Download - Solo Locales Intro
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Imagine
high school
college
grad school
career
Leapfrogging over people way older than you in a skill
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There’s another skill that is becoming just as important as typing.
It’s working with DATA. You know: lists, charts, databases.
Except normal typing isn’t enough. You need to learn how to use a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel.
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Every occupation uses spreadsheets.
Sciences
Medicine
Psychology Business History
Art… Engineering
Math
Finance
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Art??
Ask any grad student
Art pieces and research have all been digitalized and cataloged in university online databases.
Art prices are increasingly set by sophisticated analyses of historical data.
Absolutely. Ask Sotheby’s.
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We use VISUAL,
TACTILE and MUSCLE-MEMORY
learning.
The same technique that people use when learning VIDEO GAMES.
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We focus first on sheer
mechanics because that
opens the door to quick,
repetitive, addictive learning.
Finance Accounting Math
Keyboard Shortcuts
Hand-Eye Coordination Speed
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Practical
Relevant
Immediate
We stay away from theory and teach keyboard shortcuts and simple formulas that drastically cut the time needed to complete a task.
We work with college admissions data to keep the lessons relevant and useful to students.
Students will use these skills immediately in high school and college.
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Numbers must tell a story, just like words. Learn how to use numbers to argue a point.
Story.
Data is expanding. Learn how to quickly manipulate large data sets.
Data.
Add immediate value to a spreadsheet via formatting.
Presentation. Skills
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Fire up both hemispheres
Brawny brains.
Grow a large capacity for invention, creativity, free-form association and big-picture thinking.
Left-
brained.
Develop muscles in analytics,
logic and interpretation.
Right-brained.
Fire up all cylinders