OneNote as a Second Brain (What You're Missing)

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I invited Microsoft MVP Mathew Gilbertson for a deep dive into OneNote and was blown away by its capabilities.

We looked into OneNote's almost unlimited capture methods and how it supports the free-form, informal notetaking that helps us think better.

If you're using the Microsoft ecosystem at work and want to improve collaboration and the exchange of ideas, I highly recommend you watch this video.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - 00:30 Intro
00:31 - 03:33 Who is Mathew
03:33 - 07:05 How to get started in OneNote
07:05 - 09:54 The structure of OneNote
09:54 - 15:21 Capturing handwritten notes
15:21 - 16:52 Voice-to-text capture
16:52 - 21:14 Linking notes
21:14 - 22:21 Paper-based notes
22:21 - 25:52 Microsoft Loop
25:52 - 31:31 Improving collaboration
31:31 - 32:32 Where to find Mathew

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Thank you, Tiago, for the opportunity to talk over OneNote with you in person. In case you can't tell, I had a blast shooting this with you and the team!

biztabletpc
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Anyone else need to replay this video 4 times to take notes of some of the super important ideas in here! Trying to be present first watch but so many new concepts to add to my notes!

madisonromero
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I started OneNote during COVID lockdown. I began working on a novel and used Word and OneNote for the draft. Along with that, as a professor I had to take online classes. So I would share my OneNote screen with students and use pen to use the screen as classroom blackboard. Using different colours was amazing. And at the end, I would convert the page into pdf and send it to students. It worked perfectly.
Right now I have multiple projects going on, personal and work related, and the different Notebooks is a saviour for me!❤

lizmol-san
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This is by far one of the most productive video I've seen on productivity, using the good old simple One note tool which I used for years but abandoned for Notion, click up, asana, capacities... To be back to onenote 😂
Great initiative to open your mind to Microsoft products. Great guest as well. I'm going to look him up. I'd love to have more from Microsoft tools.

seiferflo
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👏Kudos to Tiago, who has bothered to make content for the majority of the business world than just elite a few. The business world outside of US is run on Microsoft and NONE of the so called famous creators bothered to address the majority

naveensk
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I use OneNote as my second brain and one of the features not touched on enough in the video is that EVERYTHING is searchable in OneNote: text, handwriting, pictures, video and AUDIO.

As a songwriter, I LOVE this feature! I can dictate notes and turn them into text or I can record melodies on my phone when inspiration strikes... which I can then open on my desktop to turn into full songs in my DAW. OneNote's versatility makes it hands down the BEST tool for creatives --and it's free!

katyb
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This is amazing! I went from not wanting to have anything to do with OneNote to wanting to dive into the capabilities. Thank you both!

janetmunin
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This is such a helpful video. I’m a Mac user using all Microsoft products for work. Not all the same features are available in Mac but I’ve still been able to be productive (enough). This video was so helpful! I’d love to see the map of someone’s second brain with majority of Microsoft products on both Windows and Mac devices!

TheVeronicaSteele
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This is fantastic—in the business world Microsoft products are so often required for work (especially if dealing with anything sensitive that cannot leave the work ecosystem).

I recently have built my own GTD and PARA/second brain system set up in ToDo and OneNote, but this talk has given me some solid additional ideas on how to make changes to fix things up more.

MadChickenz
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Thanks for reminding me how valuable OneNote is for collaboration and the breadth of information repository options.

JulieMelville
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This is probably the most consequential onenote video i have watched. Very useful and informative. I had no idea onenote could so sooo much. Thank you both.

icns
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I've had OneNote since early 2022 and I use it almost daily. I love having all of my info organized and at my fingertips.

OoLaLaFrenchGirl
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I'm months from retirement and I will most certainly NOT be using technology less; simply for different things. It should also be noted that I will be retiring from a 33 year career in end-user computer technology. I have been using OneNote since it's inception but found much value in ideas in this video. Many thanks.

S.A.S.H.
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This video from Tiago Forte and Mathew Gilbertson is nothing short of amazing! I knew I needed to use OneNote better. This video provides the seeds for ideas. I also like informal versus formal discussions. This is one of few videos where the entire 32:32 is worth watching.

MrPries-zmdl
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I have been using OneNote since I started learning about a second brain. One thing that wasn't brought up because it is still in its infancy is copilot integration. AI integration will provide much more productivity capabilities

jeffthiem
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Have been using OneNote for years. Very intuitive software. One of drawbacks I noticed though is that if you link to a page and the paga is later renamed, link will become broken and defunct.

TheJoshtheboss
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This is EXACTLY what I was hoping you'd look into/discuss at some point - whilst flawed, OneNote is still an amazing and user-friendly tool - so much so it's where I'm building up my 2nd brain; thank to Tiago and Matthew for this! 🙏🙏

uahmed
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Spectacular information and presentation. As a primarily Mac user, all devices except Remarkable tablet, I have resisted shifting from Apples Notes app to OneNote. I can now see what I have been missing. This from someone who has had MS Office 365 for three years. After this presentation, I'm scheduling migration Notes > OneNote in my projects calendar. The content repurposing alone for marketing, and using timestamped versions for authoring chapters in novels will be mahh-velous! Thank you!

TheViverChannel
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Love this - the tips on using OneNote and also how to use writing and drawing to support thinking.

ZenTeaNow
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I used one note in college around 2007 on a lenovo tablet. Back to using it recently on the ipad and macos. I have to applaud Microsoft for not changing much of the formula and making incremental improvements.

FredroStarr