I’ve been seeking to entrepreneurs for inspiration on the right way to delegate duties to others. Except I do not even have anybody to delegate my mundane duties to, which implies I’m fighting an abundance of vitality and poor time administration abilities.
During my seek for a instrument to handle conferences and different long-form content material, I discovered Briefly, a instrument that makes use of synthetic intelligence to transcribe conversations and summarize conferences, articles, emails, paperwork and different long-form content material.
Briefly, based by Amy Sun and Bryan Oki, targets people and organizations seeking to simplify paperwork and save time. As somebody who wants assist with each, this appeared like a believable productiveness instrument to check out.
Briefly has a free plan, which provides you entry to 5 summaries and follow-up emails in addition to limitless transcribed conferences, or a paid plan ($15/month) that gives limitless entry to summaries, emails and conferences, plus a pair different add-ons.
While its core options embrace AI summaries in your inbox and integration with assembly instruments, it could additionally flip transcripts out of your conferences right into a report, agenda or marketing strategy. And it could automate e-mail follow-ups primarily based on the decision for key takeaways. Plus, it provides BrieflyCreate, a brief-creation instrument to stipulate key factors for a undertaking or content material piece.
You may also import transcripts to show them into summaries or paperwork. Essentially, the instrument can streamline a number of components of give you the results you want and it integrates with platforms reminiscent of Google Meet, HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack and Zoom.
I used to be initially searching for a instrument to solely assist with assembly administration however after navigating by its multi-use format, I used to be open to attempting out Briefly on the mundane duties so I might keep in creation mode. If I am unable to delegate to an individual, the subsequent finest answer is to delegate to AI. (Especially at a free or low price.)
How to make use of Briefly to automate workflows
Visit the Briefly web site and register for a free or (beginning at $15 a month) paid account.
Once you are on the homepage, there is a Product Google Meet demo as a information to discover ways to navigate the built-in instrument. To automate your workflows:
- Go to the settings, the place you possibly can modify your preferences or hook up with your video conferencing instrument of alternative, and the place you’d prefer to obtain summaries and transcripts. (If you might be like me and use Google Meet, you will additionally must obtain the Google Chrome extension earlier than utilizing.)
- Once you be part of or provoke a gathering, activate Briefly to start out capturing your assembly in actual time. After the assembly concludes, Briefly will generate a abstract highlighting key factors, motion gadgets and insights. If you join integrations reminiscent of Google Calendar, Hubspot, Salesforce and Slack, summaries will save to whichever platform you delegate.
- On the sidebar, you will see an choice to add a transcript. If you might be solely seeking to combine a beforehand recorded name or abstract into Briefly, you may also add a .txt or .vtt format onto the platform. This means, you possibly can generate summaries and navigate to BrieflyCreate to show your add right into a structured doc or transient.
If you desire a visible demonstration of the right way to use Briefly, its TikTook channel provides movies that designate the steps, share instrument hacks and present how customers are navigating the platform.
A name abstract generated by Briefly.
Who ought to use Briefly?
As multifaceted as arguably all professionals are, Briefly has an edge in its multifunctional productiveness hacking: While it isn’t a supernatural AI instrument, it’s a productiveness instrument that I might argue is constructed on long-term pondering.
It would not search to resolve one drawback — like my preliminary note-taking problem — however reasonably tackles all the workflow that not all AI productiveness instruments accomplish. (I’m pondering of opponents reminiscent of Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai and Bluedot.) And as a result of you possibly can resolve which integration or platform you need to attach, Briefly helps the wants and autonomy of people and groups.
Plus, the BrieflyCreate addition is one thing I have not seen earlier than. I typically use AI to generate examples of paperwork and formatted content material so utilizing this characteristic is useful for the knowledge- and skill-gaining course of.
Sure, Briefly’s model identification and artwork course would not communicate on to me however its navigation was accessible and user-friendly with a straightforward studying curve. If I have been to make use of that very same long-term pondering when offering suggestions on the instrument, I’d say that issues greater than the shades of pink its web site boasts that distinction with my all-black setup.
I’m not going to waste time (I’m studying!) naming all of the varieties of roles that might profit from AI summaries, CRM integration and doc creation, nevertheless it’s protected to say most digitally inclined people would profit from utilizing the platform a minimum of as soon as.
As at all times, utilizing Briefly … properly, briefly … can reply your query about whether or not it really works on your particular wants.
