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