BullPuckey Bingo

Do you keep falling asleep in staff meetings?
What about those long and boring conference calls?
Here's a way to change all of that...

1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare your "BullPuckey Bingo" card by drawing a square and dividing it into columns - five across and five down. That will give you 25 one-inch blocks.
2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:
   • synergy
   • strategic fit
   • core competencies
   • out of the box
   • bottom line
   • revisit
   • take that off-line (or "sidebar", or "left column")
   • 24/7
   • out of the loop
   • benchmark
   • value-added
   • proactive
   • win-win
   • think outside the box
   • fast track
   • result-driven (or outcomes-oriented)
   • empower (or empowerment)
   • knowledge base
   • at the end of the day
   • touch base
   • mindset
   • client focus(ed)
   • ballpark
   • game plan
   • leverage
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BullPuckey!"

Testimonials from satisfied "BullPuckey 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 dramatically." -- David D., Florida
• "What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win." --Bill R., New York City
• "The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." --Ben G., Denver

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