.
At least that is the impression I got when checking my fellow debater’s Facebook status updates. An avalanche of superlatives buried everything not related to this year’s Belgrade Open.
Vienna IV – the full story
2011 March 15
3 days, 1 goal: debate, debate, debate!