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Imagine
                                                       career



Learning a skill that is not
taught until you’re on-the-
job




                                         grad school




                 high          college
                school




                                                                2
Remember
Learning to type?

    How useful has it been to
    your every day life?




                                3
There’s another skill that is becoming
just as important as typing.

          It’s working with data. You know: lists,
          charts, databases.


                        Except normal typing
                        isn’t enough. You need
                        to learn how to use a
                        spreadsheet program
                        like Microsoft Excel.

                                                     4
Spreadsheets are the true
language of the future.


               NOT




                  Chinese   English   Hindi

                                              5
CEO




Everyone uses
spreadsheets.




                Receptionist         6
Every occupation uses spreadsheets.




Business          Sciences         Psychology    Art…
        Engineering        Medicine
                                           History




                                                        7
Art??


Absolutely.
    Ask any grad        Ask Sotheby’s.
    student

    Art pieces and      Art auctions are
    research have all   increasingly set
    been digitalized    by
    and cataloged in    sophisticated
    university online   analyses of
    databases.          historical prices.
                                             8
The most common program used to analyze DATA is Microsoft
Excel.




 But we’re not teaching anyone how to use it…

                                   …leading to
                                   frustration and
                                   WASTED time.
                                                            9
We focus first on



Sheer Mechanics
Because that opens the door to quick, repetitive, addictive learning.




    Finance                 Accounting                      Math



  Keyboard                  Hand-Eye
                                                            Speed
  Shortcuts                Coordination

                                                                        10
Our class is:




 Practical           Relevant                Immediate
 We stay away from   We use course           Students will use
 theory and jump     materials such as       these skills
 right into actual   college admissions      immediately in high
 use.                data that is relevant   school and college.
                     to students’ current
                     lives




                                                                   11
Presentation.
                                                                  The way numbers are presented makes a
                                                                  huge impact on the credibility of the numbers
                                                                  and the author. Trainees will learn how to
                                                                  add immediate value to a spreadsheet via
                                                                  formatting.




Story.
Numbers must tell a story, just like words.
Trainees will learn how to use numbers to
argue a point.                                Data.
                                              Businesses rely increasingly on larger volume of data. Trainees
                                              will learn how to quickly manipulate numbers.




                                                                                                           12
Left-brained.

Trainees will develop
           a muscular
        proficiency at
analytics, logic, math                                              Right-brained.
  and interpretation.
                                                                    Working with a visual presentation
                                                                    such as Excel will help trainees grow
                                                                    a large capacity for invention,
                                                                    creativity, free-form association and
                                                                    big-picture thinking.




                           Brawny brains.
                         Trainees must have both hemispheres
                         firing in order to compete in the global
                         economy.
                                                                                                     13

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Solo Locales Introduction

  • 1. The materials presented herewith are proprietary. Copyright © 2012 Quant Media Advisors, Inc.
  • 2. Imagine career Learning a skill that is not taught until you’re on-the- job grad school high college school 2
  • 3. Remember Learning to type? How useful has it been to your every day life? 3
  • 4. There’s another skill that is becoming just as important as typing. It’s working with data. You know: lists, charts, databases. Except normal typing isn’t enough. You need to learn how to use a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel. 4
  • 5. Spreadsheets are the true language of the future. NOT Chinese English Hindi 5
  • 7. Every occupation uses spreadsheets. Business Sciences Psychology Art… Engineering Medicine History 7
  • 8. Art?? Absolutely. Ask any grad Ask Sotheby’s. student Art pieces and Art auctions are research have all increasingly set been digitalized by and cataloged in sophisticated university online analyses of databases. historical prices. 8
  • 9. The most common program used to analyze DATA is Microsoft Excel. But we’re not teaching anyone how to use it… …leading to frustration and WASTED time. 9
  • 10. We focus first on Sheer Mechanics Because that opens the door to quick, repetitive, addictive learning. Finance Accounting Math Keyboard Hand-Eye Speed Shortcuts Coordination 10
  • 11. Our class is: Practical Relevant Immediate We stay away from We use course Students will use theory and jump materials such as these skills right into actual college admissions immediately in high use. data that is relevant school and college. to students’ current lives 11
  • 12. Presentation. The way numbers are presented makes a huge impact on the credibility of the numbers and the author. Trainees will learn how to add immediate value to a spreadsheet via formatting. Story. Numbers must tell a story, just like words. Trainees will learn how to use numbers to argue a point. Data. Businesses rely increasingly on larger volume of data. Trainees will learn how to quickly manipulate numbers. 12
  • 13. Left-brained. Trainees will develop a muscular proficiency at analytics, logic, math Right-brained. and interpretation. Working with a visual presentation such as Excel will help trainees grow a large capacity for invention, creativity, free-form association and big-picture thinking. Brawny brains. Trainees must have both hemispheres firing in order to compete in the global economy. 13