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Inspiration

— Stories about remarkable people and the tools they build.

Don’t forget to play: a conversation with the Eames Institute

In this conversation between Notion’s Shoshana Berger, Eames Institute chief brand and marketing officer Sam Grawe, and chief curator Llisa Demetrios, they discuss why play is the prelude to serious ideas, “found learning”, and borscht.

Drew Evans

Marketing

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A heartbreaking work of convicts, caffeine, and cats

As a former inmate, Matthew wanted to create a space where other ex-offenders could find work, comfort, and stability. He recently started using Notion to help manage his cafe's online presence, including a digital gallery of on-the-clock cats.

Drew Evans

Marketing

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Notion stories, Valentine’s edition: how 3 women make the most of every personal moment

A dater. A bride. A mom. The women who center our Valentine's week Notion stories all use Notion to make the most of personal moments.

Lexie Barnhorn

Head of Social & Influencer, Notion

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Top 12 best templates to help you hit your new year’s goals, at home and work

From a personal habit tracker to a central operating system for your team, try one or all of these templates to help you reflect, plan, and grow.

Ben Smith

Community

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The best student and teacher templates to prep for day one of school

Get the most out of school with these Notion templates for students and teachers — organize all your assignments, roommate to-do's, and club projects in one place.

Andrea Lim

Marketing

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How teachers can use Notion to stay flexible and organized this school year

There’s no one-size-fits-all way to teach, just like there’s no one-size-fits-all way to manage the work that goes into teaching. Here's how teachers can use Notion to plan for the unplanned.

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User Education, Notion

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Three-time YC founder and first-time mom finds flow in Notion

Start a startup or start a family? Yin hadn’t had to ask herself this question until recently. Not when she dropped out of Stanford to join Y Combinator. Not when she sold her startup to Microsoft. But now, she wasn’t so certain.

Andrea Lim

Marketing

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How Notion built a product management system to align every team

Notion hit a breaking point a while ago — multiple eng teams, overlapping launches. We needed a new system to match our new shipping cadence. Here's how we built one!

Madhu Muthukumar

Former Chief Product Officer, Notion

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Shopify VP of Engineering Farhan Thawar's template for how to hire a VPE

Hiring the right company leadership can feel more like art than science — but Shopify VP of Engineering Farhan Thawar has a framework for how to spot those diamonds in the rough, and in particular, excellent engineering leaders.

Ben Smith

Community

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Kim Scott's framework for confronting workplace injustice

Use Kim Scott's Just Work template to quickly record instances of workplace injustice and respond based on the role you played.

Ben Smith

Community