Business Communication Skills: Communicating effectively in the workplace Course Description Course Description Poor communication and presentation of business information breeds poor decisions. We may be masters of the spreadsheet and wizards with a project plan, but we are not always brilliant at communicating or presenting the results of our work Management meetings can, sometimes, be tedious and uninspiring, where managers compete for excuses to avoid attending! A good manager is someone who understands performance and can present information in a way that enables others to understand what the issues are and make correct decisions. A good manager can cut through the fog of numbers to make a clear point and assist others to make effective decisions. In “Business Communication Skills” we present tools and structures that will help you plan and deliver your message effectively and facilitate group meetings to achieve a useful outcome. Topics covered include the principles of good communication; planning your communication; structuring your message; and facilitating business meetings, including online meetings. We hope you enjoy it. Key Learning Participants in this course will learn: The principles of effective communication Planning your communication – message, audience, medium, structure, call to action. How to structure your communication Language patterns to help get your message across How to facilitate Business Meetings The Skills of a good facilitator The rules for a well-structured meeting Planning your meeting agenda How to facilitate an online meeting What to look for when facilitating a session Tools you can use in facilitation. Evaluating your Facilitation Curriculum L1 Effective Communication L2 Planning your Communication 1 L3 Planning your Communication 2 L4 Planning your Communication 3 L5 Exercise: Stakeholder Analysis L6 Facilitating Business Meetings L7 Planning your Meeting Agenda L8 As a facilitator what should I look for? L9 Tools you can use in facilitation L10 Facilitation Tools L11 Exercise: Planning your Agenda Resource: Tools to help you communicate and facilitate Pre-Course Requirements None Additional Resources None Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in business processes and organisation development. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel
Selling Skills for Professionals: Part 1 Prospecting Course Description Copyright Ross Maynard 2021 Course Description Welcome to Selling Skills for Professionals: Part 1 Prospecting. If you are an accountant, a lawyer, a consulting engineer, a surveyor, an actuary, a management consultant, an events organiser, an HR professional or any other form of professional businessperson, and you need to identify and develop new clients, then this course is for you This is part 1 of a two-part course on selling skills for professionals. In Part 1 I cover prospecting, that is identifying potential future clients and making the initial approach. In Part 2 of Selling Skills for Professionals I cover the sales process once you have a make contact with a potential client. Selling Skills for Professionals covers high involvement purchases where the commitment is a significant one for the purchaser. This covers relatively expensive business investments, but also purchase agreements which the purchaser feels will have a significant impact on their business – for example engaging an accountant or a lawyer, or a management consultant, and so on. With a high involvement purchase, the client typically will consider a range of alternatives; will review a variety of information sources; and will evaluate product and service attributes in detail. This means that there is a relatively high barrier to surmount to get the potential client’s attention. A solid approach to prospecting and a well-structured sales process can increase that conversion rate and enhance your success in securing clients who will remain with you for the long term. That is the purpose of this course. I hope you enjoy the course. Key Learning Points On completion of the course, delegates will be able to: Describe the scope and purpose of sales prospecting for professional services Understand the five rules of selling professional services Develop a branding statement for themselves and their organisation Define the criteria for the clients they wish to target Appreciate the importance of client pain points and how to identify them Prepare materials for prospecting Create a cold calling script for prospecting Write a cold email or LinkedIn message to prospects including a strong subject line Understand the sorts of questions they can use to stimulate client engagement in a discussion Move prospects onto the next stage of the selling process Curriculum Module 1: First Principles in Selling Professional Services Lesson 1: The Five Rules of Selling Professional Services Lesson 2: The Five Rules of Selling Professional Services Lesson 3: Branding Module 2: Getting Ready to Prospect Lesson 4: Identifying Prospects Lesson 5: Client Pain Points and the Purpose of Prospecting Lesson 6: Preparing to Prospect Module 3: Making the Approach Lesson 7: Seven Seconds to make an Impact Lesson 8: Crafting the Message: Cold Calling Lesson 9: Crafting the Message: Cold Email Lesson 10: Sample Scripts for Cold Email Lesson 11: Trigger Questions Lesson 12: Getting Ready to Sell: The Next Stage Lesson 13: Key Learning Points in Prospecting Pre-Course Requirements There are no pre-course requirements Additional Resources None Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in business processes and organisation development. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel
