Repeated use of “um…” Results conveniently show improvement Cell phone goes off Speaker apologizes to audience “That’s an interesting question” Too much time thanking people Doesn’t start on time/goes over time Low resolution image(s) Speaker sucks up to host professor Speaker spends several minutes talking to the title slide Undefined abbreviation Someone has a "question" that's actually a comment Speaker wastes 5 minutes explaining outline Speaker forgets to thank their research team Sleeping professor/student Work ties in to Cancer/CVD/War/COVID- 19 Speaker mispronounces something You have no idea what’s going on Boring slides/no color Skips over slides to save time Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram, etc.) “To piggyback off _____’s question/comment…” Speaker explains something obvious Excessive use of “um” “uh” etc. Someone creates excessive noise with their snacks Speaker tells an “amusing story” that is not related to the subject of the seminar Rambling/long introduction of speaker “Beyond the scope of this work” Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide Technology malfunction Someone takes more snacks than they could ever eat at seminar Speaker flips forward past a slide too fast for you to read it Blatant typo Repeated use of “um…” Results conveniently show improvement Cell phone goes off Speaker apologizes to audience “That’s an interesting question” Too much time thanking people Doesn’t start on time/goes over time Low resolution image(s) Speaker sucks up to host professor Speaker spends several minutes talking to the title slide Undefined abbreviation Someone has a "question" that's actually a comment Speaker wastes 5 minutes explaining outline Speaker forgets to thank their research team Sleeping professor/student Work ties in to Cancer/CVD/War/COVID- 19 Speaker mispronounces something You have no idea what’s going on Boring slides/no color Skips over slides to save time Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram, etc.) “To piggyback off _____’s question/comment…” Speaker explains something obvious Excessive use of “um” “uh” etc. Someone creates excessive noise with their snacks Speaker tells an “amusing story” that is not related to the subject of the seminar Rambling/long introduction of speaker “Beyond the scope of this work” Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide Technology malfunction Someone takes more snacks than they could ever eat at seminar Speaker flips forward past a slide too fast for you to read it Blatant typo
(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.
Repeated use of “um…”
Results conveniently show improvement
Cell phone goes off
Speaker apologizes to audience
“That’s an interesting question”
Too much time thanking people
Doesn’t start on time/goes over time
Low resolution image(s)
Speaker sucks up to host professor
Speaker spends several minutes talking to the title slide
Undefined abbreviation
Someone has a "question" that's actually a comment
Speaker wastes 5 minutes explaining outline
Speaker forgets to thank their research team
Sleeping professor/student
Work ties in to Cancer/CVD/War/COVID-19
Speaker mispronounces something
You have no idea what’s going on
Boring slides/no color
Skips over slides to save time
Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram, etc.)
“To piggyback off _____’s question/comment…”
Speaker explains something obvious
Excessive use of “um” “uh” etc.
Someone creates excessive noise with their snacks
Speaker tells an “amusing story” that is not related to the subject of the seminar
Rambling/long introduction of speaker
“Beyond the scope of this work”
Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide
Technology malfunction
Someone takes more snacks than they could ever eat at seminar
Speaker flips forward past a slide too fast for you to read it
Blatant typo