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About Vance Trefethen

Coach Vance debated in National Forensic League debate while in high school from 1979-1982. In college, he judged at high school NFL tournaments in North Carolina. A homeschooling dad himself, he realized the growing potential and benefit of homeschool debate and switched over to coaching homeschoolers a couple years later. In 2001, he helped Chris Jeub with bringing The Blue Book to a more advanced level. He has been co-authoring Blue Book ever since.

2021 Stoa Policy Debate Topic Lecture: Artificial Intelligence

Vance Trefethen walks through his Debate Camp presentation on all you need to know about the Stoa policy debate topic on Artificial Intelligence. This 3-hour lecture is a must-watch for all Stoa policy debaters.

Research Lab

Vance Trefethen walks through the way he creates cases and briefs from scratch. Video taken at the 2017 Training Minds Debate Camp in Colorado, the resolution on transportation policy.

Energy: Part 3 “History”

In Part 3 of understanding NCFCA’s resolution on US energy policy, Coach Vance explains its history.

Energy: Part 4 “Status Quo”

In Part 4 of the Energy Policy videos, Coach Vance explains several policies that are great candidates for affirmative plans.

Monetary Policy: Part 3 “History & Status Quo”

In Part 3 of explaining the policy resolution on monetary policy, Coach Vance covers a thorough history of the topic as well as provides ample ideas for policy changes.

Monetary Policy: Part 2 “Economics”

In Part 2 of explaining the policy resolution on monetary policy, Coach Vance gives an introduction to economics and its terminology.

Energy: Part 2 “Economics”

In Part 2 of explaining the NCFCA policy resolution on energy policy, Coach Vance gives an introduction to debaters’ economics.

Monetary Policy: Part 1 “Definitions”

Vance Trefethen presents his introductory lesson to banking, finance and monetary policy, the Stoa policy debate resolution. This is Part 1 of a three-video series covering the Season 20 Stoa resolution on monetary policy.

Energy: Part 1 “Definitions”

Vance Trefethen presents his introductory lesson to United States energy policy, the NCFCA debate resolution. This is Part 1 of a four-video series covering the Season 20 NCFCA resolution on energy.

Ethical Evidence (by Vance Trefethen)

Unethical evidence is a huge problem across all leagues. Vance Trefethen educates debaters to understand what fraudulent evidence is as well as teach debaters how to identify and beat debaters who use unethical evidence.

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