National Educational Debate Association

NEDA schedules eight invitational tournaments a year, primarily in the mid-west.

Several aspects of NEDA make it distinct from other debate organizations, including the ability to decide topicality at the end of the constructive speeches, the ability of judges to give "double losses" in those cases in which neither team argues in a manner consistent befitting a public advocate, closed cross examination, and a focus on argumentation and delivery.

Membership in NEDA is awarded to individuals, not institutions, and all members must apply and be approved the governing body.

The intended focus is on the clash over the issues central to the debate proposition.

In 1999, the Western division of NEDA became the Great Plains Forensic Conference.