Meeting buzzword bingo

A light game for all-hands meetings, offsites and video calls. Everyone gets a different card, so the first full line is a real surprise.

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Ways to use it at work

• All-hands or town hall: hand out cards at the door. The first person with a line gets the first question in the Q&A.
• Conference or trade show: fill squares with booths, talks or tasks ("visit three booths", "meet someone from another city").
• Team offsite: mix buzzwords with team in-jokes and project names. Keep it kind, and avoid squares about one person.
• Remote meetings: save the cards as a PDF and share them before the call. People mark squares in any PDF viewer or on paper.

Starter list (40 phrases)

1. Circle back
2. Synergy
3. Take it offline
4. Low-hanging fruit
5. Deep dive
6. Bandwidth
7. Action items
8. Move the needle
9. Touch base
10. Quick sync
11. Let's park that
12. Can you see my screen?
13. You're on mute
14. Going forward
15. Win-win
16. Deliverables
17. Game changer
18. Alignment
19. Stakeholders
20. Best practice
21. Leverage
22. Pivot
23. Big picture
24. Ping me
25. At the end of the day
26. Moving parts
27. Value add
28. Hard stop
29. Per my last email
30. Bring to the table
31. Ballpark figure
32. Keep me in the loop
33. Out of the box
34. Quick win
35. Roadmap
36. Scalable
37. Mission critical
38. Someone drops off the call
39. Dog barks in background
40. Let's take a step back

Keeping it fun

• Agree that the speaker doesn't know the list. The game falls apart if people force phrases into the talk.
• Small prizes work best: first pick of the snacks, choosing the next team lunch spot, a desk plant.
• Use the ocean or ink saver theme for a clean, office-friendly look.

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