Exploring Monkey Tools | Ken Puls

SESSION TRACK:
Excel & Power BI

SESSION OUTLINE:
Joseph Yeates will start things off by showcasing some of the latest features in Power BI. Then, we'll explore Ken Puls' Monkey Tools Excel add-in (available at https://monkeytools.ca), which contains a set of tools to help you build better data models more quickly and follow data modeling best practices. The philosophy of Monkey Tools is simple: Build better, faster. It is targeted at modelers and analysts who work primarily in Excel, but is also useful for those who push their models into Power BI. In this session, Ken will walk us through some of the amazing features included in this handy set of tools.

SPEAKER PROFILE:
Ken Puls, FCPA, FCMA, is the president of Excelguru Consulting Inc, a company dedicated to helping users get the most from their data. His passion lies in exploring tools to turn data into information, and teaching others how to benefit from them. Ken is a blogger, author and trainer with over 20 years of corporate accounting and IT experience. He is one of the world’s leading experts in Microsoft Excel, Power Query and Power BI, and provides live and online training to clients around the world, including on the Skillwave Training learning platform that he co-founded in 2020. In recognition of his contributions, Ken has held the prestigious Microsoft MVP distinction since 2006 in both the Excel and Data Platform categories.

Connect with and follow Ken online at:

• Excelguru Website & Help Forums: excelguru.ca
• Skillwave Training Website: skillwave.training
• LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kenpuls and https://www.linkedin.com/company/excelguruconsulting/
• Bluesky: [@xlguru.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/xlguru.bsky.social)
• Facebook: @xlguru

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

• 8:45am Teams Meeting opens to attendees to begin joining
• 9:00am-9:05am Welcome and Meeting Overview
• 9:05am-9:20am What's New in Power BI
• 9:20am-10:20am Feature Presentation
• 10:20am-10:25am 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 8:45am on the night of the event. The link will be visible only if you RSVP beforehand.

Once the event gets underway at 9:00am, 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.