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Imagine
                                                   career



Leapfrogging over people
way older than you in a
skill




                                     grad school




               high        college
              school




                                                            2
Remember
Learning to type?

    How useful has it been to
    your every day life?




                                3
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.

                                          4
Spreadsheets are the true
global language of the future.


                            NOT




                  Chinese   English   Hindi

                                              5
CEO




Everyone uses
spreadsheets.




                Receptionist         6
Every occupation uses spreadsheets.



     Math
Business         Sciences    Psychology      Art…
        Engineering    Medicine    History
 Finance




                                                    7
Art??


Absolutely.
    Ask any grad        Ask Sotheby’s.
    student

    Art pieces and      Art prices are
    research have all   increasingly set
    been digitalized    by sophisticated
    and cataloged in    analyses of
    university online   historical data.
    databases.
                                           8
We’re teaching high school students Microsoft Excel.




            Our system is unique.




                                                       9
We use VISUAL,
    TACTILE and
MUSCLE-MEMORY
        learning.




                    The same technique
                    that people use when
                    learning VIDEO
                    GAMES.


                                           10
We focus first on sheer
mechanics because that
opens the door to quick,
repetitive, addictive
learning.




    Finance         Accounting    Math


   Keyboard         Hand-Eye
   Shortcuts       Coordination   Speed



                                          11
Practical
We stay away
from theory
and teach
keyboard
shortcuts and
simple            Relevant
formulas that     We work with
drastically cut   college admissions
the time          data to keep the
needed to         lessons relevant
complete a        and useful to
task.             students.
                                       Immediate
                                       Students will
                                       use these skills
                                       immediately in
                                       high school and
                                       college.
                                                          12
Skills                        Presentation.
                              Add immediate
                              value to a
                              spreadsheet via
                              formatting.




Story.
Numbers must tell a
story, just like      Data.
                      Data is expanding. Learn how
words. Learn how
                      to quickly manipulate large
to use numbers to
                      data sets.
argue a point.                                  13
Fire up all cylinders


       Left-
    brained.
                                               Right-brained.
Develop muscles
    in analytics,
       logic and                               Grow a large
 interpretation.                               capacity for
                                               invention,
                                               creativity, free-
                                               form association
                                               and big-picture
                                               thinking.



                    Brawny brains.
                    Fire up both hemispheres
                                                                   14
Contact Us
  allen.lee@sololocales.org
ingrid.trejo@sololocales.org




                               15

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Solo Locales Intro

  • 1. The materials presented herewith are proprietary. Copyright © 2012 Quant Media Advisors, Inc.
  • 2. Imagine career Leapfrogging over people way older than you in a skill grad school high college school 2
  • 3. Remember Learning to type? How useful has it been to your every day life? 3
  • 4. 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. 4
  • 5. Spreadsheets are the true global language of the future. NOT Chinese English Hindi 5
  • 7. Every occupation uses spreadsheets. Math Business Sciences Psychology Art… Engineering Medicine History Finance 7
  • 8. Art?? Absolutely. Ask any grad Ask Sotheby’s. student Art pieces and Art prices are research have all increasingly set been digitalized by sophisticated and cataloged in analyses of university online historical data. databases. 8
  • 9. We’re teaching high school students Microsoft Excel. Our system is unique. 9
  • 10. We use VISUAL, TACTILE and MUSCLE-MEMORY learning. The same technique that people use when learning VIDEO GAMES. 10
  • 11. We focus first on sheer mechanics because that opens the door to quick, repetitive, addictive learning. Finance Accounting Math Keyboard Hand-Eye Shortcuts Coordination Speed 11
  • 12. Practical We stay away from theory and teach keyboard shortcuts and simple Relevant formulas that We work with drastically cut college admissions the time data to keep the needed to lessons relevant complete a and useful to task. students. Immediate Students will use these skills immediately in high school and college. 12
  • 13. Skills Presentation. Add immediate value to a spreadsheet via formatting. Story. Numbers must tell a story, just like Data. Data is expanding. Learn how words. Learn how to quickly manipulate large to use numbers to data sets. argue a point. 13
  • 14. Fire up all cylinders Left- brained. Right-brained. Develop muscles in analytics, logic and Grow a large interpretation. capacity for invention, creativity, free- form association and big-picture thinking. Brawny brains. Fire up both hemispheres 14
  • 15. Contact Us allen.lee@sololocales.org ingrid.trejo@sololocales.org 15