Building your second brain using digital tools and skills is a course that teaches participants from a variety of fields how to use productivity and organization tools to stay organized and productive. Whether you are a scientist, researcher, writer, journalist, decision maker, or content creator, this course will give you the tools to build your “second brain” digitally.
You will learn how to devise mechanisms to collect and save important information using digital tools such as Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, Readwise, Snipd, and Momento.
Throughout the course, participants will learn techniques for using these tools to arrange and organize their accumulated information in order to use and curate them creatively and effectively. By the end of the course, participants will have second brains built on an innovative digital system. They will have a better understanding of how to use the tools to capture ideas, store documents, remember what they’ve read, clip content from websites, and journal their experiences.
This course is perfect for anyone who wants to streamline their workflow and boost their productivity, regardless of their field of work.
The course is designed to be interactive with many hands-on exercises and tutorials, Learners will have a great opportunity to practice the techniques they learn in class and to collaborate with their peers in a learning-friendly environment. The final project will give students an opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in class and to show what they are capable of creating.
The concept of Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) was introduced in the 1990s to assist university students with the huge amount of information they suddenly had access to via the Internet-linked libraries. It is the individual variation of Knowledge Management, which studies how businesses and other organizations are using their knowledge. This concept was first utilized by Steve Jobs to illustrate the future potential of the personal computer. Other common names for this system include Zettelkasten (which is a German term meaning “slip box” coined by influential sociologist Niklas Luhmann), Memex (a word created by American inventor Vannevar Bush), and digital garden (named by renowned online creator Anne-Laure Le Cunff).
Technology isn’t just making it easier to take notes. It’s changing the overall nature of notes. Gone are the days when we had to write our ideas on Post-its or notepads that are fragile, can be lost, and are hard to search. Now, we write our notes in the cloud, and the cloud can accompany us everywhere. We no longer need to spend countless hours carefully sorting and transcribing our thoughts on paper. Now, we gather knowledge blocks and spend our time imagining what can be created from them.
In this course, you will learn how to set up a system of knowledge management, referred to as a “Second Brain”. It may be referred to as a “personal cloud”, “field notes”, or an “external brain”, and is a digital record of your most significant memories, ideas, and information to assist you in your job, own a business, and live your life without having to keep all the details in your head. Like a private library that’s always in your pocket, a Second Brain allows you to remember everything you may have to recall so you can accomplish whatever you aspire to do.
A Second Brain gives you access to your untapped abilities and intuition. You will be equipped with a system that will help you when you are absent-minded and set you free to use your full potential when you are at your best. With it, you can do, learn, and create much more with significantly less effort and stress than before.
Creating diagrams and visualizing experiences to aid in understanding and retention of information
Certification
All Participants will receive a certificate of completion after having successfully finished the course, which mentions the Tools covered in the course, and shows their understanding of the concepts and techniques taught.
