Types of Training

So there are two different types of training products that we offer:

Synchronous Training, which is with an instructor leading a training either face-to-face or live virtually, and we can be eyeball-to-eyeball with our participants to check for understanding.

Office Minded Asynchronous, which is an on-demand tool that you can use just like you would on Google, but it's much more focused.

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Special Ask Me Anything Webinar - Admin Edition

In honor of Administrative Professionals Day on Wednesday, April, 21, Founder And Owner, Jennifer Buchholz will be hosting a special Administrative Professionals week starting on Monday, April 19. All week long we will share special tips and tricks aimed at administrative professionals. These tips and tricks will help improve productivity and hopefully make their lives a little bit easier. At the end of the week on Friday, April 23, Jennifer will hold a special “Ask Me Anything” webinar for Administrative Professionals. This is your time to bring any software and productivity-related questions or issue and have them answered during the live webinar by a certified Microsoft Training Expert.

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PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft has just rolled out its PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams, its video meeting and chat software, and now it wants to explain to its 115 million users how to actually use it to improve presentations. At last month's Microsoft Ignite conference, the company unveiled PowerPoint Live, Microsoft's rendition of classic PowerPoint for a world where Teams is the platform for remote meetings. With PowerPoint Live, Teams users don't need to open a PowerPoint deck and share their PC's screen with an audience. Instead, the presenter can just open PowerPoint Live within Teams to deliver a presentation

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Jennifer Buchholz Named Leader of NAWBO Chicago North Connects Group

Jennifer Buchholz, owner of Excel & Flourish, has been named leader of the National Association of Women Business Owners – Chicago North Connects group.

NAWBO is the only dues-based organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries and with chapters across the U.S. NAWBO is a one-stop resource, propelling women business owners into greater economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide. NAWBO is the country’s premier women’s business organization.

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Excel-ent Content Part 2 – New Excel Functions

Our March 2021 topic of the month is a little program called Microsoft Excel. Last week we shared several great Microsoft Excel resources with you and this week we want to show you some exciting new functions within Microsoft Excel. We will review these and more on our Microsoft Excel Webinar on March 29.

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Excel-ent Content – Top Microsoft Excel Resources

Have you heard the news? Our March 2021 topic of the month is a little program called Microsoft Excel. You know the program that you use almost every day and the program that sometimes makes you want to throw your computer out the window. We receive more questions relating to Microsoft Excel than any other topic out there. And quite frankly there are so many things to do in Excel and so many new features being introduced, it’s hard to keep up, even for certified Microsoft trainers.

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Microsoft Ignite 2021 Recap

Microsoft Ignite 2021 took place last week as a virtual event. And we missed it. Yep, we are so used to Microsoft Ignite being an in-person event that we just missed the virtual version of this year. However, we were able to watch some on-demand presentations and read some recaps to provide you with our biggest takeaways from the event… We really hope 2022 can be in person!

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How Jennifer Buchholz Excelled and Flourished with Microsoft Training

I'm often asked,” How did you even get started doing Microsoft training?” To put it simply, I grew up (or, Excelled and Flourished) with it! My mom was an executive assistant in a county organization, and they were very much used to the Lotus, Lotus one, two, three, word Perfect programs, so she was an expert at that. I actually remember them converting to Microsoft because she would come home and just complain all the time.

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What’s New in Microsoft Teams - February 2021

If you’ve been following us on social media, you’ve seen the climbing statistics of just how much Microsoft has been a necessity for business growth, sustainability, and organization. As we all know, a lot can happen in one month. Here’s what’s new in Microsoft Teams that you might have missed this month...

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Microsoft OneNote 101

Microsoft OneNote is an app that is designed for research, note-taking, and information storage. Similar to apps like Evernote and Dropbox Paper, it lets you store text and images in free-form documents which you can keep private or share with others. OneNote is a part of the Microsoft Office Suite, along with programs like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

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Topic of the Month - Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote is an app that is designed for research, note-taking, and information storage.

Similar to apps like Evernote and Dropbox Paper, it lets you store text and images in free-form documents which you can keep private or share with others. OneNote is a part of the Microsoft 365 suite, along with programs like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

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