You could also introduce this for fun http://www.officelabs.com/ribbonhero
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > We used ContactPointe. Their local office (Charleston, WV) is pretty top > notch, YMMV. One thing I would specify is that if you break into multiple > sessions as we did, is that you have the same trainer for all sessions. > There was enough of a quality difference that I wish we had the same trainer > for all 4 sessions (4 half days). > > I work for an accounting firm, the cost of having just seven parnters > frustrated for 3-4 hours exceeded the entire cost of the training, when > taken in the context of billable hours. Then you have the attendent > staffing issues with billable hours. If everyone already hates the ribbon > or tries to do whatever they can to work around it, you have a very good > argument for training being necessary. I had a few with strong objections > to changing versions, but they haven't complained, either because they had > the training or realize that it was necessary for our mainline application. > > -Jonathan > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:06 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Correct. Law office with billable hours. >> >> Who or what did you use to train your 35 people? Thanks. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jonathan Link" <[email protected]> >> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 10:22:20 AM >> Subject: Re: Office 2010 training >> >> Training for introduction to the ribbon, essentially a new features >> class is pretty cheap. I think we ran our 35 people through for about >> $1500, it might've been even less. >> >> A good way to bolster the training argument, take an interested, >> technically inclined user and put them on 2010 ahead of time (set their >> saving to compatibility mode). Chances are they'll confirm that training >> would be helpful. Also, you mention legal environment, do you mean law >> office? Billable hours? >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:10 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm in a legal environment and gathering information on Office 2010 >>> training possibilities. We are hoping to migrate from a very old Office >>> suite. I know that MS has some basic Power Point presentations introducing >>> the Ribbon and all that. Any recommendations and success/failure stories >>> regarding this type of a move? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
