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