Selling Skills for Professionals: Part 2 Making the Sale Course Description Copyright Ross Maynard 2021 Course Description Welcome to Selling Skills for Professionals: Part 2 Making the Sale. In Part 1 of Selling Skills for Professionals I covered prospecting, that is identifying potential future clients and making the initial approach. In this course, Part 2 of Selling Skills for Professionals, I cover the sales process – converting a prospect into a client. In Selling Skills for Professionals: Part 2 Making the Sale, I look at the skills you need for selling professional services and how to create a series of webinars to build prospects’ interest. I then cover a five-step sales process in detail: Understand the current situation Surface the pain points Exploring the impacts of the pain points Shape the future state Close the sale The course also covers why people buy professional services, and why they might not buy; and it shows how to deal with objections. Selling professional services is not like selling a car, or solar panels. It’s about building a relationship with a prospect as a professional advisor; coaching them through the challenges facing them; and offering services tailored to their needs which will help the prospect make tangible improvements. If you want to know how to sell professional services successfully, this is the course for you. I hope you enjoy the course. Key Learning Points On completion of the course, delegates will be able to: Describe a five-stage sales process for professional services Identify the core skillset needed for selling professional services Deploy best practice when creating webinars to engage prospects Explore a prospect’s current situation on an online video call Identify a prospect’s pain points and explore their root causes and impacts Coach a prospect to visualise the future state they would like to get to be resolving the problems identified Handle objections surfaced as the prospect moves towards closing the sale Understand why people buy professional services, and why they don’t buy Reduce buyer’s remorse and plan to develop the client relationship after the sale Curriculum Module 1: The Foundations for Selling Professional Services Lesson 1: The Purpose of Prospecting Lesson 2: The Selling Professional Services Skillset Lesson 3: Moving Beyond Prospecting Lesson 4: Script for the Webinar Follow-Up Call Module 2: Building a Case for the Sale Lesson 5: No Pain No Gain Lesson 6: Building a Case: Initial Diagnosis Lesson 7: Building a Case: Root Causes Lesson 8: Building a Case: Impacts Lesson 9: Building a Case: Shaping the Future State Lesson 10: Building a Case: The Gap Module 3: Closing the Sale Lesson 11: Selling is about Change Lesson 12: A Time to Close Lesson 13: Closing (At Last) Module 4: Evasion and Objections Lesson 14: Evasion Lesson 15: Handling Objections Lesson 16: Specific Example of Objections Part 1 Lesson 17: Specific Example of Objections Part 2 Module 5: After the Sale Lesson 18: Aftercare Lesson 19: Key Learning Points Pre-Course Requirements There are no pre-course requirements Additional Resources None Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in business processes and organisation development. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel
PowerPoint for Business in 60 Minutes Course Description Copyright Ross Maynard 2021 Course Description Welcome to PowerPoint for Business in 60 Minutes. Microsoft PowerPoint has been around for nearly 35 years, and I am sure you are familiar with it, and have experienced many PowerPoint presentations – some good; many extremely tedious! Creating a business presentation in PowerPoint presents a number of challenges and there is a danger of “death by PowerPoint”. I recently attended a meeting which was supposed to be a planning discussion but which the person leading the meeting insisted on introducing with a PowerPoint presentation of 60 slides – mostly bullet points! We were hardly in the mood for action planning after that assault on our senses. PowerPoint is good for presenting business results or for a training course, but you need to plan your slideshow carefully to avoid bullet-point boredom and to keep your audience engaged and interested. And that is the purpose of this course – to teach you PowerPoint techniques which you may not be familiar with, and which will help you improve the impact of your business presentations. Less is more in a slide show so it is important to use techniques and effects which will help engage your audience and draw their attention to the points that matter. In “PowerPoint for Business in 60 Minutes”, I cover six key topics that will help you produce more impactful business presentations: The best slide transitions and animations for business presentations The morph transition to make the narration of an agenda, or similar list, or a team photograph extremely slick and professional The Zoom effect to create a summary slide with hyperlinks to zoom into the section that you or your audience choose How to animate charts to highlight the key points you want to bring