GO BEYOND A SINGLE WORKSHOP
Build skills and shared working methods over time
Choose a learning series, a broader workflow engagement, or a live session for your event. Start with the outcome your team needs; the agenda and scope are agreed before booking.
Team upskilling
A two- to eight-week series for consistent skills, guided practice, and progress checks.
Modern Excel Transformation
A four- to six-week engagement combining training, workflow design, and knowledge transfer.
Keynotes & live sessions
Bring modern Excel and AI ideas to a conference, all-hands meeting, or analytics event.
Modern Excel Transformation
A 4 to 6 week training and system building program for analyst teams.
Share the program with your colleagues
Use the detailed overview as a starting point for discussing goals and fit.
What it delivers
- A repeatable data pipeline using Power Query
- Faster analysis with Python in Excel and Copilot
- Clean, documented workflows that scale
- Hands on exercises using your own data where possible
- Automation with Office Scripts and Power Automate
- A modern Excel system your team can rely on
Important note on scope
These programs are not staff augmentation or spreadsheet cleanup services. Stringfest does not take ownership of your models or “fix everything for you.”
In practice, one-off fixes often make Excel systems more fragile. Changes are made without shared design rules, undocumented logic accumulates, and teams become dependent on whoever last touched the file. The result is usually a workbook that works today but breaks quietly later.
Instead, George works with your team to redesign workflows, establish clear patterns, and build internal capability. That way, your Excel systems are understandable, auditable, and resilient long after the engagement ends.
What is included
- Live training sessions
- Workbook and system templates
- Before and after skills assessment
- 30 days of async support
- Optional workflow audits and refactoring sessions
- Optional automation design and build-alongs (with knowledge transfer)
Team upskilling program
A two- to eight-week learning series for teams that need consistent skills and shared working practices.
Build beyond a single workshop with sequenced instruction, guided practice, and applied exercises. The program can combine Excel, Power Query, Copilot, Python in Excel, data modeling, and reporting automation around the priorities of your team.
- Defined learning objectives and participant prerequisites
- Live, instructor-led sessions
- Practice files, templates, and reinforcement activities
- Progress checks and recommendations for continued development
Team workshop
A focused session or training day for a defined skill, workflow, or team need.
Power Query for clean and reliable data
Teach your team to build auditable pipelines that clean and reshape messy data quickly and consistently.
Python in Excel for analysis and modeling
Use Python inside Excel for simulations, forecasting, visualizations, and other high impact analysis tasks.
Copilot for Excel: The analyst accelerator
Use Copilot to speed up analysis, documentation, and exploration while keeping humans in control of the model.
Keynotes and live sessions
Large group sessions for conferences, all hands meetings, and analytics events.
Popular topics
- The Modern Excel and AI Stack
- How AI is transforming analyst work
- The future of data workflows inside Excel
- Navigating Copilot and AI responsibly
- Python and Power Query as the new modeling foundation
Why teams choose Stringfest Analytics
- The full Microsoft analytics stack in one approach
Excel, Python, Power Query, Copilot, and Power Automate are taught as a single, integrated system. - Training built for real analysts, not classroom exercises
All demos, templates, and workflows come from real corporate use cases and client projects. - Tools your team already owns
We confirm your organization’s software, licenses, and available features before selecting the workflows and exercises. - Trusted by global organizations
Teams at major banks, consultancies, and technology firms have used these programs to modernize their Excel work.
Program FAQ
Who are these programs for?
These programs are for analyst and operations teams that rely on Excel for reporting, modeling, forecasting, automation, and day to day business decisions.
Can sessions be customized?
Yes. The flagship program can incorporate your real data, workflows, and business context. Team workshops can also be tailored to your tools and use cases.
Do you offer private cohorts?
Yes. All programs can be delivered privately for a single team or a group of teams inside your organization.
Where do you deliver these programs?
Most programs are delivered virtually to make scheduling easier across locations and time zones. In person delivery is available by request.
Ready to modernize your team’s Excel workflows?
Share your team, current workflows, desired outcomes, and timing. Stringfest will review the request and recommend the most appropriate starting point.