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Special Introductory Offer

First 3 customers in each month

$400 for 4 hours of training, includes 4 hours of initial interviewing and preparation, and 2 hours of tutorials

 

Substantially increase the productivity of your Excel users with only 4-6 hours of training.

It takes only 4-6 hours (2-3) of our 2 hour sessions to make real productivity gains in using Excel. And your costs for this exceptional training will be lower than those you can get from any other training company.

What is so productive about this approach?

  • Staff are interviewed to see exactly what they need. This isn't generalized package training: there's no wasted or irrelevant material.
  • Exercises and examples are based on your workplace. This increases the relevance to your staff and focuses training on what is needed
  • Training is intensive. We move fast and far, stretching your staff to the limit...but not beyond. Small groups and between-session tutoring keeps everyone up to speed. This is better than private tutoring.
  • Overview

    Different proficiency levels with Excel have very different next steps for different productivity gains. Following is a summary of where people are often stalled and how I can help.

    However each group has its particular needs. We do a two hour assesment, interviewing both supervisors/managers and participants and find what the desired objectives are.

    Novices

    Learn how to do basic exercises in Excel:

    Beginners

    Beginners are using Excel but doing so inefficiently and with no great confidence. Our goal is to increase speed for simple operations by a factor of 2 or perhaps 3, and to make users a great deal more capable and confident.

    Intermediates

    Intermediates usually include trainee accountants, analysts and other junior staff who assist with the preparation and presentation of data. It is essential that these people execute their regular tasks with high efficiency and know how to solve more advanced problems of presentation and organization.

    There is a variety of options for courses and a free consultation will help assess where to start. Usually 3 of the following topics will be covered and will produce significant gains.

    Advanced

    There's not much to teach advanced users that they can't teach themselves but there are areas where a professional, familiar with database and web technologies can help even the most advanced user.

    Generally this assistance falls under the heading of consulting rather than "training" and consulting rates apply. However the initial assessment of whether I can be any help (the first hour of discussion) is free.

    Consulting and Private Tutoring

    Consulting

    Consulting is available if you're wondering whether your whole reporting system efficiency can be improved. Improved can be a matter of reducing the person-hours to do reports—perhaps reducing days to hours; it can be a matter of significantly sharpening the big picture view of your company's operating strengths and weaknesses.

    You should be aware that Excel has exceptional power that small companies are seldom aware of. Excel can read information from databases, including those on websites—keeping website product information up-to-date, for example.

    But the cost of these gains can vary. Sometimes big gains don't require much; at other times big gains must be more cautiously weighed against what might be considerable expense. A preliminary (free) consultation will help you assess whether improvements can be made and at what cost.

    Tutoring

    I provide an at-your-desk-tutoring service that can't be beat. For as little as $25 an hour, staff can phone me and I can resolve the problem over the phone by using desk-to-desk software that enables me to see your employee's computer screen.

    Sample Projects I've completed with Excel

    Biography

    John:

    Services and Rates

    Each module provides 2-3 class sessions of 2 hours each (4-6 hours total class time) and is conducted at your site. I take a maximum of 4 people to a module. Also included in the cost is 2 hours of interviews with staff; 4 hours for developing class exercises and up to 2 hours of between-session tutorials.

    4 Hour Excel Sessions for up to 4 people $500

    6 hour Excel Sessions for up to 4 people $600

    Your company must be willing to supply current spreadsheets that can be used as examples. Absolute confidentiality is guaranteed and no such materials methods or even general information will be revealed to others. I am willing to sign any confidentiality agreements you want me to.

    I provide a money-back guarantee of satisfaction under these conditions.

    There is flexibility in these arrangements but the guarantee is not offered with these changes because each reduces the advances that I like to see.

    Consulting: Free preliminary asssessment (about 1 hour) $50/hr for hourly consultation; $120/half day; $1,000 per week

    Tutoring:

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