Member since August 2021
Best-selling author, entrepreneur, and productivity coach, Jennifer Buchholz has worked in higher education, training, and development for over 20-years. When she realized that traditional methods weren’t helping her students thrive—she founded Excel & Flourish. Based in Milwaukee, Excel & Flourish helps organizations and teams improve productivity and reduce frustration with Microsoft products through fun technical skills training. The result? Amped-up collaboration and better success across every aspect of their business and work.
Jennifer is an award-winning connector who consistently goes out of her way to help others succeed. Her passion is bringing people together so they have the tools, support, and resources they need to be successful. She is actively involved in numerous organizations throughout the city; including the KNOW Book, eWomen Network, and more.
Jennifer makes people feel comfortable and confident whether learning technology or networking. She’s an engaging geek who truly wants people to be successful at work and in their businesses.
I am definitely considered multi-passionate - and love that my business allows me time to pursue other interests:
- I love my city - I'm a tour guide for City Tours MKE in Milwaukee, WI
- I love kites - MKE is a great place to fly kites at the lakefront
- I love to laugh - and am a certified laughter yoga instructor and lead great team building events
- I love bubbles - like blowing bubbles - I have several bubble guns and wands to make huge bubbles. No one is unhappy when they see bubbles.
- I love to travel - whether traveling solo to New Zealand, traveling to teach summer school in Colombia, or just a jaunt to Europe or Jamaica, ask me to travel, and I generally say YES first and ask details later.
We're so used to doing routine tasks on autopilot - even if they take 30 minutes a month (or week or day). It's time to asking of those routine tasks can be automated - not just for you right now - but for your own career development.
I had a consultation with a CFO of a small company. We were finalizing details for some Excel training. He mentioned that since it was the beginning of the month he always does downloads - and cleans them up. I asked him if he wanted to automate this process - and he explained that he was pretty close - he knows the exact steps he has to do every single month on all 3 reports and can get it done in about 30 minutes. This is my best case scenario.
My mom was an executive assistant, so everything in our house was in a Word document, Excel spreadsheet or Access database. My grandpa built computers, so we had a computer in the house very early on, and when I left for college in 1994, I had my own computer - not many did back then. I’ve always been technologically inclined. When I took my first real job, I was asked to put together budget projections and I created a spreadsheet with a bunch of variables. They’d never done that before - which is crazy because this was a 10,000 employee Global Management Consulting Firm. They asked me to train the other project managers on how to use my spreadsheet and adopted it as the standard for the organization. That was the kickstart to creating spreadsheets for organizations and training others to optimize them.
If you’re looking for your To Do list in all the wrong places, it’s time to leverage your technology and get it all in one spot. When you use Microsoft To Do, you can grab all your flagged emails, Outlook Tasks and Planner Activities and prioritize them in one application (both desktop and mobile). This training will introduce you to all the task management tools in the Microsoft Office 365 suite and show how they all can work together. Whether you’re not using any of the tools or have some experience on any, you’ll be sure to improve productivity by taking this training.
Are you looking for a tool that can help manage all the tasks, files, and timelines for a project? Then Microsoft Planner should be on your radar. If you’ve been using Trello, Asana, or another tool, come check out and compare notes on how Planner might meet your needs and save money for your organization.
Regular team meetings or special projects should have a home – Teams should be that home. In addition to the meetings/chat/call features covered in the earlier session, you’ll learn how the file sharing, collaboration, and tools like Planner, Forms, and other integrations make teams the most streamlined form of connection and collaboration. This webinar is for individuals that have Microsoft Teams installed on their computer.
Key Outcomes:
Confident in using Teams for Chat
Prepared to set up and run Meetings in Teams
Able to record and share Meetings in Teams
Able to distinguish when to use Teams or Zoom
When you need to connect with an internal or external team member, you can do that through Teams. Whether it’s a call, chat or meeting, Teams makes it easy to schedule and connect online. It’s as simple as Just Click Join. Learn how to do all your meetings, chat and calls using Microsoft Teams. This webinar is for individuals that have Microsoft Teams installed on their computer.
Key Outcomes:
Confident in using Teams for Chat
Prepared to set up and run Meetings in Teams
Able to record and share Meetings in Teams
Able to distinguish when to use Teams or Zoom
You’re familiar with the standard Office products – Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint – but Microsoft 365 is so much more than that. In addition to cloud storage and collaboration features, you’ll learn about the other tools available in the M365 subscription and how those tools can save you time and frustration while improving productivity.
