Tools & Craft – Notion Blog

Thoughts on the future of work,
from the people and teams creating it.

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Pioneers

Omar Rizwan on shaping computers into friendlier forms

Omar Rizwan is a researcher and developer interested in new computer interfaces and new ways of programming. He previously worked at Dynamicland, Stripe, and Khan Academy. He’s a prolific creator of interesting projects such as Geokit, Screenotate, Hijack Your Feed, and many others.

Devon Zuegel

Product

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For Teams

Use this meeting agenda template to save time and increase productivity

With a meeting agenda template, you and your team can stop wasting valuable time. The best template will give guidelines for what needs to be recorded but leaves space for lightbulbs that may pop up in the moment.

Nate Martins

Marketing

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For Teams

It’s not a drag, it’s a superpower: internal documentation propels startup growth

Internal documentation might not sound like the most exciting project, but when done strategically, it will speed up your team’s collaboration, onboarding, training, and overall communication.

Nate Martins

Marketing

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For Teams

The SOP template your startup needs

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) don’t have to be painful to maintain or systematize. Having an SOP template in place will set your startup up for success. With an SOP template to start with, standard guidelines, and rigorous taxonomy, SOPs can become the resource they’re intended to be instead of a pain.

Nate Martins

Marketing

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For Teams

The three types of knowledge and how startups can use them

Understanding the three knowledge types and how to categorize them, apply them, and use them is called metaknowledge. Leveraging metaknowledge can help your company improve productivity and reduce the likelihood of knowledge getting lost when employees move in and out of roles.

Nate Martins

Marketing

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Inspiration

Merci Grace's early-stage startup templates will take your company from zero to one

Former Slack Head of Growth Merci Grace's six templates cover foundational processes like willingness-to-pay interviews, your first landing page, and remote brand sprints.

Andrea Lim

Marketing

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For Teams

How to set up systems for organizational learning for your startup

Organizational learning takes one person’s or one team’s learnings and codifies them for the rest of the team to benefit from. When this centralized knowledge is accessible by everyone, it helps the whole team level up.

Nate Martins

Marketing

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Inspiration

This branding framework made Netflix a household name

Try the template that Netflix used to differentiate themselves and build a memorable identity.

Andrea Lim

Marketing

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Pioneers

Howard Rheingold on the past and present of virtual communities

Howard Rheingold is a writer and educator known for being one of the first thinkers to treat the internet as a social and cultural environment.

Devon Zuegel

Product

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Notion HQ

Notion is now in Japanese! みなさん、こんにちは！

We just launched Notion in Japanese! One more important step toward serving our global audience better.

Katsukiyo Nishi

General Manager APAC