Nitin Paranjape - Toastmasters Reverberations 2010

Work Smart, Grow Fast
Dr Nitin Paranjape

About myself
Gynaecologist by qualification (not a dropout)
Moved to IT 20 years back
Business Productivity Enhancement expert
48000+ professionals coached worldwide
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – MVP (One of the 28 Office MVPs worldwide)
750+ articles published on MS Platform
www.maxoffice.biz nitin@maxoffice.biz

Why did I shift to IT?
Commonest question asked
IT was a hobby
I started with 16k RAM Sinclair Spectrum
Developed lot of medical software
Thought of converting hobby to profession
My wife and parents encouraged me
www.maxoffice.biz nitin@maxoffice.biz

Individual or OrganizationWhat does everyone want to do?
Grow

How to grow individually?

How to grow your company?
Introduce more products
Tie-up with relevant companies
Enhance existing products
Increase geographical reach
Buy other companies
Get more funding
Enhance marketing

To do all this you need…
Time

You can not buy time.You must it !
CREATE

Student
Employee
Free-lancer
Independent Consultant
CEO
Chairman
Public servant
Student
Employee
Free-lancer
Independent Consultant
CEO
Chairman
Public servant
Whoever you are …
OFFICE

Using well helps you grow faster
OFFICE

7000+ Features
Not Known!
Not Used
Used

I already know what I need to know
What I don’t know I don’t need

Useless Feature

Feature
Build
Answer
Thinking
Need or
Problem

Feature
Build
Answer
Thinking
Need or
Problem
Behind each feature there is a a need &a user
It could be YOU

What is Productivity?
Useless
Operational
Work
Useful
Analytical and Creative work

All this looks nice during a presentation…But how do we learn all this?

Learning to Learn

Be your own Auditor

If something looks inefficient…DO NOT DO IT
Find a better way
Copy formulas

Observe the mouse cursor
Table select cell

Right click whenever mouse cursor shape changes
Table

Read the Tooltips
Slide reset

Look at all options
Table Glitch

When you see a scroll bar – please scroll

When you see a Drop Down, drop it down
Selection pane

When confused,Right Click
Lock Drawing Mode
SmartArt

Notice inactive options as well
Table header

Prefix the dialog title to each option
Preceding Paragraph

MoreBenefits (not more complexity)
=

If you know how to do it, does NOT mean you know it!

When something goes wrong…
Don’t do anything.

Top 10 things

Dramatic Improvement
Real data from a bank in Philippines
No Macros, No programming, No BPR

Not Known!
6000+ Features
Used
Used
Opportunity

You are
here
When you dive deeper, sky is the limit !
Thank you
nitin@maxoffice.biz

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