Get ready to level up your Excel skills with a fast-paced, practical session led by self‑proclaimed Excel ninja Joe Lindell, Development Operations Manager at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. Whether you work in prospect research, data operations, gift officer support, or simply want to work smarter in Excel, this session is packed with tools you can put to use immediately.
What You’ll Learn
- Time‑saving keyboard shortcuts
- How to harness the Quick Access Toolbar
- Powerful F5 navigation hacks
- VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and XLOOKUP
- Demystifying PivotTables
- Clever graphing tricks you didn’t know Excel could do
- Adding totals to stacked column charts
- Identifying and visualizing outliers in column charts
About the Presenter: Joe Lindell
A self‑proclaimed Excel ninja, Joe brings nearly three decades of fundraising experience across Human Services, Higher Education, and Animal Conservation. Since joining the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation in 2015, he has served as their Development Operations Manager.
Joe approaches challenges as both a seasoned fundraiser and a data analyst, creating elegant systems and processes that strengthen donor relationships and improve the measurement of fundraising activity. He and the Development Operations team oversee constituent data, workflow optimization, process design, prospect research, and strategic initiatives.
A fourth‑generation alumnus of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, Joe studied Business, English, and Communication and discovered his passion for development in the campus advancement office.
Outside of work, Joe enjoys time with his wife, Anne, and their two children; traveling—especially to Norway; birding with a special focus on downtown Saint Paul’s Peregrine Falcons; and cheering on the Twins and Timberwolves.