out How to embed Excel tables with slicers into PowerPoint, and why PowerPoint is not developed enough to make this useful for a business presentation How to turn your PowerPoint presentation into a video. This is the technique I am most often asked how to do. This is not a full “PowerPoint from scratch” course: it assumes familiarity of Microsoft’s ubiquitous programme. Instead, the course takes only 1 hour of your time to focus on key techniques that can help you improve the impact of the presentations you create. I hope you enjoy the course. Key Learning Points On completion of the course, delegates will be able to: Identify the most useful slide transitions and animations for business presentations Use the morph transition to draw the audience’s attention Create a “zoom” summary slide to jump to user-selected sections of slides Animate charts to highlight key points Embed a Microsoft Excel table in a PowerPoint slide Create a video with commentary of their PowerPoint presentation Curriculum Lesson 1: Transitions and Animations Lesson 2: The Morph Transition Lesson 3: Zoom Lesson 4: Animating Charts Lesson 5: Excel Tables and Slicers in PowerPoint (or Not!) Lesson 6: Making a PowerPoint Video Pre-Course Requirements There are no pre-course requirements Additional Resources None Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in business processes and organisation development. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel Questions What slide effect allows you to give the illusion of moving around a larger “page”? The Wipe transition. The Dissolve transition. The Push transition. The Fly-In animation What does “Zoom” in PowerPoint allow you to do? Zoom creates the illusion of “zooming in” on a particular part of a slide Zoom creates a summary slide with hyperlinks to the individual slides or sections contained in the summary Zoom creates a smooth object animation from one slide to another to animate, for example, an agenda or timeline Zoom is used to highlight areas of a chart or graphic to draw the audience’s attention What is the main problem with embedding a Microsoft Excel table with slicers into PowerPoint? The slicers do not work, and the table cannot be manipulated, in presentation mode in PowerPoint The table cannot be opened or manipulated in PowerPoint slide view Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint are incompatible with each other The file size created is too large for most business PCs to handle When seeking to create an MP4 video file from a PowerPoint presentation, why is it advisable to record the commentary separately? PowerPoint’s built-in recording facility is unreliable and frequently crashes It’s much quicker to record the audio separately and then insert it into PowerPoint and save as a video file Separate video editing software needs to be used to improve the video’s look and sound where the audio is recorded directly in PowerPoint It removes the stress of commentating “live” on the presentation while recording it, and allows any mistakes and errors to be cut out
Unlock Your Potential with Account Management Mastery Course! Are you ready to soar in the dynamic world of business? ð Welcome to the Account Management Mastery Course, where you'll discover the keys to unlocking unparalleled success in managing client relationships, driving revenue, and fostering long-term partnerships. If you're ready to take your career to new heights and become a force to be reckoned with in the realm of account management, then this course is your ticket to excellence. Why Account Management Matters In today's competitive business landscape, effective account management is more critical than ever before. It's the backbone of sustainable growth and profitability for companies across industries. Account managers play a pivotal role in nurturing client relationships, understanding their needs, and delivering solutions that exceed expectations. 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The Account Management Mastery Course caters to professionals at all levels, from beginners to seasoned veterans. Our comprehensive curriculum is designed to provide valuable insights and practical strategies that anyone can apply to excel in the field of account management. Q: Can I access the course materials at my own pace? A: Yes! We understand that professionals have busy schedules, which is why our course is designed to be flexible. You can access the materials at any time and progress through the course at your own pace. Q: Will I receive a certification upon completion of the course? A: Yes! Upon successfully completing the Account Management Mastery Course, you will receive a certificate of completion that you can proudly showcase to demonstrate your expertise and commitment to excellence in account management. Q: Are there any prerequisites for enrolling in the course? A: While there are no formal prerequisites for enrolling in the course, a basic understanding of business principles and client relationship management would be beneficial. However, our course is designed to accommodate learners with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Q: Will I have access to instructors for guidance and support? A: Absolutely! Our team of experienced instructors is dedicated to providing personalized support and guidance throughout your learning journey. Whether you have questions