1. Excel

2. What‟s so
good
about
Excel?

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

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

5. So why 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 /
1. Spreadsheets are
incorrectly used security or protection / complicated shared file
structures / inconsistent files names or formats / poor use of
used poorly
dynamic processes / poorly labelled spreadsheets / lack of
spreadsheet information / lack of spreadsheet-relevant training /
repeating after this one / N/A / HREF /static spreadsheeting / …

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 training
is expensive

12. We set out to find a
solution .

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Excel techniques.
Syllabus
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16. Could this be distilled even
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17. Could this be distilled even
further? Yes.

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

19. By identifying user-specific
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we form a Bespoke
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21. …that should be
small enough
Bespoke Syllabus

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