Overview:

HR Productivity & Efficiency Focus: Too often, HR professionals waste hours fixing messy spreadsheets filled with $A$1 references. In this engaging webinar, Ray demonstrates how Defined Names turn those same spreadsheets into clean, professional tools. Whether it’s headcount tracking, training records, or payroll reports, you’ll discover practical ways to save time, improve collaboration, and boost productivity in every HR task.

Key Benefits for HR:

• Transform complex HR spreadsheets into easy-to-read reports
• Save time updating payroll, benefits, and employee data
• Improve collaboration on shared HR workbooks

Each version highlights a different motivator for HR attendees:

• Option 1: Accuracy & compliance (payroll, reporting, audits)
• Option 2: Productivity & efficiency (day-to-day HR tasks)
• Option 3: Career advancement & credibility (personal development)

Highest Urgency (Critical Need)

• Payroll & Benefits Specialists
• Why: Payroll and benefits calculations must be error-free. Formula mistakes can cause compliance violations, under/overpayments, and legal issues
• Urgency: Extremely high - accuracy is mission-critical
• Benefit: Defined Names reduce payroll errors, improve consistency, and support compliance reporting

• Compliance & Audit Teams within HR
• Why: They must provide transparent, well-documented reports for audits and regulators. Spreadsheet errors here have serious financial and reputational consequences
• Urgency: Very high - documentation and clarity are non-negotiable
• Benefit: Defined Names improve traceability, auditability, and error prevention

Moderate Urgency (Important but Less Critical)

• Analysts & Data Officers
• Why: They manage workforce data, turnover analysis, and headcount planning. Errors disrupt decision-making, but rarely create compliance breaches
• Urgency: Moderate - accuracy and efficiency strongly impact management reporting
• Benefit: Defined Names streamline large datasets, simplify formulas, and save time

Lower Urgency (Nice-to-Have)

• HR Managers & Directors
• Why: They don’t usually build formulas but rely heavily on staff-produced reports. Errors hurt credibility but can often be caught before escalation
• Urgency: Lower - important for oversight, but less hands-on
• Benefit: Defined Names give managers clearer, easier-to-interpret reports

• Recruitment & Training Coordinators
• Why: They track headcount, training logs, and recruitment pipelines. While mistakes are inconvenient, they rarely result in compliance or financial risks
• Urgency: Lowest - skill improves efficiency but is not critical
• Benefit: Defined Names save time and standardize tracking reports

Priority Marketing Focus (HR Ranking)

• Payroll & Benefits Specialists
• Compliance & Audit Teams
• HR Analysts
• HR Managers
• Recruitment & Training Coordinators

My suggestion:

• Market the webinar to Payroll and Compliance teams first, using compliance, error reduction, and accuracy as the main hook
• Then broaden to HR analysts with an efficiency and productivity message
• Position for managers and coordinators as a “professional skills upgrade” that improves clarity and teamwork

Why you should Attend: Ray's webinars replicate the in-person classroom experience and include a professional Learning Guide with practical hands-on exercise files, providing a superior learning and knowledge retention experience for attendees.

• Harness the full potential of your software investment
• Time-Efficient Power Learning with Focused Topics
• Practical Hands-On Skill Enhancement with High Retention
• Supporting Resources, Learning Guide and Practice Files
• Improved Productivity, Quality and Error Minimization
• Up-to-Date Current Knowledge Transfer
• Professional Development Recognized for Career Advancement
• Interactive Experience Through Chat and Live Interaction
• Rapid Return on Investment

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Understanding Defined Names
• Defining Names From Worksheet Labels
• Using Names In Typed Formulas
• Applying Names To Existing Formulas
• Creating Names Using The Name Box
• Using Names To Select Ranges
• Pasting Defined Names Into Formulas
• Defining Names For Constant Values
• Creating Names From A Selection
• Scoping Names To A Worksheet
• Using The Name Manager
• Documenting Defined Names

Who Will Benefit:

• HR professionals handling payroll, compliance, or employee data will benefit most
• This webinar helps reduce spreadsheet errors, save time, and create transparent, audit-ready reports-empowering HR managers, analysts, and payroll officers to work smarter, improve accuracy, and boost professional credibility