Bullshit Bingo

MANY OF US WISH THIS GAME HAD ARRIVED YEARS EARLIER

Do you fall asleep in meetings & seminars? What about those long,
boring conference calls? Here's a way to change all that:

1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference
call, prepare for the meeting by drawing a square. A good size is
5" x 5".

2. Divide the square into columns, five across and five down. That
will give you 25 one-inch blocks.

3. In each block, write one of the following words/phrases:

synergy	strategic fit	core competencies	best practice	bottom line
revisit	take that off-line	24/7	out of the loop	benchmark
value added	proactive	win-win	think outside the box	fast track
result-driven	empower(ment)	knowledge base	at the end of the day	touch base
mindset	client focus(ed)	ballpark	game plan	Leverage

4. Whenever you hear one of those words/phrases during the meeting,
make an X through the appropriate block.

5. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or
diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!"

These are testimonials from satisfied "Bullshit Bingo" players:

"I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won. " -Jack
W. , Boston

"My attention span at meetings has improved drastically. " --David
D. , Miami

"What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me. "-- Sue S. ,
NYC

"The atmosphere was tense in our last process meeting as 14 of us
waited for the fifth box. " -- Joseph R. , St. Louis

"The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed BULLSHIT! for the
third time in two hours. " -- Kathleen L. , Atlanta