GUIDES // INTEL-012
Public Speaking for MUN — The Five Things That Actually Matter
// THE SYNDICATE··7 min READCLEARANCE: PUBLIC
MUN speaking is closer to courtroom advocacy than competitive debate. You are not trying to score points. You are trying to move the room.
Five Things That Matter
- ▸Pace. Slower than feels natural. Roughly 130 words per minute. Anything faster sounds anxious.
- ▸Eye contact with the EB. Not the floor. Not your notes. The panel.
- ▸Structure. Three points, signposted. "First. Second. Third." The room remembers structure.
- ▸One memorable phrase. One image, one statistic, one line they will quote later.
- ▸Knowing when to stop. Yield with thirty seconds left if you've made your point. Restraint is a flex.
The delegate who can speak for ninety seconds when the chair allots one minute thirty has lost the room.
// NEXT STEP
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