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You get a new data file and the numbers are close, but slightly different from the other file you already had. Suddenly, you’ve got two different sets of data. Now you have to spend two hours matching things up. Let’s use three steps and make this project a ten minute exercise.
I had a rare opportunity to speak with and get an e-mail from my Internet Business guru. Business term “The Law of Diminishing Returns”. And companies around the world spend up to $100 billion a year to train employees in the skills they need to improve corporate performance… But training typically doesn’t have much impact.” Find out why this happens?
Discuss the purpose of the Business Intelligence Reporting Community, Comparative Advantage, and the Excel formula everyone should know.
A good chart can “land” you the client, separate you from other vendors, or make your message to management extremely persuasive. This VIDEO shows you EXACTLY how to create good Microsoft Excel charts. Here is part 2 of a 3 part series on how to create compelling charts in Excel.
The challenge was finding a gift that was not too showy, but would be remembered. Not too expensive, but display quality. After a lot of thoughtful research, I found a great gift… A pen. No, really, a very cool pen. For starters it’s historical. Pens were given by Presidents George Washington and Harry Truman and also used in Space.
A good chart can “land” you the client, separate you from other vendors, or make your message to management extremely persuasive. This VIDEO shows you EXACTLY how to create good Microsoft Excel charts. Here is part 1 of a 3 part series on how to create compelling charts in Excel.
In this show we talk about Facebook usage, Return on Investment calculations, and Business Intelligence tool implementations and their failures.
I recently helped a co-worker cut 3 days of frustration off her project deadline, using 1 of my 3 office communication secrets. Here’s the scenario, she was trying to contact another employee to get his approval on the project. He was the last person who needed to sign off on the project changes… and he wasn’t responding. Sound familiar?
There are several techniques that I’ve learned that help keep project deadlines.
When you have to present Excel data, the last thing you should do is take a screen shot of the data and make it into a PowerPoint slide. The chart should tell a story that can be understood in 5 – 10 seconds. If you take longer than that, your audience will ignore you and focus on trying to understand the chart. Knowing your data is the critical step. Follow these simple steps for charting your data.
For 10 years, I’ve been building reports for Finance, Operations, Accounting, Marketing, Mid-level Managers, Executives, and some just for myself. This is the typical checklist I go through for reports