The Rise – And Rise – in Excel Training

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft’s premier spreadsheet product, has taken over the world of business. Other rival products have fallen by the wayside. We did shed a tear for Lotus 1-2-3 when it was discontinued a couple of years ago; it was one of our favourite products to...
Learning in the Digital Age – is Paper Dead?

Learning in the Digital Age – is Paper Dead?

Despite the initial enthusiasm that greeted the advent of e-books, sales for the UK’s five biggest publishers have started to fall back, according to a report in the Bookseller magazine (dropping 2.4%, to 47.9m units in 2015). Things, however, are different in the...
Better Business Intelligence for Better Business

Better Business Intelligence for Better Business

Microsoft’s business intelligence platform has gone through a number of transformations over the past 15 or so years. Initially BI was partnered with SharePoint, then with SQL whilst other components were introduced into Excel. There were flashes of impressive...
Flipped Learning – Flipping Marvellous!

Flipped Learning – Flipping Marvellous!

Flipped learning is an instructional method that has had firm acceptance amongst the education sector. The basic tenet of Flipped Learning is that instruction is given on an individual basis prior to training in a group space (which for corporate training has...
IT Training for End-Users – essential not optional

IT Training for End-Users – essential not optional

IT Training Budgets Under Strain Training budgets for IT end user skills have taken something of a hit in recent years. Most technology these days is promoted as intuitive and easy to use and training is often seen as an unnecessary expense. Most people will master...