Really bad jokes Going off on tangents Hiding behind script/podium Being mean to the audience Reading off slides Pacing Speaking too quietly Not connecting topics/ideas Under- prepared Taking yourself too seriously Lack of enthusiasm Eating food while speaking Long periods of silence Being too stiff Trailing off mid- sentence... Ineffective use of visuals Speaking too quickly Monotone voice Back to audience Reading off a script Too much jargon Using phrases like "dumb it down" Making your partner look bad Bad jokes Really bad jokes Going off on tangents Hiding behind script/podium Being mean to the audience Reading off slides Pacing Speaking too quietly Not connecting topics/ideas Under- prepared Taking yourself too seriously Lack of enthusiasm Eating food while speaking Long periods of silence Being too stiff Trailing off mid- sentence... Ineffective use of visuals Speaking too quickly Monotone voice Back to audience Reading off a script Too much jargon Using phrases like "dumb it down" Making your partner look bad Bad jokes
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. 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.
I-Really bad jokes
B-Going off on tangents
B-Hiding behind script/podium
O-Being mean to the audience
N-Reading off slides
I-Pacing
I-Speaking too quietly
G-Not connecting topics/ideas
O-Under-prepared
O-Taking yourself too seriously
B-Lack of enthusiasm
N-Eating food while speaking
O-Long periods of silence
N-Being too stiff
I-Trailing off mid-sentence...
G-Ineffective use of visuals
B-Speaking too quickly
G-Monotone voice
N-Back to audience
I-Reading off a script
G-Too much jargon
O-Using phrases like
"dumb it down"
B-Making your partner look bad
G-Bad jokes