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Question of the Week:  What shall we ask Deb and Leila? 🚩Red Flags 🦹Serial Killer Tips? 🤖 Excel Agent Mode ➡️ Swipe Right? ❓Excel Autocomplete 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Is Speed Good? 🔢 Prompt Bingo 🍓Strawberry Laces 🩳Short Shorts? 🎛️ Video Editor Tips Thanks to our special Guests Deb Ashby Cellmates - YouTube Leila Gharani https://www.youtube.com/@LeilaGharani   Links to regular hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page

Question of the Week:  What's your Conference and Networking tips / hacks? 🥨Vienna Fabcon 🤝All about the members 🗞️News - Dataflows Gen 2 and UDFs 😶‍🌫️ How to Enter and Exit a conversation ⌛ Time Capsule Thanks to our sponsor 😆✈️Cabeau https://cabeau.com/products/evolution-s3-neck-pillow Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page

Question of the Week:  What's your favourite hardware? ⌚Tardy Giles 🎤 Rap Review ❎ Sue's XLOOKUP admission ⌨️Fn Backspace 🕜Sue's mysterious object 🤬Cross(ed) Wires - the most boring topic so far goes off! ⏲️ They call him Mark "High-Tech" Proctor 🦶🏻Foot Fans? ✈️Cabeau https://cabeau.com/products/evolution-s3-neck-pillow Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page

NO QUESTION OF THE WEEK???!!! Too much other stuff to chat about... ⌚Tardy Mark 😥Competition Pressure 🧘🏻‍♀️Sue's Zen advice 🎤East 17 Tribute Band request 😡Wyn's =COPILOT rant 💡Mark's =COPILOT use case 🥰Brian Julius Shout Out https://www.moderndata101.com/network/brian-julius 🔢 32,767 💚XLOOKUP day 🫶🏻 - Fwends 🐁Mark's wired Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor,  Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

  Special guest Ken Puls returns to the pod this week.   Question of the week: What technologies are you currently ignoring and why? Other topics: 😴 Falling asleep during presentations 🐻 Out running a bear 🙊 Don’t say the C word 💬 Arguing with AI Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor,  Sue Bayes and Giles Male. 🐒🔨🪛Ken Puls: https://excelguru.ca/

Question of the Week:   What are your favourite defaults and what would be on your wish list?  We all learn something new in this episode!! 🗣️ Wyn's emphasis game and talking to a wall 💙 Join us on BlueSky ⚓ Giles's ever-growing tattoo 🎬 Editing v just getting it out there 👁️Strava , social networks and why Mark left Facebook Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor,  Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

Sue's back! Question of the Week:   How do you set things up for when you're away   Mark's offer: https://exceloffthegrid.com/modern-excel-formulas/   🔄️Pivot Refresh ☠️ Giles's new Tattoo ↔️ Excel compatibility versions 🐻 Running in the woods with Bears 🧑🏻‍✈️ Power BI Copilot Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor,  Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

It's the one and only Bill Jelen!  🫡 Find Bill's Channel here:  https://www.youtube.com/@MrXL/videos   Question of the Week:   Ask Bill Anything   💚Surprise Guest for Giles 💛 Awards for Mark And Giles 💚 Wyn's #Nightmare 💛 Bill's Fatboy Slim experience 💚 Publishing / Flighting / In Person / AI   Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor,  Sue Bayes and Giles Male.  

watch the video intro https://youtu.be/pzmaa74LErc?si=xydH-biTfjTbKUYh It's our 1-year anniversary and our Question of the Week is: What should and shouldn't you put on your CV and say in an interview   Also discussion around: 💚Excel Stats for Accountants 💛 Visual Calcs updates 💚 Clip-Champ 💛 Training day tips   Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor,  Sue Bayes and Giles Male.  

🐒🔨🪛Ken Puls: https://excelguru.ca/ QotW: What motivates you? Other chat: AI Theft  Ultramarathon Can you keep up, how to avoid the stress 18 years as an MVP Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor,  Sue Bayes and Giles Male. 📢 Special Mention: The Secrets Behind the Graph: Mastering Any Chart in Excel | Laura Szepesi https://youtu.be/Hd_yfUr7pDo?si=giYOFS3i_EtDB3_x  

#Excel #PowerBI QotW: Who or What is in your Data Hall of Fame? Other chat: Trying to start the pod without Wyn Bike Thief #YouveBeenHumbled Giles Issue with Cheat Sheets explored Is it still worth writing blog posts? QotW Jingle Theft! Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.

