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Resources for Excel Virtually Global 2023 session

Thanks for attending my session on some of my Favorite Excel Chart Hacks as part of the Excel Virtually Global 2023 conference. Below are some additional tutorials to learn more about creating advanced charts in Excel and annotating them without using shapes or text boxes. My full video on forcing a chart to start at…

Use an iPad as a second screen for a laptop using HDMI – no app required!

Now that iPadOS 17 has been released, you can easily use your newer iPad (one that has a USB-C connector instead of a lightning connector) as a second screen for your Windows laptop (or desktop) without needing an app on your computer or iPad. In the past, you needed an app, such as Duet Display,…

P2F2

Thanks for attending my pre-conference session at P2F2 2022 in Philadelphia. Below are some resources to further your skills on some of the topics I covered during the session. These are the types of skills I teach in my customized live virtual FinancialViz training courses. Create charts that are easy to update and re-use This…

Resources for Creating Excel charts that are easy to update and re-use session

Thanks for attending or viewing my session at Excel Virtually Global 2022 titled Creating Excel charts that are easy to update and re-use. Here are some resources that can help you take your skills further on this topic. To learn more about scaling, which allows you to create a graph with data series that are…

Excel Tip: Color conditional formatting of directional indicator symbols in cells

A financial professional in one of my courses asked if it was possible to conditionally format the color of a symbol to indicate good or poor performance. The indicator direction and color needed to be set based on the value of the cell. This video shows you how to achieve this by combining formulas and…

Use Windows Magnifier to zoom in and pan around a slide or other content in a Zoom or Teams meeting

I recently discovered a new way to present complex or dense slides in a Zoom or Teams meeting. The challenge with complex visuals is that the audience gets easily overwhelmed and doesn’t know where to look. You can’t easily use a laser pointer to direct their attention because they get distracted by the movement. If…

How much does a conference care about the education it provides?

If you are thinking of attending an association conference this year or next year and want to make sure it is worth the time and effort, here’s one question to ask the organizers: “Do you pay the concurrent session educational speakers a fee to speak or do you just offer to cover some of their…

The Globe and Mail ROB Magazine February 22, 2021

Dave was featured as an expert in the Ask the Experts column to answer a question on presenting effectively in a Zoom meeting (PDF version here).

The “I Trust You” online course installment payment plan for business professionals seeking a new job

What is it? An installment payment plan that makes it more reasonable from a cash flow perspective for out of work business professionals to enroll in one of my longer skill building online courses. Which courses are included? Think Outside The Slide Online Course Excel Chart Skills 501 PowerPoint Skills for effective sales presentations (Select…

9 Advantages of a virtual Think Outside The Slide training program

Now that I have delivered a number of virtual sessions for the Smith Business School at Queen’s University, and more than 25 virtual sessions for clients, I want to share how I think my virtual training programs may actually be even better than the highly rated in-person programs I have delivered for over 21 years.…