Notion vs. Slack

Notion is good for a plethora of use cases. The templates that it offers give just a few established pages for common uses but these are some of my favorites:

• Kanban board: we use it a lot in my company to manage tasks and meetings
• Note taking: whether in a professional or academic environment, Notion is well suited to take notes of everything regardless.
• Software documentation: the "code" component to insert code snippets is perfect for creating tutorials and documentation for software development.
• Finance control: I use the "my finances" template to have a proper following of my monthly transactions, which allowed me to be more responsible with my money.
• Inventory management: Since I own multiple peripherals and general equipment, being able to have a portable inventory of all of it that includes their original value, warranty length and current state has been perfect to know when clean, maintain or straight up replace everything.

We tried a different team communication software (Discord), but it didn't work as consistently well as Slack. We really like Slack for our internal team communication, and even for communication with outside organizations we work with. It's pretty easy to set up a Slack channel and invite others to it for easy back and forth. Huddles, even with video and sharing work pretty well now, though there are still a few hiccups every now and again.

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• Team Collaboration. In Notion's software is the ability to see precisely who is working on a project and where. This eliminates any confusion when on calls or when working on the same project simultaneously. It is easy to tag co-workers to precise moments and build conversation streams.
• Text Coding. When transitioning text from our Notion ideation and drafting boards to our website backends, the coding holds on all of the text.
• Organization. Whether it's utilizing a "pin board" set up or nestling pages within pages, it is possible to keep everything organized and easy to find for every member of your team.

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• Real-time discussions between team members like a chat application
• Direct integrations with calendar and video call applications
• Intuitive shorthand for emoji inputs and Markdown styling
• Smart copy-paste UX for media files and external links that detects the type of assets being pasted

• The increase in integrations with third parties will always promote the adoption of the platform in companies.
• Personalization with logos and corporate colors sometimes makes the difference when selecting a tool in a corporation.
• Having multiple functionalities for working in manufacturing companies and with devices developed by third parties encourages other companies to select Notion as their flagship tool to offer implementation packages under alliances that favor its use.

• I'd like to see further ways to organize my chats. Right now, it's very linear. Maybe folders inside folders.
• Being able to transfer any videos recorded in Slack between slack conversations without downloading and uploading. Aka, a Slack link for the video (like loom).
• A cheat sheet of available commands (like starting a zoom chat) --I'd love to know what all my company has enabled.

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As useful as Slack has become within our company, I feel fairly confident we will continue to use Slack as a communication tool. They continue to improve their software and add value to its use within our office. Customer service delivers, which is an absolute must. Looking forward to how they improve.

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As long as you use the basic chat features and nothing more, it really is super easy to understand and use. Once you want to take advantage of some of the more advanced features and capabilities, that's when things get complicated. Anyone who has use SMS or a chat program before will be able to figure out the basics though, so rolling this out should be relatively straightforward and not required exhaustive training. Teaching chat etiquette is something else though.

I've never had to contact support for Slack which is a great testament to its ease and use. Adding people outside of the organization takes a little getting used to, but ultimately allows for greater collaboration between FTE and contractors. There is no clear alternative to this software, so it's the best we can do for now.

It always helps if you communicate to everyone in the organization how important it is to drop whatever other chat tools they are using and jump quickly to Slack. They will all fall in love with it.

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Trello only has the Kanban board feature and is great for task management, while Notion has a vast array of features, is easier to use, and has a more visually-appealing interface. I choose to use Notion over Trello due to its increased versatility and greater customization capabilities.

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It depends on the company size, if the company is small its better to use other messengers which are more lean and simple, slack in my opinion is very useful once you can use all of it's benefits as an integration with the other services which are very strong, we have integration with Google, Automation, our internal services as Okta

Incentivized

• In just a short amount of time, the majority of my course draft has been transferred into an interactive online course, always live
• Sufficient control over page structure gives a clean look, with sufficient means to add some personal touches
• After a learning period, I could concentrate on the content rather than the tech
• A huge motivational drive to learn more about no-code platforms (enthusiastic learner!)

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• It has saved us a lot of time that would have been spent sending emails back and forth.
• Search option adds accountability to our team conversations.
• Integrations with Google Drive and Gmail are another great time saver.
• Sharing files allows us to collaborate faster and better.

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