Analytics & AI for Modern Excel
Back in 2021, I published a post titled "Why most coding for spreadsheet users training fails." At the time, Python in Excel did not yet exist, but what did exist was a steady stream of educational …
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Running live online Excel training for a big group — and I mean big (50, 75, 100+ people per instructor) — is a completely different beast from a normal-sized workshop. All the things that make …
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Whenever I get asked the same thing two or three times, I figure it's worth turning into a post. So I am genuinely surprised I haven't written about how I became an Excel trainer yet. I've written …
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Running technical data training sessions online is challenging enough. But when your participants span a wide range of skill levels, from absolute beginners in Excel to seasoned data analysts, the …
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You may associate the graphical interchange file, or GIF, as pieces of pop-culture ephemera. But I see them as an indispensible asset for teaching about data analytics. In fact, some of the …
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In September 2019, McKinsey called for the rise of the in-house “analytics academy” to up-skill employees’ data literacy and prepare organizations for the changes from artificial intelligence and …
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