With the courts closed and the legal profession in holiday mode, what better opportunity to do lots of pointless presentations?
You’ve done the presentation, you’ve had the feedback — but what does it really mean?
Please find your handy Wigapedia Presentation Feedback Translator to assist in understanding those Delphic comments… (with a hat tip to @BagotBriefs)
Feedback |
What it really means |
| A great speaker | Nice shoes |
| Very informative | I turned up to the wrong talk, but on the upside I did learn a lot about forfeiture clauses in Russian oil contracts |
| Able, confident | Arrogant know-it-all. Judges around here would hate him |
| Very enjoyable | Loved the bit where she tripped over the projector cable! |
| Really excellent talk | I didn’t understand a word, but the funny pictures were just great! |
| Humorous | I’d not heard the one about the penguins before |
| Will definitely send instructions | You will never hear from us again. Delete all reference to us now and save yourselves a lot of wasted emails |
| Well prepared | Found the venue. Could work the laser pointer. Knew her own name |
| Would like more information on the slides | I am plainly mad and I hate all my colleagues |
| The event ran to time | I genuinely can’t think of anything more positive to say. Notes very nicely typed? |
| We would like some more training | Freebies welcomed, then we can spend the training budget on a Christmas party |
| We liked the interactive aspect | It was hilarious to listen to our colleagues’ make total eejits of themselves by their pathetic attempts to answer trick questions |
| I thought the right amount of material was covered | I was definitely awake for the first ten minutes… |
| I would recommend this to colleagues | They deserve to sit through this two-hour pile of crud after they filled the drawers of my desk with frozen peas |
| I’d have welcomed more practical demonstrations | The law stuff is dull — can we have more funny slides and bits of plasticine? |
Wigapedia (aka Colm Nugent) is a barrister at Hardwicke in Lincoln’s Inn in London.