about course materials or need assistance with assignments, we're here to help you succeed. Don't Miss Out on This Opportunity! Are you ready to take your career to the next level and become a master of account management? Don't miss out on this opportunity to unlock your full potential and achieve unparalleled success. Enroll in the Account Management Mastery Course today and embark on a transformative journey towards excellence! Course Curriculum Module 1_ Introduction to Account Management Introduction to Account Management 00:00 Module 2_ Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationship Management 00:00 Module 3_ Sales and Negotiation Techniques Sales and Negotiation Techniques 00:00 Module 4_ Account Planning and Strategy Account Planning and Strategy 00:00 Module 5_ Technology and Tools for Account Management Technology and Tools for Account Management 00:00 Module 6_ Marketing and Advertising Marketing and Advertising 00:00 Module 7_ Sales and Negotiations Sales and Negotiations 00:00 Module 8_ Customer Service and Support Customer Service and Support 00:00 Module 9_ Account Management Account Management 00:00 Module 10_ Performance Management and Evaluation Performance Management and Evaluation 00:00
This course will help you to enhance your digital skills by learning Microsoft OneDrive A to Z. From this course, you will learn to store, sync and share files securely in the cloud, collaborate with others in real-time, and access documents from anywhere. This Course At A Glance Accredited by CPD UK Endorsed by Quality Licence Scheme Learn what is manual payroll in the UK Payroll System Understand what is benefits in kind Learn how to install Brightpay Know how to find software per HMRC Brightpay Learn how to add employees to Brightpay Understand what is Payroll settings Get familiar with terms such as Directors NI, reports, RTI submissions, 102 schedules, and AEO Learn what is Paye tax, NI2, Pensions, payslips, and journal entries Understand what is total photo scenario and computeEntry Requirements rised systems Microsoft OneDrive Course Overview This extensive Microsoft Onedrive course is beneficial for those who want to learn to create a folder and renaming it, understand Onedrive, its free and paid plans, Onedrive sign up, personal vault, and PC folder backup. You will learn Onedrive functions and interface, Microsoft Word OneDrive, Microsoft project and tables, Microsoft Excel OneDrive, and Microsoft Powerpoint Onedrive. This interactive course will educate you on the steps to create a powerful password for your account and the Onedrive desktop app download and installation.By the end of the course, you will learn everything about Onedrive, sign up, personal vault, pc folder backup, desktop app download and installation, and much more. Who should take this course? This comprehensive Microsoft Onedrive course is suitable for those who want to gain in-depth knowledge in Onedrive functions, applications, interface, and password generation. Entry Requirements There are no academic entry requirements for this Microsoft Onedrive course, and it is open to students of all academic backgrounds. However, you are required to have a laptop/desktop/tablet or smartphone and a good internet connection. Assessment Method This Microsoft Onedrive course for diet assesses learners through multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Upon successful completion of the modules, learners must answer MCQs to complete the assessment procedure. Through the MCQs, it is measured how much a learner could grasp from each section. In the assessment pass mark is 60%. 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Microsoft Onedrive Mobile Version Microsoft Word OnDrive Complete Microsoft Word Environment Ribbon Guide Menu and Groups Guide Learn Functions and Options Then Projects Microsoft Word Home Menu Tools Microsoft Word Home Reviewing and Viewing Mode Microsoft Word File Menu Microsoft Word Insert Menu - Page Break and Table Microsoft Word Insert Picture Menu Microsoft Word Word Inserting Header and Footer, Symbol and Emoji Microsoft Word Layout Menu Microsoft OneDrive References Menu Microsoft Word Review Menu Microsoft Word View and Help Microsoft Word Project and Tables Practice Timetable Making in Microsoft Word Bill System in Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel OneDrive Microsoft Excel in Onedrive Environment Microsoft Excel Home (Part 1) Microsoft Excel Number Formats Microsoft Excel Conditional Format Microsoft Excel Formatting a Table Microsoft One Drive Insert Microsoft Data, Review and View Microsoft Excel Practice Salary Table in Microsoft Excel Salary Table In Microsoft Excel (Cont.) Microsoft PowerPoint OneDrive Microsoft PowerPoint Environment Microsoft PowerPoint Home and Insert Menu Microsoft PowerPoint Insert and Design Menu Microsoft Power Point Animation and Transition and More Microsoft PowerPoint Practice Projects of PowerPoint Other Apps in OneDrive and Setting OneNote in OneDrive Forms Survey in Onedrive Plain Text in Onedrive OneDrive Profile Management Account OneDrive Settings Quick Win - Create Unknown Password Security Is Everything Create Powerful Password for Your Account Quick Win - Insecurity is Coming from You and Others Understand Security Type or Category Life Savers - You Should Know These Have Proper Password - Start Securing You Now Don't Use