Title: Message
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Subject: Strategies for
Meetings
Importance: High
Do
you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and
boring conference calls? Monotone voices burbling on and on like a creek for
hours on end, forcing you to look for the nearest sharp object or length of wire
to end it all. Here's a way to change all of that...
1. Before (or
during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by
drawing a square. I find that 5"x5" is a good size. Divide the card 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
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
knowledge
base
solution
touch base
mindset
client
focus
paradigm
game plan
leverage
OR
print out and use the provided box below...
|
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 |
knowledge
base |
solution |
touch
base |
|
mindset |
client
focus |
paradigm |
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 "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
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