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Exploring the many capabilities of Todoist and how you can use it in your daily practice to get things done. Uncovering the full feature set and working out whether it is suitable for your type of work. 

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Why use Todoist?

Todoist is just one of many hundreds of to-do list applications out there in the App Stores. So why choose it?! There are many benefits to using Todoist. Let's uncover the features of Todoist that can help take your productivity to the next level. Todoist comes with many popular features but some unique ones that deliver a stronger punch for many users. 

When to use

As you create your Todoist account and want to match features with your needs.

Instructions

  • Open Todoist 
  • Head to the full feature list on Todoist 
  • View all the features 
  • Pick 3-5 core features that you need
  • Use the exercise to shortlist your most important 
  • Match them against your needs 
  • Review how each feature would meet needs 
  • Use the Exercise to match these 

Hints & tips

  • Give yourself a full 30-days to trial Todoist 
  • Use YouTube and other resources to learn more ways to apply Todoist 
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  • 00:04 Hello everyone, and welcome back to this GoSkills course all about Todoist.
  • 00:09 Now what we're going to be doing in this feature,
  • 00:11 is diving into why you would use Todoist and
  • 00:13 talking a little bit about the situations and scenarios in where Todoist applies.
  • 00:19 Todoist is a very simple task management service.
  • 00:22 It has been roughly around for 10 years now and
  • 00:26 that's a long time for a task management service.
  • 00:29 It has over 10 million users.
  • 00:31 It's a very popular application,
  • 00:33 which is all very healthy news if you're a brand new user because obviously
  • 00:38 you want to see positive growth in an application you're investing your time in.
  • 00:42 Now, primarily, Todoist's goal is to help to organize your to-do's, and
  • 00:46 it's used for a lot of situations, for example, capturing tasks is a popular one.
  • 00:51 Managing deadlines, organizing lists, planning habits and
  • 00:55 routines as well as reviewing your week ahead.
  • 00:58 And a lot of these are used in tandem to keep organized.
  • 01:02 Now, you're probably wondering, who uses Todoist?
  • 01:04 There were so many different use cases, well over 10 million at least
  • 01:08 are using it around the world for lots of different situations.
  • 01:11 So a lot of people use this for either work or
  • 01:13 life situations or both a lot of the time.
  • 01:16 For example, you could have a personal or casual use of this.
  • 01:20 You could have freelancers using this to organize tasks for their clients,
  • 01:24 employers assigning tasks to their team in front of them, and
  • 01:28 employees actually prioritizing tasks and getting them out and organized.
  • 01:33 You can also have Todoist being used for teams.
  • 01:36 Small teams, large teams.
  • 01:38 And, they use it to assign and organize activities between them.
  • 01:41 Students and academics are another popular audience of Todoist.
  • 01:45 Now, you're probably wondering, why do people use Todoist?
  • 01:47 And it's primarily for the featureset, and
  • 01:49 they have a good range of features that work together really well.
  • 01:52 They work reliably too.
  • 01:54 You got add new tasks, manage projects, assign tasks, create recurring tasks,
  • 01:59 crafting lists, prioritizing tasks and tallying progress.
  • 02:03 So you've got a range of activities that will work together well.
  • 02:06 And it's available on a lot of platforms, IOS, Android, Mac, PC and
  • 02:10 Web are all available, as you can download Todoist on all of those platforms,
  • 02:15 which makes it really, really easy to access.
  • 02:18 Now if you were to use it in your team,
  • 02:19 there is actually a team management experience called Todoist for
  • 02:24 Business, which gives you access to a team inbox too.
  • 02:27 But we'll talk about that later inside of this course.
  • 02:31 Now you're probably wondering, your needs, how do you apply that to your situation?
  • 02:35 A personal layout inside of Todoist would provide you with all the tasks you need.
  • 02:39 For example, just adding tasks, adding lists and
  • 02:42 coordinating your own checklists, sub tasks, etc.
  • 02:46 And a good example of this could be a stay at home mom managing her week ahead,
  • 02:49 coordinating all the activities she's got on.
  • 02:52 You've got a work situation too where you've obviously got all of the advanced
  • 02:56 functions, and it could become really customizable for
  • 02:59 your goals and your projects.
  • 03:00 An employer could use this with a small team to delegate tasks.
  • 03:04 So it's a really widespread situation.
  • 03:07 And actually, if you wanted to, you could use both of these.
  • 03:10 I use both of these and find Todoist a great platform for that.
  • 03:13 Now in terms of the exercise, I have put together an exercise, Why Use Todoist.
  • 03:18 I wanted you to cover your needs and solutions and
  • 03:21 what Todoist features actually match to those needs, so
  • 03:24 that you have a good outline of what features you'll be using straightaway.
  • 03:28 I hope that you can join us in the next section for
  • 03:31 creating your first task inside of Todoist.
  • 03:34 Thank you very much, guys, and we'll see you in the next feature, cheers.

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