Research can be an intimidating stage for many beginner delegates. Proper research skills are typically not introduced to students in school until later in high school. Without adequate research, delegates lack the foundation required to reach their full potential in a Model United Nations committee. How can middle school and younger high school students equip themselves with the research skills needed to excel in Model UN?
Best Delegate has created a world-class Model UN curriculum with the aim of bringing the best in every delegate. This curriculum has helped thousands of delegates become more confident and competitive delegates and excel in their committees. Delegates at Best Delegate’s inaugural conference, BDMUNC, underwent a five-week training plan in preparation for the conference. In Week 2 of the training program, delegates were introduced to resources and techniques to help launch their research. With the interactive activities and worksheets, delegates learned more about their assigned countries on their respective committee topics, which ranged from access to clean water to the situation in Yemen. In Week 3 of the training program, delegates learned about the elements of a great position paper and took the lesson into action by writing their own position paper for BDMUNC.
BDMUNC’s Under-Secretary-General of Committees Sam Taglia commented on Best Delegate’s pre-conference training curriculum, saying “The especially unique part about BDMUNC is the fact that we wrote 5 weeks of contents for delegates to read through on any areas that they might find troublesome going into the conference. This is not something that’s done by any other conference on the circuit. This is something that BDMUNC has started and something that BDMUNC hopes other conferences will emulate.”
With these lessons and more, delegates arrive at BDMUNC ready for more delegate training and later engage in debate in their committees!
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