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Buzzword Bingo Card Generator Posted

Meeting Bingo (also known as Buzzword Bingo) is...

A bingo-style game where participants prepare bingo cards with buzzwords and tick them off when they are uttered during an event, such as a meeting or speech. The goal of the game is to tick off a predetermined number of words in a row and then yell "Bingo!".

I posted an Excel workbook that generates this type of bingo card: Generate Meeting Bingo Cards. This workbook contains 186 business buzzwords and phrases, and generates a new random 5X5 card whenever you press F9. It can easily be customized for other situations.

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1. By Buck star. Comment posted 02 October, 2008 5:52pm

   Hi John,
   I have been compiling a corporate cliche and buzzword list over my years working at leading Australian Telco. I have added these to the Bingo format and added a Macro to reset range names by button click. I currently have 421 buzzwords and cliches. Thank you for the inspiration behind this outlet. It will be well used in all future thinktanks, brainstorms and idea heamorage meetings.
2. By Alex J. Comment posted 03 October, 2008 6:10am

   Shouldn't this be automated with click events to fill in the form and auto email winning cards to the other players? Could be a more popular online game than DOOM.
   
   Bring your laptop/blackberry to the meeting and play!
3. By John Walkenbach. Comment posted 03 October, 2008 6:35am

   Those features are slated for Version 2.0.
4. By Alex J. Comment posted 04 October, 2008 9:55am

   Is that the one with a ribbon?
5. By John Johnson. Comment posted 07 November, 2008 4:16pm

   Hi John, Great site. Thanks. I too remember VisiCalc. I noted you said had VisiCalc on 5.25" floppy disk(s) and could not read then as you did not have a 5.25" drive. The format on 5.25" floppy disks used on the Apple II are not compatible with the format used on PC's 5.25" floppy disks. You would need to to use an Apple II, find and run a binary transfer program to move the excutable from the Apple II to a PC or other machine. Then ... [ I digress ] Regards. John Johnson
6. By Bingo. Comment posted 15 February, 2010 6:03am

   Haha touch base, I HATE that phrase!! You're not climbing Everest - you're out getting a coffee and a donut.
7. By Jeff. Comment posted 15 February, 2010 6:04am

   The rest are awful too :-( why do people have to talk like this?!
   
   Bingo