Mark and Giles do a mini pod discussing recent Excel updates including Copilot Copilot Dark Mode Copilot 🙄 Tokens and more...  

#Excel #PowerBI Please leave a 5 Star Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ QotW: What is a Microsoft MVP? Other chat: Is Excel getting too complicated? Deb's Marathon horror story Dogs and Chocolate DUREX <> ANDREX Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Deb Ashby and Giles Male. EVERYTHING SEARCH TOOLBAR https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brianjuliusdc_windows-tipsandtricks-search-activity-7187144578196492288-6SmG/

Wyn and Sue try out a shorter 2-person pod discussing recent Power BI Updates including Live edit of semantic models in Direct Lake mode in Desktop F2 Capacity now can use Copilot Style Presets PowerPoint Annotation File Picker and more...     April Blog: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-april-2025-feature-summary/ Azure Maps https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-april-2025-feature-summary/#post-29602-_Toc195631038   #PowerBI 🔗Other chat links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes, and Giles Male.

#Excel #PowerBI Please leave a 5 Star Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (if we've inspired you to do exercise) QotW: What Value does Experience Have? Other chat: Sue's Swag Becoming fitness influencers Editor's Note-gate Excel Speedrun Power BI course announcement Advanced vs beginner training challenges Merch and Staying Humble Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes, and Giles Male. Brian Julius DAX Helper https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brianjuliusdc_dax-ai-prompting-activity-7298279526210387968-qhHM/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAJrY_QBWQHQpSN8U1UK8kGKjuTbZI0iCR4 Wyn's DAX GPT https://chatgpt.com/g/g-zCDnEznGt-dax-helper-by-access-analytic

#Excel #PowerBI Find Oz here: www.youtube.com/@OzduSoleilDATA Oz's songs (YouTube) Tin Man by America On and On by Stephen Bishop QotW: What Drives us to make changes Other chat: QUIZ! Oz goes deep Sue is late, but gets a song Mark meets his target Please leave a 5 Star Review  Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page   Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes, and Giles Male.

#Excel #PowerBI QotW: How to quote for work and estimate time. Other chat: What's the secret to 100K subscribers Are Lambdas a black box? Giles toys with occupational ruin. Sue is not happy with Mark Mark drops shade on Wyn's REGEX idea Please leave a 5 Star Review  Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page   Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes, and Giles Male.

Please leave a 5 Star Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Links to hosts and other content Unpivot Show Links Page QotW: What data visualisation choices do you make? Other chat: Sue chats to everyone Mark chats to no-one Wyn geeks out over PowerToys Giles discusses his port-folio of news Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes, and Giles Male.   💊Giles Ali Torban : https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisontorban/ 🏃🏻‍♂️Mark Stephanie Evergreen https://stephanieevergreen.com/ Book: Effective Data Visualization Robert Mundigl: https://www.clearlyandsimply.com/clearly_and_simply/   Roberto Mensa: https://sites.google.com/site/e90e50charts/ Carlos Barbosa: https://spilledgraphics.com/ Jon Peltier: https://peltiertech.com/   🏅Sue Psychology and data viz: https://youtu.be/Qa4740dZGl8?si=NfTlHrN6HLMyR0sK April 2025 Accessibility Colours : https://www.meetup.com/d-c_powerbi/events/305646055/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events   🦘Wyn PowerToys: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/install?WT.mc_id=M365-MVP-5002589 Books: https://pbi.guide/resources/#Books WorkoutWednesday: https://workout-wednesday.com/   #Excel #PowerBI

Special Guest:  Jon Acampora of Excel Campus Stay tuned to the end for bonus shirt count! QotW: Which features, techniques or concepts do most people get stuck on? How can we make it understandable? Other chat: Sue discovers the Automate tab in Excel Mark takes researching guests too far Jon reveals how many shirts he has Giles dances while cheat sheets fall from the sky Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes, and Giles Male. Links to watch and more Unpivot Show Links Page     #Excel #PowerBI

  QotW:  What are you tips for delivering good presentations Other chat: Mark explains why he doesn't like Chris Webb Giles is sick but soldiers on Sue did DP700 exam and presentation Wyn needs to work on Irish names   Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes, and Giles Male.   Watch https://www.youtube.com/@Unpivot #Excel #PowerBI