The Secrets Behind the Graph: Mastering Any Chart in Excel | Laura Szepesi

SESSION TRACK:
Excel

SESSION OUTLINE:
Have you ever stumbled across a chart (in Power BI, online or even in your daily life) and thought, "I wish I could do that in Excel," but it seems way beyond the basics? In this workshop with Laura Szepesi, we'll discover a few clever techniques that you can easily combine to create stunning visualizations - all without leaving Excel. You won’t just learn how to create these charts, you’ll also understand the behind-the-scenes tricks and logic that make them work.

Whether you're starting with simple tricks like outlining minimum/maximum values or you're already building dynamic, interactive charts for dashboards, this session will teach you new, practical tricks. You’ll walk away with the flexibility and confidence to tackle any data visualization challenge and bring your Excel charts to the next level.

SPEAKER PROFILE:
Laura Szepesi is the founder of MindfulExcel, a consultancy and teaching company focused on Excel automation and visualization. She began her career as a data analyst, where she quickly fell in love with Excel after discovering how to automate hours of repetitive work. Now, she brings a curious mind and a love for modern techniques into everything she builds.

At MindfulExcel, Laura teaches how to fully understand Excel, focusing on best practices for efficient and impactful work. She designs interactive, tailored courses that make learning Excel not only effective but actually fun - think games, themed challenges, and real-world data that keeps things practical and engaging.

As a consultant, she helps businesses save hours of manual work every week by building tools that are not only efficient but also user-friendly and dynamic. Her dashboards are designed to be clear, fast, and stunning - the kind that make you forget you're even in Excel.

Connect with and follow Lauran online at:

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/laura-szepesi
• Website: mindfulexcel.com

TENTATIVE AGENDA (subject to change, all times listed are in Pacific Time):

• 9:45am Teams Meeting opens to attendees to begin joining
• 10:00am-10:05am Welcome and Meeting Overview
• 10:05am-11:05am Feature Presentation
• 11:05am-11:10am Meeting Wrap-up

REGISTRATION:
This meet-up will be hosted on Microsoft Teams, and will be recorded to share with others who were not able to attend live. You must RSVP for the event in order to access the Teams Meeting link.

JOINING THE EVENT:
Attendees can join the Teams Meeting starting at 9:45am on the day of the event. The link will be visible only if you RSVP beforehand.

Once the event gets underway at 10:00am, we ask that attendees make sure they are on MUTE, so background noise and distractions are minimized.

During the presentation, attendees can type questions and comments into the chat area, which will be monitored by the event hosts. There will be time for Q&A at the end, where attendees can un-mute their mic and even share their video to ask questions.

**NOTE: As mentioned above, this event will be recorded and shared online, so attendee information may be visible in the recording.