Use of Powerpoint with blue background Introducing the speaker takes too long References advisor (past, present) "Manuscript in preparation" "We're looking into that" Student bobs head fighting sleep "Beyond the scope of this work" Entire slide filled with text Blatant typo Professor falls asleep Person next to you on his/her laptop Bitter postdoc asks question Speaker wastes 5 min in outline You have no idea what's going on Laptop malfunction "That's an interesting question" Speaker bashes previous work Laser pointer doesn't work "The data CLEARLY shows" Cell phone goes off Uses latest buzz words in the field Repeated use of "um..." Speaker is getting over a cold Doesn't go into PowerPoint presentation mode Use of Powerpoint with blue background Introducing the speaker takes too long References advisor (past, present) "Manuscript in preparation" "We're looking into that" Student bobs head fighting sleep "Beyond the scope of this work" Entire slide filled with text Blatant typo Professor falls asleep Person next to you on his/her laptop Bitter postdoc asks question Speaker wastes 5 min in outline You have no idea what's going on Laptop malfunction "That's an interesting question" Speaker bashes previous work Laser pointer doesn't work "The data CLEARLY shows" Cell phone goes off Uses latest buzz words in the field Repeated use of "um..." Speaker is getting over a cold Doesn't go into PowerPoint presentation mode
(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.
Use of Powerpoint with blue background
Introducing the speaker takes too long
References advisor (past, present)
"Manuscript in preparation"
"We're looking into that"
Student bobs head fighting sleep
"Beyond the scope of this work"
Entire slide filled with text
Blatant typo
Professor falls asleep
Person next to you on his/her laptop
Bitter postdoc asks question
Speaker wastes 5 min in outline
You have no idea what's going on
Laptop malfunction
"That's an interesting question"
Speaker bashes previous work
Laser pointer doesn't work
"The data CLEARLY shows"
Cell phone goes off
Uses latest buzz words in the field
Repeated use of "um..."
Speaker is getting over a cold
Doesn't go into PowerPoint presentation mode