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