FYI

Not that any of you ever attend boring meetings (or classes) or overlong conference calls, but.....just in case.....

  A CURE FOR BORING MEETINGS, CONFERENCE CALLS AND SEMINARS

Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars?  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 "Bullshit Bingo" card by drawing a square. I find that 5" x 5" is a good size. Divide the card into columns, five across and five down. That will give you 25, 1" blocks. 

2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:

• 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 (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, standup and shout "BULLSHIT!"

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 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

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