7 ways spreadsheets will ruin your life

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7 WAYS SPREADSHEETS WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE TELANIA, LLC. PRESENTS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

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Page 1: 7 Ways Spreadsheets Will Ruin Your Life

7 WAYSSPREADSHEETS

WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE

TELANIA, LLC. PRESENTS

AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

Page 2: 7 Ways Spreadsheets Will Ruin Your Life

THEY WASTE YOUR TIME

Manual entry

Manual notifications

Manual reminders

Manual grading

Manual record-keeping

Are your hands tired yet?1

Page 3: 7 Ways Spreadsheets Will Ruin Your Life

THEY'RE FULL OF ERRORS

A spreadsheet will record those mistakes, and make it

hard to recover correct versions of the records.

People make mistakes.

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THEY'RE A LEGALLIABILITY RISK

A spreadsheet isn’t good evidence of compliance.

They are easily manipulated or even faked.

An auditor may not accept your spreadsheet tracking.

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Page 5: 7 Ways Spreadsheets Will Ruin Your Life

THEY AREN'TSECURE

Employee Privacy

Data Backup

Internal Information Security

4 AT RISK

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THEY’RE NOTAVAILABLE 24/7

Spreadsheet programs only

allow one user to edit at a time;

if the computer hosting the

spreadsheet is turned off, no

one can get to it at all.

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THEY EXCLUDEYOUR END USERS

Employees have to rely on training managers

for information about their training history.

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Trainees don’t have direct access to their

own records.

Feedback is slow;

Involvement, autonomy, & accountability

are limited.

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THEY WON’T REDUCEYOUR COST

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By wasting time

maintaining records

manually, you may end

up hiring MORE

employees to keep up.

Page 9: 7 Ways Spreadsheets Will Ruin Your Life

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