Templafy blog

Explore our content to stay informed about the future of work. Find the latest news, opinions, and articles covering what's happening in tech and at Templafy

7 essential tips for mastering PowerPoint as a consultant

Management consultants are heavy users of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint – every interview, meeting, data analysis and research piece is turned into an insight, and converted into a PowerPoint presentation or Excel spreadsheet. The client expects to receive findings in a nutshell, clearly structured and presented for easy understanding. The million-dollar question is how to become quicker and better at using these tools, without compromising quality.

Does your enterprise have a document control checklist?

The acceleration of the Internet of Things is staggering. As of the beginning of 2020, the digital universe consisted of 44 zettabytes of data. For context – that number of bytes is 40 times more than the number of stars that can be observed in the entire universe. The speed and volume of today’s data and a generation of content producers has fundamentally impacted the modern workplace. As employees ditch the physical world for digital, they’re creating an ever-rising number of online documents – from sales presentations to invoices, standard contracts to finance reports, press releases to blog articles.

Checkmark icon

A more powerful Excel Link in ProductivityPlus

The Excel Link in the ProductivityPlus module connects Excel charts and tables directly to PowerPoint presentations. Linking ensures that any changes made in the Excel file will instantly update Excel elements in the PowerPoint with one click. With this update, we have made our Excel Link stronger by introducing even more functionality. This Excel Link is now optimized to deliver usability improvements for both the admin and end-user, and to link all the types of data supported by Excel, including individual cells in Excel.

Life as a Senior Software Engineer at Templafy

Marco van Kimmenade is a Senior Software Engineer based in Templafy’s Eindhoven office, who has over 20 years’ experience in both front and back end development. We spoke to him about his background and experience, how software engineering has changed over the years, and how he’s finding life at Templafy.

A man in a hoodie posing for a picture

Leadership and culture in challenging times

At times of crisis, it’s important that companies maintain their integrity and purpose, alongside doing all they can to support employees. Practically, this can be difficult whilst workers are scattered and have many other priorities and concerns. We spoke to Anne-Marie, Templafy’s Chief People Officer, to discuss how companies can maintain their sense of self alongside being sensitive to what is happening and supporting employees through it.

A woman posing for a picture in front of glass

Stay in the loop! Sign up for our monthly newsletter