From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Get the Vital Edge with Monarch

February 23, 2010

Sometimes the best opportunities are created in times of crisis.

photo credit: pfala
If you (as an individual or as an organization) can weather the difficult economy, you ought to be able to positively thrive when things the economy improves. Today we’ll look at how using Monarch impacts the job market for individuals, though the same [...]

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Make Monarch Your Competitive Advantage

February 17, 2010

I write this with a beautiful if somewhat distracting view of the same snow-capped mountains that much of the world is currently watching. At this very moment, athletes located all over this region are giving it their all as they attempt to be the best in their sport.
photo credit: jonwick04
The observant will notice how [...]

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Lessons from The Tonight Show Debacle for Monarch Users

February 10, 2010

I rarely watch the late night talk shows, but when such a gem comes along, well, it’s time to turn lemons into lemonade. While I was focusing on completing the 30 Days to Become a Better Monarch Modeler series, NBC kindly provided us with a rare opportunity to learn from their disastrous mess and expensive [...]

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Revisit Your Roots and Prove that You’re a Better Monarch Modeler

February 9, 2010

Over the last few months I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the most recent addition to Vancouver’s radio dial, Shore 104, and their focus on “Roots, Rock & Rhythm”. It’s great stuff, and today it provides both the soundtrack and the basis for this last entry in the 30 Days to Become a Better Monarch Modeler series.

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Learn to Program Excel to Become a Better Monarch Modeler

February 7, 2010

Working with Monarch to extract and manage the data we need is usually a very efficient experience. Often there are just three basic steps:

Open the data source,
Apply the model that was previously created, and
Export the data to another location for further use or analysis.

As we know from our earlier discussions in the 30 Days to [...]

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Focus Your Command of Monarch

February 3, 2010

Congratulations! You’ve read every part of the 30 Days to Become a Better Monarch Modeler series, and now, hopefully, you’re much more accomplished and proficient than you were beforehand.
You’ve mastered defining templates. You can handle just about any kind of report layout that comes your way. You can add new fields that extend the usefulness [...]

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