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Excel

What‟s sogood about Excel?

What‟s sogoodaboutExcel?It solves business problems…

Budgeting and forecasting / arithmeticcalculations / cost benefit analysis / textfunctions / project management /statistical functions / pie charts / datacleaning / Gantt charts / data storage /data sorting / pivot tables / feedPowerPoint presentations / diagrams /macros / Visual Basic / mathematical andtrigonometric functions / produce webpages / conditional formatting / dataintegrity / goal seek / financial functions /worksheet protection / data validation /freeze panes / split windows / date andtime functions / exporting and importingdata / lookup and referencing functions /coordination with other MS applications /engineering functions / formatting astables / hyperlinks / logical functions /radar charts / linking workbooks / pastespecials / auto- & advanced-filters / errorchecks / dashboards / creating reports /personnel charts / stock takes / database..

…and sits on nearly

everyoffice

computer in the

world.

So why don‟t allbusinesses unlock its potential?

Because a lot can go wrong.

application crashes / undynamic spreadsheets / incorrect use offormulae / unclear or unprofessional formatting / error values /unattended circular references / overly large files / misuse of pivottables / dates displayed as numbers / underused tabs / incorrectlyused security or protection / complicated shared file structures /inconsistent files names or formats / poor use of dynamicprocesses / poorly labelled spreadsheets / lack of spreadsheetinformation / lack of spreadsheet-relevant training / repeatingafter this one / N/A / HREF / static spreadsheets / incorrect useof formulae / unclear or unprofessional formatting / error values/ unattended circular references / overly large files / misuse ofpivot tables / dates displayed as numbers / underused tabs /incorrectly used security or protection / complicated shared filestructures / inconsistent files names or formats / poor use ofdynamic processes / poorly labelled spreadsheets / lack ofspreadsheet information / lack of spreadsheet-relevant training /repeating after this one / N/A / HREF /static spreadsheeting / …

1. Spreadsheets are used poorly

2. Firms are unsure of the abilities of their staff

3. Office learning is ad hoc and unstructured

4. External courses try to teach too much

5. External trainingis expensive

Source: Google. Top 25 results for 1 day “excel training courses London”, Dec „09

We set out to find asolution .

Starting with everythingExcel has to offer,

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CoreSyllabus

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Could this be distilled even further? Yes.

Could this be distilled even further? Yes.

By identifying user-specificknowledge gaps...

Core Syllabus

By identifying user-specificknowledge gaps…

Core Syllabus

What you don‟t know (knowledge gaps)

What you already know

Key:

we form a Bespoke Syllabus…

Bespoke Syllabus

By identifying user-specific knowledge gaps…

Core Syllabus

…that should besmall enough

Bespoke Syllabus

…that should besmall enough

Bespoke Syllabus Excel Competence

for you to master in less than a month.

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AbsolutelyEverything

Core Syllabus

Bespoke Syllabus

Excel Competence

A synopsis of how we arrived at our solution:

The Pareto Principle:80% of the effects come from 20%of the causes.

We help you discover that 20%.

Vilfredo Pareto

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But how is thisa solution for you?

AbsolutelyEverything

Core Syllabus

Bespoke Syllabus

Excel Competence

Excel Test

Our 1st service generatesyour Bespoke Syllabus.

give instant IQ-style XQ scores,

CourseDiagnostic

Self-assessmentsagainst our

Core Syllabus…

give instant IQ-style XQ scores,

…and timed tests based on

that Syllabus…

ExcelTests

Self-assessments against our

Core Syllabus…

Course Diagnostic

give instant IQ-style Excel scores,

organisation-wide staffperformance reports…

and benchmark results against your industry.

AbsolutelyEverything

Core Syllabus

Bespoke Syllabus

Excel Competence

EwB Course

Our 2nd service teachesyour Bespoke Syllabus.

Each technique fallsinto one of 5 categories:

Spreadsheet administration

Bespoke Syllabus

Orientation and efficiencyData handling

Data analysis

Presentation

These are taught by text,

These are taught by text, model spreadsheets,

a suite of industry-specific video tutorials…

and a final online test to measure your progress.

What‟s your Excel IQ?

Of the five Excel issues identified at the start…

…our services solveat least four of them.

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