Follow the steps, do not stop when you forget
New activists can follow the flowchart as a script while they learn. What you must not do: stop the conversation when you forget, or tell the bystander you forgot what to ask. If you lose your place, recover and ask the next principle. Steps can reorder when the room requires it, but never go blank or announce you are lost.
Steps 1–3 are non-negotiable
Qualify with exploitation, establish respect, expose the contradiction. Without that foundation you cannot flex on later steps — and you will lose the conversation to diet talk or tangents.
Check in after hard questions
After a difficult question, confirm understanding before moving on: Do you understand? Does that make sense? Do you agree or disagree? Unresolved stones become wasted time later.