the Same Password Anymore Should You Use Longer Password or Complicated. The Best and Only Solution to Make and Keep Password Un-Crack-Able Lastpass Setup and Configure Last-Pass Options Part 1 Last-Pass Options Part 2 Last-Pass Option Part 3 2FA Makes You Even Stronger in Password Last-Pass & Authy Mobile App Security is Everything, Keep Secured Your Devices Security on Your Data and Privacy Conclusion Congratulations - You Are Now a Master of OneDrive Assessment Assessment - Microsoft OneDrive Recognised Accreditation CPD Certification Service This course is accredited by continuing professional development (CPD). CPD UK is globally recognised by employers, professional organisations, and academic institutions, thus a certificate from CPD Certification Service creates value towards your professional goal and achievement. CPD certificates are accepted by thousands of professional bodies and government regulators here in the UK and around the world. Many organisations look for employees with CPD requirements, which means, that by doing this course, you would be a potential candidate in your respective field. Quality Licence Scheme Endorsed The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. It will give you a competitive advantage in your career, making you stand out from all other applicants and employees. Certificate of Achievement Endorsed Certificate from Quality Licence Scheme After successfully passing the MCQ exam you will be eligible to order the Endorsed Certificate by Quality Licence Scheme. The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. It will give you a competitive advantage in your career, making you stand out from all other applicants and employees. There is a Quality Licence Scheme endorsement fee to obtain an endorsed certificate which is £65. Certificate of Achievement from Lead Academy After successfully passing the MCQ exam you will be eligible to order your certificate of achievement as proof of your new skill. The certificate of achievement is an official credential that confirms that you successfully finished a course with Lead Academy. Certificate can be obtained in PDF version at a cost of £12, and there is an additional fee to obtain a printed copy certificate which is £35. FAQs Is CPD a recognised qualification in the UK? CPD is globally recognised by employers, professional organisations and academic intuitions, thus a certificate from CPD Certification Service creates value towards your professional goal and achievement. 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Dealing with Angry or Rude Customers Course Description Copyright Ross Maynard 2021 Course Description If you work in customer service in any way, then, from time to time, you are going to have to deal with angry or rude customers. This course will help you manage those stressful situations and support the customer as best you can. Anger is a normal and relatively common emotion caused by a perceived hurt or provocation. In some cases a customer’s anger or rude behaviour may be driven by the failings of your organisation or its products and services. In other cases, the problem may be outside your control but you still have to deal with the impact. In this course we look at anger in a customer service situation and how to deal with it. We review the nature and causes of anger; we look at how poor customer service can cause anger and what you can do to prepare your organisation to deal with anger. We cover the warning signs for anger and present a 12 step approach to dealing with an angry customer. We cover questions and short scripts that can help you start a discussion with an angry customer, and we consider why customers might be rude. Finally we look at managing the stress of dealing with an angry customer and finish the course with a review of the key learning points. I hope you find the course helpful. Key Learning Points On completion of the course, delegates will be able to: Understand the nature and causes of anger as an emotion. Consider their objectives when dealing with an angry customer. Help prepare their organisation for dealing with angry customers. Identify appropriate customer service metrics Work through a series of steps to deal with an angry customer. Use questions and short scripts to try to help a customer bring their anger under control . Consider why a customer might be rude, and how to deal with that rudeness. Understand how to manage the stress of dealing with angry or rude customers. Curriculum L1: Anger as an Emotion L2: Your Objectives when Dealing with Anger L3: Poor Customer Service L4: Preparing your Organisation L5: Warning Signs and What Not to Do L6: The 12 Steps to Dealing with Anger L7: Example Scripts for Angry Customers L8: Dealing with Rude Customers L9: Dealing with Stress, and Key Learning Points Pre-Course Requirements There are no pre-course requirements Additional Resources Copy of customer behaviour policy Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in business processes and organisation development. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel
Master the art of hybrid team management with our comprehensive course. Learn effective techniques for transitioning, team building, and driving high performance in a hybrid work environment. Elevate your leadership skills and optimize your team’s effectiveness in today’s dynamic work landscape.
