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Video Tutorial: Excel Lookup List

Matt — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:59:44 +0000

Video: Excel Lookup List
Lookup Lists Data Validation in Excel is a simple, yet powerful way, to ensure you collect the correct data for your Excel worksheets. This brief tutorial explains how to set it up.

Setting up data validation using a lookup list is extremely simple. This tutorial uses named ranges. If you are unfamiliar with named ranges, watch this short video first.

Download the higher quality
Windows Media Version here

If you have questions or comments, leave them here on the blog site or email me.

Understanding blogs - a 5 minute introduction

Matt — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:06:11 +0000

Video: Intro to blogs
This simple video provides an overview to blogs and podcasts and explains why they are important to the business professional.

You can view this workshop at YouTube or download and view a slightly higher-quality windows media file.

Rational Email Communication Policy/Strategy

Matt — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:01:17 +0000

Rational Email Communication Policy
It’s About Time
How I Handle Email…

If you’ve read my Policy Parrot entries at IT Toolbox, you know that I am not a big fan of strict policy without regard for circumstances. I refer to people who simply repeat their company policy as Policy Parrots because, like a parrot, they are simply vocalizing - repeating what has been said to them. There is no thought there.

Therefore, let’s call this an Email Communication Strategy…

After reading Tim Ferriss’ book, The 4-Hour Work Week, and having conversations with Laura about overall effectiveness - and my general inability to concentrate due to repeated interruptions, I’ve decided to cut the digital umbilical chord - and not check email on a constant basis.

I’ve included a rather lengthy addition to my email signature, explaining the change and how to best contact me - and when. Hint: contact me via email, like always, unless this is a critical, must-be-answered now type of things.

Must be answered now is not a narcissistic, “I’m very important, answer me right away.” situation. You are, without a doubt, very important to me. However, email is not for conversation - particularly back and forth exchanges with no useful outcome. To understand this more fully, read Ferriss’ book or check out this blog entry.

By the way, I fully understand and acknowledge that those interruptions were allowed by me - they are not the senders fault.

My basic strategy is to check email 2 times a day. However, I also understand that this is a fairly dramatic change from my prior pattern. Therefore, I will provide a weaning period - between now - 11/20/2007 - and 12/1/2007.

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