(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
Seen innovation come from a mistake
Been surprised by what a grantee actually needed
Forgot to save/backup something important
Forgot to unmute before speaking
Used the phrase “best practice” and now questions it
Scheduled two meetings at the same time
Wrote an email and immediately regretted the tone
Thought “there has to be a better way to do this”
Abandoned a good idea too soon
Stuck with a bad idea too long
Had a grant go sideways for reasons outside anyone’s control
Confused someone with your application language
Witnessed burnout in this sector
Ignored red flags from the beginning
Learned something important from a grantee after funding them
Realized trust matters more than process
Realized a reporting requirement made no sense
Doubled down on a bad idea
Changed your mind about what “impact” really means
Learned more from a failure than a success
Trusted incomplete data
Had a meeting that could have been an email
Said yes when you should've said no
Overpromised on a timeline
Realized relationships matter more than paperwork
Made a spreadsheet error that mattered
Seen a budget that made you go 🤨
Had to explain your funding decision more than once
Funded a project that quietly disappeared
Hired the wrong person
Sent an email to the wrong person/list
Funded the same organization twice because of staff turnover
Discovered a form/process was a barrier you didn’t intend
Avoided a hard conversation longer than you should have
Underestimated how long something would take
Said “we don’t fund that” and later wished you could
Held engagement when decisions had already been made.
