Join Us for an Afternoon of Networking, Education & Excel!

Ready to work smarter, not harder? Join us for an engaging afternoon featuring networking, professional development, and a hands-on Excel workshop led by best-selling author, entrepreneur, coach, and Excel expert Jennifer Buchholz of Excel & Flourish.

Hands-On Excel Workshop: Work Smarter, Not Harder

Whether you use Excel every day or want to become more confident with the tools at your fingertips, this interactive workshop will give you practical skills you can put to work immediately. Jennifer will share time-saving shortcuts, useful formulas, and underused Excel features designed to help you streamline everyday tasks and reduce repetitive work.

The session will focus on real-world workplace scenarios and practical techniques that go beyond the basics, helping you get more out of Excel and work more efficiently.

What You’ll Learn

Participants will learn how to:

• Apply time-saving Excel shortcuts and features to work more efficiently.
• Use practical formulas and functions to automate calculations and reduce repetitive tasks.
• Organize, clean, and format data for greater accuracy and readability.
• Analyze and summarize information to create clear, decision-ready reports.
• Choose the right Excel tools and techniques to tackle common workplace challenges with confidence.

Meet Our Speaker: Jennifer Buchholz

Best-selling author, entrepreneur, coach, and self-described engaging geek Jennifer Buchholz brings more than 20 years of experience in higher education, training, and development. After recognizing that traditional approaches weren’t always helping her students succeed, Jennifer founded Excel & Flourish, a Milwaukee-based company that helps organizations and teams improve productivity and reduce frustration with Microsoft products through fun, practical technical-skills training.

Jennifer is also an award-winning connector who is passionate about bringing people together and giving them the tools, support, and resources they need to succeed.

Bring your laptop and be ready to learn, connect, and flourish!

Registration Information

• Membership in the PCMA Greater Philadelphia Chapter is not required to attend. Guests are welcome.
• If you are not a member, click here to learn more about membership.
• If you are a member of PCMA, but not a member of the Philadelphia Chapter, please contact [email protected] to add the Philadelphia Chapter to your account. The cost to add a chapter to your membership is $30.00.
• Early registration closes on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 11:59pm. After that, only onsite registration will be available beginning at 2:30 PM on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
• If you are a planner in need of financial assistance in order to attend this event, please contact [email protected].

Education Credit
PCMA has been approved by the Events Industry Council (EIC) as a Preferred Provider of the above-listed continuing education course, which qualifies for CMP continuing education credit. Determination of continuing education credit eligibility or Preferred Provider status does not imply EIC’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. If you plan to claim education credit, please register for this meeting with the same email associated with your EIC account. You will receive an automated message to claim credit after the meeting when the final attendee roster is uploaded to the EIC.

Accessibility
The Sofitel Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square is accessible. If you need additional accessibility services or have questions, please visit their website or contact [email protected].

Promotion & Solicitation Policy
To ensure a fair experience for all sponsors, the distribution of promotional materials, event invitations, tickets, giveaways, or other marketing items, as well as the solicitation or promotion of products, services, organizations, or events, is limited to the PCMA Greater Philadelphia Chapter and confirmed event sponsors. Non-sponsoring organizations and attendees may not promote or distribute materials without prior approval from the Chapter.

Thank you to our host and sponsors!

Host, Sofitel Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square
Bronze Sponsor, Choose Chicago
Bronze Sponsor, Visit Fort Worth
Annual Sponsors – Louisville Tourism, Philadelphia CVB, Valley Forge TCB, & Visit Atlantic City