MUN Masterclass
Secrets to Success With Adam Meshach
Adam Meshach is a well-versed and experienced student in the realm of both MUN's and public speaking as a whole. Having attending over 30 MUN's, winning awards in almost every single one of them and serving as the Secretary General for his own school's MUN, Adam is a respected and recognizable face in the realm of MUNs. Having proven himself in several other facets of public speaking such as the WSC, Debate, cultures and lawyers up, aswell as holding positions of leadership in his own school and working with several NGO'S such as Rotary and the Annettes Club, he is quite experienced in all facets of public speaking.
​What first attracted you to joining mun?
The honest answer, I attended my first ever MUN out of peer pressure from my friends. It was 8th grade in the middle of COVID and my friends and I were dying to find an excuse to no longer have to attend our classes and that seemed easier that lying to my teachers about being sick for the third week in a row.
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When you first started, did you face any challenges?
I think I can proudly say that more things went wrong than right in my first MUN. Research seemed more like extra homework more than anything else, the idea of speaking and people actually listening to me made me feel sick to my stomach, and the additional hassle of needing to go and buy a suit for it was the cherry on top. It was quite the chaotic experience.
What are your favorite things about MUNs?
I think my favorite thing about MUN's and just public speaking as a whole is definitely the sense of self. The feeling of seeing your hard work pay off as you win an award, give a speech, or even just talk to other delegates and have them keen on learning from what you have to say is such a huge source of confidence that reflects on so many other aspects in my life
Do you have any memorable MUN experiences that shaped you?
I think by far the single most memorable memory MUNs have given me is the feeling of winning my first ever Best Delegate. Very little compares to it. From the actual work that went into winning the award, to sweating an ungodly amount during the closing ceremony praying I won that award, the stress leading up to 2nd place award and at last the way I true my chair in the air when they announced second place and it wasn't me. Very few moments from MUNs really compare to that.
What advice would you give to someone who's just starting in MUN, feels intimidated and is nervous about public speaking?
If I could go back to when i did my first ever MUN and give myself any piece of advise about MUNS, it would be to have a lot more faith in myself. When your just starting out, you tend to feel like you know a lot less than you actually do. For MUNS and just public speaking in general, 90 percent of the work is just believing in what your saying. If you sound like you know what your talking about, chances are everyone else will too
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