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Collaboration. It's Magically Delicious!
Collaboration. It’s what’s for dinner. Well, maybe it’s not edible, but it is necessary for IR and our institutions to be strong and healthy. While that’s not news to many of us working in ...Read Moreabout: Collaboration. It's Magically Delicious! -
Data Bite March 2018
How do you spend your days in the IR Office? We asked participants of the National Survey of IR Offices to report how the Director of the IR Office and other IR professional staff (e.g., analysts, technical staff, etc.) ...Read Moreabout: Data Bite March 2018 -
Data Bite February 2018
In the National Survey of IR Offices Report (free PDF report), we grouped institutions by their task “personality” and identified three patterns: Broad (IR Offices who are engaged in nearly every data in...Read Moreabout: Data Bite February 2018 -
Formatting Numeric Data to “Millions” in Excel
When we report large numbers (especially related to financials), the default number formatting in Excel does not show up nicely in tables or charts, making it hard to read in a glance. One way to address this is to use c...Read Moreabout: Formatting Numeric Data to “Millions” in Excel -
Data Bite December 2017
IR and IT have a close working relationships at most institutions. But, exactly, what does that relationship look like? Results from the National Survey of IR Offices shows that between 68% and 76% of IR Offices (dependi...Read Moreabout: Data Bite December 2017
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