Notion is a single place where you can think, write and plan in one place. you can collaborate with the team with the help of Notion. Some people also make websites using Notion, and it looks perfect. The notion can be used in thousands of alterations for different purposes and jobs. It offers a clean and open surface to jot down your thoughts and boost your productivity. Notion Calendar is like Google Calendar but with more interesting features as well as the added benefit of easy collaboration of notion workspace and notion calendar. In this article, we will look at the top 10 ways to use Notion to supersize your productivity.
As a PKM
PKM stands for Personal Knowledge Management, which is like note-taking on paper, on your laptop. It is better than Google Docs and Word because of many more features and integration
Hierarchical Organization: Research has found that People learn and grasp data if it is put in a hierarchal manner. The notion makes this organisation extremely easy. For example you are writing about a topic, one of the concepts, and you want to make it more detailed then you can use the Notion Nested page and write another page about that specific sub-concept
As A Database: You can write an entire research paper. Notion creates more of a database about that article such that you can read about various subtopics from that article on different pages connected not only in text form but also in a flowchart, Venn diagram etc
Project Management
Notion has several functions which allow it to facilitate Product management.
Kanban Board: The Kanban board helps to visualise content and project stages. Kanban board are like cardboard which helps to reflect different phases - (e.g., To Do, In Progress, Done) you can also drag tasks across them as they progress. The Kanban board is an inbuilt feature in Notion.
Similarly, you can create Gantt Charts to do the same purpose depending on your preference
Task Databases: You can build a simple task database if you don't want to get fancy which does the job. You can create a column like due date, priority and status. You can also put a colour code to a task depending on the urgency and use a filter to sort the critical tasks or overdue items. The imagination is yours
Team Collaboration
The notion has the benefit of seamless team connection. You can connect different team members to a dynamic page and everyone can collaborate over that topic.
Team wiki: Team wiki enables making a group of guidelines for the employees easily and seamlessly. So you can create an employee handbook in Notion easily while taking advantage of Notion's easy team collaboration as well as Notion never never-ending customization suite.
Meeting Notes: With the help of Noton you can easily access meeting notes. All your notes will be in one place and your entire team can access it if you want. There are several interactive templates that you can use to store meeting notes. You can link these notes to project databases or individual task lists to ensure follow-up and accountability.
Integration: Notion has amazing integration with a lot of software like Slack or Microsoft Teams to streamline notifications and updates. Use embeds to bring external content directly into Notion pages.
Personal Productive features
Journal: If you maintain a diary and want to journal digitally, Notion is the best page. You can add sub-pages and it will act as a diary. You can add pictures seamlessly, something you will not be able to do in a traditional journal
Timetable: If you have a timetable which you regularly follow stuck on your wall you can make a highly interactive timetable in Notion, the added benefit to it is that you can also maintain your tasks, your pending work etc in one place. There are 1000s of free templates you can use or make yourself
Making Websites - The Game-changing feature
From Notion you can make your own website completely for free, the features you can to your website are exceptionally good and completely free. Even if you don't buy your own domain, Notion-enhanced SEO will ensure that your website will be at the top of the searches, the feature is really good. I highly recommend to try it out
Credits
IMG 1 - Notion
IMG 2 - Notion
IMG 3 - Sam Dickie
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