Conflict Resolution

Opener

• Get the attention of the panel...cause them to be RIVETED
• Present a PREVIEW of what your experts will talk about
• Present an appeal for why you think your resolution will work
• End with a statement about how you want the panel to vote

Political Expert

• Descriptions of political groups involved
• Descriptions of current political problems/issues
• Political effects these problems cause
• Maps and other important visual aids

Economic Expert

• Evidence in data, numbers, and graphs
• This data should objectively show the issues of imbalance (possible examples: income disparity, #s of displaced people, deaths, # of violent incidents, etc...)

Social/Cultural Expert

• Identification of cultural groups effected
• The ways that these groups are effected (e.g. disruption of daily life)
• Personal stories (for emotional appeal)
• Must show an imbalance between a groups that "have" and groups that "don't have"

Resolution Expert

• List of proposed actions to help diminish the imbalances
• Connections between the proposed actions and the political, economic, and social slides
• List of outside groups/agencies that could help and what their role would be
• Intended results

Closer

• Review of the main points from the political, economic, and social experts
• A review of the resolution
• An emotional appeal (personal story that will leave the panel with an image) of why this conflict needs to be resolved
• A statement about how you want the panel to vote

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