Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Meet your Instructor

    • Getting Started

  • 2

    Section 1: Pre-Conference Training

    • Why Training?

    • Skills Training

    • Skills Training: Speaking Drills

    • Skills Training: Debating Drills

    • Scenario Training

    • The Importance of Feedback

    • Activity: Design your own training

  • 3

    Section 2: Pre-Conference Logistics

    • Logistics? Really?

    • Committee Assignments

    • Committee Assignments: The Format

    • Committee Assignments: The Topic

    • Committee Assignments: Single vs. Double Delegations

    • Committee Assignments: Single vs. Double Delegations

    • Team Communication

    • Organizing Your Research

    • Moving On...

  • 4

    Section 3: At-Conference

    • You've Arrived

    • The Importance of Debriefing

    • Faculty Advisors and Non-Participating Members

    • Representing Your Team

    • The Post-Conference Check-In

    • Design your own feedback form

    • Onwards and Upwards!