Welcome to Tips and Advice!
Come here for research and position paper writing tips as well as advice for how to become the delegate that you strive to be in Model United Nations! This page will have everything from how to write an award-winning research paper to the most efficient way to cite to how to keep yourself up to date with the latest news.
Tips for Success
Each delegate's experience in Model United Nations, and success can be defined in a variety of ways. However, I have taken it upon myself to interview experienced MUN delegates and ask for advice on what actions they feel has lead them to success. Check it out!
Advait Arun, Secretary General of Gunn Model United Nations Club, Award Winning Delegate with Chairing Experience
- become a main player in the resolution-writing process: if you can't be the one holding the computer / notebook, writing your resolution clause by clause for your whole bloc, (which is a highly effective way of cementing your control), make sure you can keep vouching for your ideas to whoever's writing
- keep innovating to make sure your resolution leaves no stone unturned
- raise your hand. always. even if you don't know what you need to say, you'll find something (because, chances are, some delegates will say something you can refute easily)
- it doesn't hurt to ask the chair if you can speak last -- it's an efficient way of commanding the floor at the end of a long moderated caucus, and it's a great way of reminding other delegates what you stand for
- don't write up a speaker's list speech at the very most, prepare some notes not worth your time
- don't work during lunch unless your entire bloc is in on it use lunch to make friends and be a real human in committee
- compliment other people don't be perceived as a callous delegate, be respectful and kind
- WRITE LOTS OF NOTES the second committee starts, get writing -- send notes to everybody: friends, enemies, people who you have no idea what their policy is form blocs quickly, so you can be in control of them
- keep innovating to make sure your resolution leaves no stone unturned
- raise your hand. always. even if you don't know what you need to say, you'll find something (because, chances are, some delegates will say something you can refute easily)
- it doesn't hurt to ask the chair if you can speak last -- it's an efficient way of commanding the floor at the end of a long moderated caucus, and it's a great way of reminding other delegates what you stand for
- don't write up a speaker's list speech at the very most, prepare some notes not worth your time
- don't work during lunch unless your entire bloc is in on it use lunch to make friends and be a real human in committee
- compliment other people don't be perceived as a callous delegate, be respectful and kind
- WRITE LOTS OF NOTES the second committee starts, get writing -- send notes to everybody: friends, enemies, people who you have no idea what their policy is form blocs quickly, so you can be in control of them
Siddarth Jain, an award winning delegate and a two-time conference chair
- Speak with passion
- Dress sharply
- Never wear a clip on tie
- Dress sharply
- Never wear a clip on tie
Sohini Ashoke, an award winning delegate and a conference chair
- Even if you are extremely nervous just raise your placard