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