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