1. Excel

2. What’s so good about Excel?

3. Budgeting and forecasting / arithmetic calculations / cost benefit analysis / text functions / project management / statistical functions / pie charts / data cleaning / Gantt charts / data storage / data sorting / pivot tables / feed PowerPoint presentations / diagrams / macros / Visual Basic / mathematical and trigonometric functions / produce web pages / conditional formatting / data integrity / goal seek / financial functions / worksheet protection / data validation / freeze panes / split windows / date and time functions / exporting and importing data / lookup and referencing functions / coordination with other MS applications / engineering functions / formatting as tables / hyperlinks / logical functions / radar charts / linking workbooks / paste specials / auto- & advanced-filters / error checks / dashboards / creating reports / personnel charts / stock takes / database.. What’s so good aboutExcel?It solves business problems…

4. …and sits on nearly every office computer in the world.

5. Sowhy don’t all businesses unlock its potential?

6. Because a lot can go wrong.

7. application crashes / undynamic spreadsheets / incorrect use of formulae / unclear or unprofessional formatting / error values / unattended circular references / overly large files / misuse of pivot tables / dates displayed as numbers / underused tabs / incorrectly used security or protection / complicated shared file structures / inconsistent files names or formats / poor use of dynamic processes / poorly labelled spreadsheets / lack of spreadsheet information / lack of spreadsheet-relevant training / repeating after this one / N/A / HREF / static spreadsheets / incorrect use of formulae / unclear or unprofessional formatting / error values / unattended circular references / overly large files / misuse of pivot tables / dates displayed as numbers / underused tabs / incorrectly used security or protection / complicated shared file structures / inconsistent files names or formats / poor use of dynamic processes / poorly labelled spreadsheets / lack of spreadsheet information / lack of spreadsheet-relevant training / repeating after this one / N/A / HREF /static spreadsheeting / … 1. Spreadsheets are used poorly

8. 2. Firms are unsure of the abilities of their staff

9. 3. Office learning is ad hoc and unstructured

10. 4. External courses try to teach too much

11. Source: Google. Top 25 results for 1 day “excel training courses London”, Dec ‘09 5. External trainingis expensive

12. We set out to find asolution.

13. Everything = 500 functions Starting with everything Excel has to offer,

14. Everything we eliminated anything not essentialfor business,

15. Everything Core Syllabus leaving a Core Syllabus of Excel techniques.

16. Could this be distilled even further? Yes.

17. Could this be distilled even further? Yes.

18. By identifying user-specific knowledge gaps... Core Syllabus

19. By identifying user-specific knowledge gaps… Core Syllabus Key: What you already know What you don’t know (knowledge gaps)

20. By identifying user-specific knowledge gaps… Core Syllabus Bespoke Syllabus we form a Bespoke Syllabus…

21. …that should besmall enough Bespoke Syllabus

22. …that should besmall enough Excel Competence Bespoke Syllabus for you to master in less than a month.

23. A synopsis of how we arrived atour solution: Core Syllabus Bespoke Syllabus AbsolutelyEverything Excel Competence

24. But how is this a solution for you?

25. Our 1st service generates your Bespoke Syllabus. #1 XQ Audit ® Core Syllabus Bespoke Syllabus AbsolutelyEverything Excel Competence

26. #1 Self-assessments against our Core Syllabus… give instant IQ-style XQ scores, Needs Analysis

27. …and timed tests based on our Core Syllabus… #1 Self-assessments against our Core Syllabus… give instant IQ-style XQ scores, OurXQ Tests Needs Analysis ®

28. #1 give instant IQ-style XQscores, ®

29. #1 (XQ = eXcel Quotient) ®

30. #1 SAMPLE organisation-wide staffperformance reports…

31. #1 and benchmark results against your industry.

32. Our 2nd service teachesyour Bespoke Syllabus. #2 EwB Course Core Syllabus Bespoke Syllabus AbsolutelyEverything Excel Competence

33. #2 Each technique fallsinto one of 5 categories: Spreadsheet administration Orientation and efficiency Data handling Data analysis Presentation Bespoke Syllabus

34. #2 These are taught by text,

35. #2 These are taught by text, modelspreadsheets,

36. #2 a suite of industry-specific video tutorials…

37. #2 What’s your ? and a final online test to measure your progress.

38. Of the five Excel issues identified at the start…

39. …our services solveat least four of them.     ?

40. So are we better value for money? Average£284

41. Yes. Our single-user* subscriptions: Individually: ® XQ Audit £25 ** EwB Course £75 £80 Average£284 Package * Unlimited user subscriptions for corporates also available. ** EwB Course based on Core Syllabus if taken without the XQ® Audit.

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