Public Forum moves fast and both sides talk in short bursts — Constructive, Rebuttal, Summary, Final Focus, back and forth. RoundFlow lays out all eight PF columns for you, in order, so you're flowing the round instead of building the sheet.
This is the exact column layout RoundFlow builds automatically the moment you pick Public Forum — nothing to configure by hand.
Prep time: 3:00 per side, shared across the whole round — RoundFlow's built-in timer tracks it separately from speech time.
Pick Public Forum in RoundFlow and all eight columns — Constructive, Rebuttal, Summary, Final Focus, each side — are already there in order. You're not drawing lines on paper while the first speaker is already talking.
Give each contention its own card. Keep the tagline short; if a specific piece of evidence matters later, attach it with a citation rather than burying it in the card's body text.
Rebuttal is where turns and direct defense happen. Use Respond → on the Constructive card it's answering so the reply lands in the Rebuttal column already connected — you won't have to guess which line it was responding to when you're re-reading your flow in Summary.
Summary is short on purpose. Mark which contentions and responses each side is choosing to go for — that's the short list Final Focus actually has to weigh, not everything either side said in Constructive.
By the last speeches you're tracking framing and voting issues, not adding new material. Note weighing claims directly next to the arguments they're weighing against so it's clear on the page which side is actually ahead.
Every card can be tagged with the term it actually is — and retagged later if you tap the wrong one mid-round.
A response that flips an opponent's argument into offense for your own side, rather than just knocking it down.
Carrying an argument from an earlier speech forward, since a dropped argument is treated as conceded.
Flag an argument the other side never answered — often the fastest way to win a voting issue in Summary.
A framing claim about which impact or value matters more, usually introduced in Summary and decided in Final Focus.
Using an argument made in one part of the flow to answer something in a different column.
The specific reason a judge should vote for your side — the thing Final Focus is built around.
Free, no account, and it saves straight to your browser. Color-coded by side, linkable cards, and one shared Preflow if you're carrying a case across an entire tournament.