Key Outcomes:
- Understand M365 overall – web, desktop and mobile apps
- Use M365 for collaboration
- See how the programs integrate and interact
- Become familiar with other M365 tools
Are you looking for systems to improve your speed in Outlook or reduce repetitive activities? There are so many ways to streamline your processes like rules, templates, search folders, standardized subject lines and more. If you want to save time and frustration in using Outlook, join us for this session.
This is a standalone session and a compliment to the first Overcoming Inbox Overwhelm workshop.
Is your inbox overflowing with emails? Managing email is becoming more difficult with the increase of messages we receive on a daily basis. A cluttered inbox can bring anxiety and frustration. This webinar will discuss effective tips and tricks that will help you reduce your anxiety and maximize your time through effective email management.
We're so used to doing routine tasks on autopilot - even if they take 30 minutes a month (or week or day). It's time to asking of those routine tasks can be automated - not just for you right now - but for your own career development.
I had a consultation with a CFO of a small company. We were finalizing details for some Excel training. He mentioned that since it was the beginning of the month he always does downloads - and cleans them up. I asked him if he wanted to automate this process - and he explained that he was pretty close - he knows the exact steps he has to do every single month on all 3 reports and can get it done in about 30 minutes. This is my best case scenario.
My mom was an executive assistant, so everything in our house was in a Word document, Excel spreadsheet or Access database. My grandpa built computers, so we had a computer in the house very early on, and when I left for college in 1994, I had my own computer - not many did back then. I’ve always been technologically inclined. When I took my first real job, I was asked to put together budget projections and I created a spreadsheet with a bunch of variables. They’d never done that before - which is crazy because this was a 10,000 employee Global Management Consulting Firm. They asked me to train the other project managers on how to use my spreadsheet and adopted it as the standard for the organization. That was the kickstart to creating spreadsheets for organizations and training others to optimize them.
If you’re looking for your To Do list in all the wrong places, it’s time to leverage your technology and get it all in one spot. When you use Microsoft To Do, you can grab all your flagged emails, Outlook Tasks and Planner Activities and prioritize them in one application (both desktop and mobile). This training will introduce you to all the task management tools in the Microsoft Office 365 suite and show how they all can work together. Whether you’re not using any of the tools or have some experience on any, you’ll be sure to improve productivity by taking this training.
Are you looking for a tool that can help manage all the tasks, files, and timelines for a project? Then Microsoft Planner should be on your radar. If you’ve been using Trello, Asana, or another tool, come check out and compare notes on how Planner might meet your needs and save money for your organization.
Regular team meetings or special projects should have a home – Teams should be that home. In addition to the meetings/chat/call features covered in the earlier session, you’ll learn how the file sharing, collaboration, and tools like Planner, Forms, and other integrations make teams the most streamlined form of connection and collaboration. This webinar is for individuals that have Microsoft Teams installed on their computer.
Key Outcomes:
Confident in using Teams for Chat
Prepared to set up and run Meetings in Teams
Able to record and share Meetings in Teams
Able to distinguish when to use Teams or Zoom
When you need to connect with an internal or external team member, you can do that through Teams. Whether it’s a call, chat or meeting, Teams makes it easy to schedule and connect online. It’s as simple as Just Click Join. Learn how to do all your meetings, chat and calls using Microsoft Teams. This webinar is for individuals that have Microsoft Teams installed on their computer.
Key Outcomes:
Confident in using Teams for Chat
Prepared to set up and run Meetings in Teams
Able to record and share Meetings in Teams
Able to distinguish when to use Teams or Zoom
You’re familiar with the standard Office products – Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint – but Microsoft 365 is so much more than that. In addition to cloud storage and collaboration features, you’ll learn about the other tools available in the M365 subscription and how those tools can save you time and frustration while improving productivity.
Key Outcomes:
- Understand M365 overall – web, desktop and mobile apps
- Use M365 for collaboration
- See how the programs integrate and interact
- Become familiar with other M365 tools
Are you looking for systems to improve your speed in Outlook or reduce repetitive activities? There are so many ways to streamline your processes like rules, templates, search folders, standardized subject lines and more. If you want to save time and frustration in using Outlook, join us for this session.
This is a standalone session and a compliment to the first Overcoming Inbox Overwhelm workshop.
Is your inbox overflowing with emails? Managing email is becoming more difficult with the increase of messages we receive on a daily basis. A cluttered inbox can bring anxiety and frustration. This webinar will discuss effective tips and tricks that will help you reduce your anxiety and maximize your time through effective email management.