Senior School, San Francisco, CA

How to Get Through to Red Sky

Do: 1. Talk about the “big picture” - the grand design. 2. Give inspiration to your case; make it come alive. 3. Offer a philosophical justification for your proposal. 4. Tie it all together ; show how your idea can work. 5. Generalize skillfully.

Don’t: 1. Get stuck in the details . 2. Overuse facts and figures .

3. Overwhelm them with logical structures or systems. 4. Make it “cold-blooded” ; do make it human and exciting. 5. Use clichés or “pat” slogans; do make it original.