1. Crisis What it be? By Nicole Gerzon and Michelle Surets

2. A VERY General Summary Continuously changing committee
Small solutions to a larger problem
Advancing your own position while working for your committee
Small room
Backroom notes and creativity

3. Crisis vs. GA Representing a person Directives & Notes Backroom!!!!!
Controlling a room
Interpersonal skills and adaptability manipulation
Adaptability
Representing a country
Resolutions, working papers etc….
Controlling a bloc
Heavy research and power (sneaky power del moves)
S t a g n a t i o n

4. Representing a Person Getting into character Building a crisis arc
Keeping within historical context and realistic arcs
Your chairs will probably specialize in the topic
Get yourself some new powers - but don’t go overboard with fun mun
Get yourself some friends (or just make them up)
Research? (w/ a couple caveats)

5. Small Rooms An emphasis on interpersonal relationships
But, you also have more personal power
People talk a lot more- have a lot to talk about, ALWAYS even if it’s trivial you gotta talk
Asserting yourself

6. Prepping for Committee
the right way - aka don’t overdo it

7. Research Absolute Must! Maybe…. Historical context
Personal position and rough idea of your powers
Committee Background
Possible Arcs
MAPS
Maybe….
Your other committee members
Your chair’s background on the topic
Past precedence

8. After Research... Make a crisis arc! Or don’t
Come up with a couple of things you want to do and how you’ll get there
Plan for different events (if ___ gets shot down by crisis, I’ll do ___)
Or don’t
Get an idea for where you wanna go and bounce ideas off of others for how to get there
Use the minds of your teammates - it’s a cooperative sport
Go into committee open minded and ready to do research after the session

9. The First Impression In a small room - you’re gonna get judged harshly
Assert yourself, but be nice
Don’t go right into committee talk
There’s like 15 of you - don’t worry you’ll get to it
Be comfortable - share things about yourself and DON’T STRESS
If they trust you as a person - they’ll trust you as any character

11. Get ready to be disappointed
In Committee
Get ready to be disappointed

12. Stuff You Can Expect Round Robins Moderated Caucuses
No more speaker’s lists!
Short frequent unmods
Learning how to lie well. Within your character guidelines not be a sneaky person
ADAPTABILITY

13. Mini Resolutions- but not quite
Directives
Mini Resolutions- but not quite
Committee wide
Openly passed laws and responses to crises
Don’t be the guy that only writes press releases
Usually no longer than a page
No flowery language: get to the point
Requires a majority vote to pass
ADAPTABILITY

14. Crisis Notes
Unless you choose to disclose it, this is a private source of communication with the crisis staff
Use it to do things that only you can do
Advance your arc
Influence the overall committee
Joint Notes - the ultimate power moves
ADAPTABILITY

15. It’s a lot.
This will be covered in more detail because there is truly a lot of information
The most important thing you can do in a crisis is be active
Don’t burn out and pace yourself
Especially during the midnight crises
TALK - WRITE - TALK - WRITE (etc…)
No one is judged on one session
Keep your eyes on the bigger picture

16. HAHA it’s very peaceful unless you procrastinate like me
After Committee
HAHA it’s very peaceful unless you procrastinate like me

17. Things To Do Usually no morning meetings
Researching possible arc continuations
Writing notes and directives from before
Not prewriting - only after the conference has started
CRISIS BRUNCH! Go to the zoo with your friends!!