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