The aim of the Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting course is to provide students with a strong foundation in the principles and practices of managerial accounting, with a focus on how accounting information can be used to support business decision-making. The course aims to help students develop a critical understanding of cost concepts, budgeting, and performance evaluation, and how these tools can be used by managers to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness.After the successful completion of the course, you will be able to learn about the following, Understand Basics of Managerial Accounting. Explore Cost terminology and concepts. Analyze Inventory terminology and concepts. Explore Costing Methods. Understand Job Order Costing. Explore Process Costing. Analyze Activity-based Costing. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of cost behavior, budgeting, performance evaluation, decision-making using relevant costs and benefits, product costing and pricing, and capital budgeting and investment. The course covers the principles and practices of managerial accounting, focusing on how accounting information can be used to support business decision-making and improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Students learn to analyze costs, create budgets and forecasts, evaluate performance, and make decisions using relevant financial information. They also learn about product costing and pricing, capital budgeting and investment analysis, and how to apply these tools to real-world managerial accounting scenarios. The Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the role of accounting in business decision-making. The course covers topics such as cost behavior, budgeting, and performance evaluation, with a focus on how managers can use accounting information to make informed decisions. The course will cover various cost concepts such as variable, fixed, and mixed costs, and how they impact business operations. Students will also learn about cost-volume-profit analysis, which helps managers make decisions based on sales revenue, costs, and profit. VIDEO - Course Structure and Assessment Guidelines Watch this video to gain further insight. Navigating the MSBM Study Portal Watch this video to gain further insight. Interacting with Lectures/Learning Components Watch this video to gain further insight. Introduction to Managerial Accounting Self-paced pre-recorded learning content on this topic. Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting Put your knowledge to the test with this quiz. Read each question carefully and choose the response that you feel is correct. All MSBM courses are accredited by the relevant partners and awarding bodies. Please refer to MSBM accreditation in about us for more details. There are no strict entry requirements for this course. Work experience will be added advantage to understanding the content of the course. The certificate is designed to enhance the learner's knowledge in the field. This certificate is for everyone eager to know more and get updated on current ideas in their respective field. We recommend this certificate for the following audience. CEO, Director, Manager, Supervisor Accountant Financial analyst Business analyst Operations manager Project manager Cost analyst Management consultant Business owner or entrepreneur Budget analyst Financial manager Average Completion Time 2 Weeks Accreditation 3 CPD Hours Level Advanced Start Time Anytime 100% Online Study online with ease. Unlimited Access 24/7 unlimited access with pre-recorded lectures. Low Fees Our fees are low and easy to pay online.
Description Microsoft Excel has hundreds, if not thousands, of functions and features. This course aims to cover some of the best – that is the ones I find most useful. In “Adventures in Excel”, I cover the simple-to-use but powerful functions that I use most often: Basic features including products and powers Key date functions including the calculation of due dates and days past due Generating random numbers and random dates The new IFS functions (new to Office365) Text functions The most useful logical functions and IS functions How to create a drop-down list The new XLOOKUP function Pivot tables These functions are easy to use, and, unless your role is extremely specialised, they are probably the ones you’ll use 90% of the time. I hope you find the course helpful. Learning Outcomes Participants in this course will learn: Basic Excel functions including SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, PRODUCT, POWER and SQRT Useful date functions including TODAY, EOMONTH, EDATE, and DAYS Generating random numbers using RAND and RANDBETWEEN; generating random dates; and randomly picking an item from a list or table The new RANDARRAY function in Office365 The new IFS functions in Office365 including AVERAGEIFS, MAXIFS, MINIFS, COUNTIFS, and SUMIFS Text functions including TRIM, LOWER, UPPER, PROPER, LEFT, MID, RIGHT, FIND, TEXTJOIN and CONCATENATE Logical functions AND, OR, and NOT and IS functions ISTEXT, ISNUMBER, ISBLANK and ISERROR How to create a drop-down list The new SORT and FILTER functions in Office365 VLOOKUP and the new XLOOKUP function How to create a Pivot table and analyse data with one Course Requirements There are no pre-course requirements. Additional Resources Course Spreadsheet with the examples covered. About Ross Ross Maynard is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK. He is director of Ideas2Action Process Excellence Ltd and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant and facilitator. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses for accountants. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel