Meetings?


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 yourself 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 one-inch blocks.



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

* synergy

* strategic fit

* core competencies

* best practice

* bottom line

* revisit

* expeditious

* to tell you the truth (or "the truth is")

* 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)

* 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 "BULL****!"

Testimonials from satisfied "Bull**** Bingo" players:


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


-- "My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." - David
T., Florida


-- "What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first
win." - Dan J., 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 'BULL****!' for the
third time in two hours."

The Bull**** Bingo Championship will be played at the next meeting.[/align]