Teaching Flowing Teaching Flowing SkillsSkills

Purposes of FlowingPurposes of Flowing

Essential to an Essential to an organized organized presentationpresentation

Enables direct clashEnables direct clash

Becomes your Becomes your notes during a notes during a speechspeech

You see what the You see what the judge seesjudge sees

Basic Basic Flowing Flowing TechniqueTechnique

One argument per pageOne argument per page

Two colors Two colors

Labels first, Evidence Labels first, Evidence secondsecond

Lots of Room Lots of Room (especially at top)(especially at top)

Shorthand symbolsShorthand symbols

Flow to the end of the Flow to the end of the roundround

Look for ways to Look for ways to improveimprove

Suggested Flowing Suggested Flowing SymbolsSymbols

HO = homelessnessHO = homelessness

P = povertyP = poverty

FS = food stampsFS = food stamps

HC = health careHC = health care

M = MedicaidM = Medicaid

OPG = federal gov’t official poverty OPG = federal gov’t official poverty guidelineguideline

V = veteransV = veterans

NA = Native AmericansNA = Native Americans

IM = immigrantsIM = immigrants

IIM = illegal immigrantsIIM = illegal immigrants

≠≠ Does Not Mean/ Does Not Does Not Mean/ Does Not CauseCause

DecreaseDecrease

IncreaseIncrease

T = TopicalityT = Topicality

K = Kritik or CritiqueK = Kritik or Critique

DA = DisadvantageDA = Disadvantage

S = SolvencyS = Solvency

I = InherencyI = Inherency

B = BillionB = Billion

$ = Money or Cost$ = Money or Cost

Advanced Flowing Advanced Flowing SkillsSkills

Using Pre-FlowsUsing Pre-Flows

Using the ComputerUsing the Computer

Learning From Learning From OthersOthers

Legibility for TradingLegibility for Trading

Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice, PracticePractice

Pre-FlowPre-FlowExampleExample

Flowing on the Flowing on the ComputerComputer

Flowing in ExcelFlowing in Excel

Enable Text Wrap: (1) Select whole worksheet (Control-A); (2) Select “Format” Menu: Cells; (3) Click the tab for “Alignment”; (4) Under “Text Control” check the item labeled “Text Wrap”

Create a New Bottom Tab for Each Argument: (1) Use the “Edit” menu to select “Move or Copy Sheet” (2) Click the option to “Create a Copy”; (3) Right click the tab name at the bottom of the screen”; (4) Select the option to “Re-name”

Flowing in ExcelFlowing in Excel

How Do You Carrier-Return Within the Same Cell?: Hold down the “Alt” when you hit the “Enter” or “Return” key

How Do You Create A Different Color for a Column? (1) Select the whole column by click on the Column Letter at Top(2) Select the “Format” menu option, then “Cells”(3) Select the “Font” tab and choose the color you desire

Computer Pre-Flow Computer Pre-Flow ExampleExample