Don't be a conversation hog Look away, walk away Is there a common interest? If all goes well introduce yourself Move on Watch and listen What are they talking about? Don't get too personal Wait for a pause then join in Assess interest Use a prop Use a cover story to leave Do they look friendly? Don't take it personally Casually look over 5/10! Do I know anyone in the group? Keep your cool Mention the common interest Why are they ignoring me? Don't stare Do I have something to contribute? Trade Information Try a different group Don't be a conversation hog Look away, walk away Is there a common interest? If all goes well introduce yourself Move on Watch and listen What are they talking about? Don't get too personal Wait for a pause then join in Assess interest Use a prop Use a cover story to leave Do they look friendly? Don't take it personally Casually look over 5/10! Do I know anyone in the group? Keep your cool Mention the common interest Why are they ignoring me? Don't stare Do I have something to contribute? Trade Information Try a different group
(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.
Don't be a conversation hog
Look away, walk away
Is there a common interest?
If all goes well introduce yourself
Move on
Watch and listen
What are they talking about?
Don't get too personal
Wait
for a
pause then join in
Assess interest
Use a prop
Use a cover story to leave
Do they look friendly?
Don't
take it personally
Casually look over
5/10!
Do I know anyone in the group?
Keep your cool
Mention the common interest
Why are they ignoring me?
Don't stare
Do I have something to contribute?
Trade Information
Try a different group