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Nov 06, 2023

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I’m Frances, a Certified Notion Consultant + Founder of The Notion Bar (150+ clients), Black Notion Twitter and the profuntivity movement. Enjoy this little curation of what’s new in The Notion Zeitgeist + at The Notion Bar

If this past week was a GIF, it would be:

Going to networking events is fun as a solopreneur until you get TOO inspired to work on new areas/things for your business while still having to balance your normal-day-to-day functions

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Some calm in the productivity storm

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📰 This week in The Notion Zeitgeist

🌐 Language Learning Plan ⋰ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Attend a Notion Pizza Social in London ⋰ 🔗 New security and compliance features for large teams ⋰ 📓 Relaunching my journal for 2024 ⋰ ☁️ Finding balance through Notion ⋰ 🎥 Best docs of all time ⋰ 🐾 Purrfect Notion Blanket ⋰ 🫂 Uni Group Projects x Notion* ⋰ 🔮 Future of D2C gifting? ⋰ 📸 Notion-powered model shoot ⋰ 📚 How to write a book with Notion ⋰ 📘 Structured LinkedIn Learnings ⋰ 💻 I Built a Mini-Site

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🔮 What’s new with Notion?

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🪩 This week in ✨Profuntivity✨

”Adding layers of fun into your werkflow, while being realistic about what you can actually get done” - future bestseller?!

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🌶 Hot Take: I would have had straight As

@fro_dera Notion is definitely a study hack for university students - especially for group projects! #notion #londonunilife

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My toxic trait as a Notion consultant is blaming the fact that I didn’t have straight As in college/uni on the fact that Notion didn’t exist. All we had was Google Docs!

While I was ahead of my time with my Google Docs set-up, I can’t help but think how well I could have done if Notion existed. So much so, that two of my first templates I ever released were a simple class & lecture notes & aesthetic student dashboard.

The kids will never know.

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Frances Odera Matthews | Founder of The Notion Bar & Certified Notion Consultant (✨Artiste✨)

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