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Model UN timer for caucus and speeches
Model UN has two clocks that behave differently: individual speaking time, which resets for every delegate, and total caucus time, which runs down once. Confusing them is how a chair loses control of a session.
The short answer
A moderated caucus has two numbers — a total duration and a speaking time per delegate — and the chair runs both at once. An unmoderated caucus has only a total. Speakers' list speeches are usually 60 or 90 seconds. Run the per-delegate clock on screen and keep the total yourself, since only the speaking time concerns the room.
Three steps to a timer on the wall
Step 1: Choose a time
Pick a preset or set your own. The timer remembers what you used last on this device.
Step 2: Press start
Start the timer, then press F or the fullscreen button to fill the screen.
Step 3: Run the room
Space pauses, the up arrow adds a minute, R resets. Fullscreen shows the timer alone, with no ads and no navigation.
Four things worth knowing
Two clocks, one on screen
Put the per-delegate speaking time on the projector, because that is what the room needs to see. Keep the caucus total yourself — showing both invites delegates to argue about the arithmetic.
Yields come out of the speaker's time
A delegate yielding to questions is still spending their own sixty seconds. Do not reset between the speech and the questions.
Amber does the chair's job for you
Interrupting a delegate to say "fifteen seconds" costs the room its attention. A colour change carries the same information and nobody has to stop.
Set the speaking time before you vote on the motion
The motion specifies both numbers. Having the preset ready means the caucus starts when it passes rather than a minute later.
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Questions people ask
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How long is a Model UN speech?
Usually 60 or 90 seconds on the speakers' list, and 30 to 45 seconds per delegate in a moderated caucus. Committees set their own, so confirm before the session.
What is the difference between moderated and unmoderated caucus?
A moderated caucus has a total duration and a speaking time per delegate, with the chair recognising each speaker. An unmoderated caucus is one block of time in which delegates talk freely.
Does yielding time restart the clock?
No. A yield to questions or to another delegate comes out of the original speaker's allocation and the clock keeps running.
Can delegates see the timer?
Yes, and they should. Press F for fullscreen and project the speaking time — the screen enforces the limit so the chair does not have to interrupt.
Time something specific
Guides worth reading
- Debate
Debate speech times by format: BP, World Schools, Lincoln-Douglas and Model UN
Speech lengths, protected time and points of information for British Parliamentary, World Schools, Lincoln-Douglas and Model UN, with how to time each one.
7 min read - Toastmasters
Toastmasters timing rules: green, amber and red for every speech type
What the timing lights mean, the exact times for every speech type, and the 30-second rule that disqualifies contestants. Plus how to run the timer role.
6 min read
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