Comments on: How to Win Friends and Influence People With Excel

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[...] If you want to record in depth networking information you will want to create a file, folder, or networking spreadsheet but for just keeping track of people, names, gossip and who is going to be where this is a major [...]

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[...] is pleasure, what do you want to see and do? My trip was for networking so I geeked out and made a networking list in Excel. With our next trip it is for sightseeing so we have bought a bunch of guidebooks and planned a [...]

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By: Eric Logan

Eric Logan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:23:56 +0000

I appreciate this writeup because I have been utilizing excel as a contact management system for years. I have a birthday column. A prospects college alma mater column, Customers interests column etc. Some of the operands you mention I had never thought of or utilized before but, I will now implement them. Thanks also for the I-phone tip.

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:35:46 +0000

It’s not excel that stops the awkward silences, its ideas for topics generated from the data you store in your spreadsheet If you know they like a certain sport you can ask how their team is doing, etc

By: CampfireSteve

CampfireSteve — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:50:56 +0000

Love the Mind Map. But number 4, using Excel to solve “awkward silences” – I dunno…

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:17:45 +0000

I am waiting for the new iPhone in summer, but my iTouch is really cool

By: Ryan Bickett

Ryan Bickett — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:38:38 +0000

Nice post. I am always looking for ways to be a bit more organized and love the idea of keeping notes about your friend’s, etc. important information. It is becoming more and more important to build strong relationships and the ideas posed here would definitely help in that effort.

Now, I just need to get an iPhone…

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:15:14 +0000

Thanks guys

By: Stan Scott

Stan Scott — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:31:56 +0000

Good article. If you have an iPhone, you can actually go one better. In Google Documents, just Import the Excel file. Once you do this, you can add a direct link to it on one of your iPhone screens.

This converted Google Document also gives you handy dropdowns for each heading on the spreadsheet, so you can find things faster.