In conjunction with the foremost subject matter experts INTALIGN offers workshops on business information design, performance management aspects and the professional use of MS Excel for finance professionals.

The Challenge

Analysing and presenting business data—critical decision support skills—are sadly lacking. In this so-called information age, we are overwhelmed by data, not because there is too much, but because we don't know how to tame it. Computers speed the process of information handling, but they don't tell us what the information means or how to communicate its meaning to decision makers. These skills are not intuitive; they rely on principles and practices that, though simple, must be learned.

Most businesses lose precious time working with ineffective spreadsheets convolutes without automated data integration that require substantial menial efforts. In addition to struggling with really understanding their data, often misinterpreting it and then communicating it to others unclearly or inaccurately, resulting in costly decisions.

Executive Workshops 

The INTALIGN Executive workshops address those challenges with practical programmes covering information design, professional usage of Excel and other business intelligence tools.

Workshop Character

All our seminar offerings differ substantially from typical one to many instructor led courses: they are held as workshops where interaction and the individual challenges of the attendees are an integral part of the learning. Participants are encouraged to submit anonymised versions of their management communications (presentations, reports, charts, etc.) and performance management process templates (spreadsheets). Those will then be used as hands-on examples for applying the taught principles or can be discussed in one on one sessions with the presenters.

Target Groups

Our workshop offering is designed to serve a broad range of professionals: anyone who is involved in making sense of and communicating quantitative business information. This includes people in business, non-profit, and government organisations, from secretaries who need to prepare reports for their managers to CFO’s who need to keep their fingers on the pulse of the company, as well as analysts of all types (financial, sales, marketing, research, etc.).

2008 Course Offering:

Business Information Design

Introduction to Business Information Design and Dashbaords

Professional Management Reports and Presentations

Meaningful Business charts & Dashboards 

Performance Management

Design Winning KPI's

Professional Use of Excel

Financial Modelling with Excel

Advanced Budgeting with Excel

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