Chris Menard

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Upcoming training by Chris Menard
UGA Terry College of Business
JUNE 2020

ZOOM Staff Training for UGA

Date: 06/01/2020 at 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM. Host: University of Georgia

Topics covered: Host controls, Participants controls, Secure your Zoom meeting with a waiting room, Secure your Zoom meeting with a password, How to lock a meeting, Lockdown sharing controls, Lockdown annotation, Use a virtual background, How and when to use a co-host, Polling during a Zoom meeting, Set up recurring Zoom meeting.

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JUNE 2020

Live speaking event:
DeKalb Chapter of CPAS

Part of the Georgia Society of CPAs

Date: 6/30/2020 from 5:30pm to 6:30 pm

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UGA Terry College of Business
AUGUST 2020

EXCEL for the Professional MBA

Date: 08/28/2020 at 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Host: University of Georgia

Topics covered: Microsoft Excel: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. Financial statement ratios, breakeven-analysis, and understanding of financial statements.

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Previous training events with Chris Menard

I've published my past events here so you can benefit from the resources. Many of them still have the recording available.

Performing Financial Ratios
January 2020

In this webinar, recorded on January 28, 2020, for the Executive MBA students for the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, we will look at financial ratios for the balance sheet, ratios for the income statement, and finally ratios that use both the income statement and balance sheet.

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Analyzing Financial Ratios
January 2020

We analyze the Income Statements using vertical and horizontal analysis. We start off this webinar by using T Accounts to record transactions and then create an Income Statement and Balance Sheet.

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Business and Industry Conf.
November 2019

Training sessions with Chris Menard, hosted by The Georgia Society of CPAs (GSCPAs)

Excel Deep Dive Session Excel Tips to Set You Apart from the Pack
Essential Excel functions
December 2018

The University of Georgia Terry College of Business Executive MBA webinar.

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Executive MBA Webinar 2
January 2018

Covers 10 reasons to use Tables instead of ranges in Excel. It covers PivotTable options for resizing columns and saving your source data. PivotTables portion of the video includes deleting your data source and still being able to manipulate your PivotTables. Plus, it shows how to have multiple subtotals inside a PivotTable.

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Executive MBA webinar 1
September 2017

Follow up to my live Excel training for the EMBA students on September 23, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Terry College of Business. I have been training the EMBA students since 2010.

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Clayton County Water Authority
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Gwinnett Medical Center
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Microsoft Teams Meetings Update: New Features for Pop-out Meetings, Focus Mode, Meeting Notes and more | July 2020

Microsoft Teams Meetings Update: New Features for Pop-out Meetings, Focus Mode, Meeting Notes and more | July 2020

Microsoft has some major features scheduled for release for Microsoft Teams, particularly to do with Meetings

Create a Poll in an Outlook email

Create a Poll in an Outlook email

Outlook now allows you to quickly create a poll in an email. This works with in conjunction with Microsoft Forms, but you do NOT have to go to Forms to use this feature. You create your poll directly in the email.

Three TIPS for Sharing Your Screen, Before You Start a Zoom Meeting

Three TIPS for Sharing Your Screen, Before You Start a Zoom Meeting

Here's how to prepare your desktop for a Zoom meeting during which you'll have to share your screen. Make sure things are prepared to reduce distraction and embarrassment.

Excel Automatic Data Type: Dog Breeds and Diseases

Excel Automatic Data Type: Dog Breeds and Diseases

Excel's Automatic Data Types recognizes similar data. In this video, I type in different dog breeds in columns A and Excel finds the breeds and returns data information.

Zip Code data type in Excel

Zip Code data type in Excel

To use the Zip Code data type, select your zip codes, and Excel will return important information. Data includes the median household income, latitude, longitude, population by marital status

DeKalb Chapter of CPAs - Technology tips in the shift to the virtual world

DeKalb Chapter of CPAs - Technology tips in the shift to the virtual world

Chris Menard will present a Zoom training session to the DeKalb Chapter of CPAs on June 30, 2020, at 5:30 pm. Covered in the 1-hour session will be advanced Zoom hosting tips.

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