I have been a trainer for almost 10 years and companies often ask for feedback on my training courses from participants but barely anyone every asks me for feedback on participants! I have a lot I could tell. In advance of the sessions, participants fill in training needs forms. There are those that do not […]
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My kids recently found out I had a blog on my website, and I instantly went up in their estimation! Thought I would use this end of year blog to give advice to both work colleagues and clients and to my kids too. Push yourself – don’t be afraid to try something new, you might
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2021 taught me a lot, it was a very difficult personal year but was also a year where I learnt a lot. When I am teaching, I often get asked, “is there a keyboard shortcut for that?” and I used to desperately want to reply with…. “Yes, but by the time you have remembered
Recently someone said to me “I knew you taught Excel but didn’t know you ran email management courses too” so I thought it would be a good time to tell you all what I actually do! Sometimes I feel like Miss Rabbit (if you have ever had the misfortune of watching Peppa Pig, you might
This week is my 6-year anniversary of setting up Sunbird Advisers (IT training and consulting)– so much has happened during that time, and it really has been life changing. My first client came through a fellow Sunderland fan’s friend’s contact and the client was someone who came from the Middle East to England to see
Secrets of being a Mumpreneur It has been nearly six years since I set up my own company and sometimes I forget how different my life used to be. I completed my accountancy qualifications, worked my way to a senior position at a leading US investment bank, and I was able to negotiate working part-time
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Secrets of an Excel Trainer I like to consider myself as a bit of an investigator and it’s amazing how much I can learn about the people coming on an Excel course before they have even entered the meeting room and I don’t mean by whether or not they know how to use a vlookup
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What is a Spreadsheet Consultant? I often wonder myself, despite it being the title I have given myself to explain half of my job (the other half is teaching Excel and PowerPoint – which is fairly self-explanatory!). I think a Spreadsheet Consultant is a cross between a Financial Controller, Reporting Expert and an Excel
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So, I usually blog about work…. ½ day excel courses, putting theory into practice, spreadsheet risk etc. but a new year and a new blog – my thoughts on how I deal with the unpredictability of the world of freelancing / project based work. As most people who work on project based work might agree
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I was recently asked, “Who are your typical clients?” I thought this was a good opportunity to open my client spreadsheet list, create a pivot table and create a pie chart to find out the answer (isn’t that what you would do too?!) I can’t work out if the answers are surprising or expected? In
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