Chris Menard

Hello, I'm Chris Menard,
the First Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Instructor.

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Excel: Combining Unique and Sort functions

Excel: Combining Unique and Sort functions

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Share an email from Outlook to Teams - New Feature April 2021

Share an email from Outlook to Teams - New Feature April 2021

From Outlook or Outlook on the web, you can share emails to Team chats and Team channels. Does the email contain attachments? You have the option to share the attachments. This is a great update.

Excel Report Filters: Tips of creating multiple reports from one PivotTable

Excel Report Filters: Tips of creating multiple reports from one PivotTable

PivotTables are great for summarizing and analyzing data. Report Filters is a great way to generate multiple reports.

Use Tab Groups in Google Chrome to stay organized

Use Tab Groups in Google Chrome to stay organized

Do you use Google Chrome and have too many tabs open? The solution is to use Tab Groups. Tab groups in Chrome help you organize your tabs. You can use tab groups to groups tabs, name the tab group, and even add color to the group to make it easy to find.

5 things to do before closing your Simple Bank Account

5 things to do before closing your Simple Bank Account

Simple Bank is being taken over by BBVA USA. Here are some things you may want to check if you are closing your account with Simple Bank.

Simple Bank to BBVA USA - Essential dates you need to know

Simple Bank to BBVA USA - Essential dates you need to know

Simple Bank is moving to BBVA USA. Here are some dates you need to know. May 4, 2021 - Support messages: You'll no longer be able to send a new support message through your Simple app.

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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.

Excel: Advanced Functions for PMBA Students
September 2020

Functions covered: IF, AND, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, MAXIFS, XLOOKUP (O365), New Dynamic Array Functions (O365)

Excel: Getting Started with Financial Statements
September 2020

We ran through several financial transactions using T accounts in Excel. We discussed debits and credits. Then created an Income Statement and Balance Sheet. Finally, we examined an income statement.

ZOOM Staff Training for UGA
June 2020

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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Live speaking event on ZOOM: DeKalb Chapter of CPAS
June 2020

Zoom topics covered: Customizing the Waiting Room, Creating Polls, Screen sharing tips, Using virtual backgrounds in Zoom, Keyboard shortcuts.

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Live speaking event: DeKalb Chapter of CPAS
February 2020

Excel topics covered: PivotTables, Importing data from the web, Geography and Stock Data Type, Unpivot Columns using Get & Transform, Using Tables

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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 Statements
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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