I've seen many whip speakers struggle with the format of their speech. What does it mean to summarize the clashes?
This one starts at about 6:45
and then continues:
We start off the introduction. Then we get the three actors in the debate, also how he organizes his speech:
governments
companies
individuals
He summarizes Team England's arguments and gives his team's rebuttal (some new rebuttal and some summary like "we've already shown you that..."). Then we end with a summary. The speaker does a good job of summarizing the debate in his favor and explaining why his team won each argument or that some arguments were avoided by the other team.
Unfortunately, the 9th video (containing I presume the last few seconds of the government whip and the beginning 5 minutes or so of the opposition whip) seems to be missing.
Interesting New York Times article here on the new international campuses that have or soon will be opened by two of New York's most famous schools.
Here's one suggestion on how to answer one of the most common job interview questions, "Tell me about yourself."
As one commenter rightly points out, however, the job candidate doesn't come across as very interesting or likable. You need to have a bit of personality to have a chance at building a rapport with the interviewer.
Here, the advice is to tell the interviewer what's in it for them, which should sound familiar to my students:
Here's some more advice. The correct version starting at around 2:00 has the same issue, it's focused on the job but it's not real interesting or personal. She does at least say she's excited about getting back to an educational setting so we learn something about her. She could be more personable though.
They suggest: relevant to the job, 1-2 rehearsed minutes, job objective, experience and skills.
I suggest, practiced but not memorized or rehearsed. Relevant to the job and personalized.
Note that tell me about yourself comes in many flavors, even why are you applying for this job is pretty similar. If you get several questions that mean "tell me about yourself," you need to be careful not to get repetitive.
Here's the link to Rachel's interviews with the Ralph Lauren guy: http://youtu.be/yKL5SJLCchs
Most of it is just silly, but toward the end she does lay out a few messages (courage and integrity). She doesn't do a good job in discussing how the messages will help her on the job and she makes another mistake by saying, "I really want this job and I think I'd be pretty good at it." You have to show why you'd be good at it by telling stories about your experiences; I think I'd be good at it is way too weak.