{"id":454,"date":"2017-03-03T01:26:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T01:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/?p=454"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:53:38","slug":"innovative-ways-use-sticky-notes-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/innovative-ways-use-sticky-notes-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Ways To Use Sticky Notes Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this conclusion to our three part series, we look at innovative ways to keep projects moving. In our previous posts, we looked at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/innovative-ways-use-custom-sticky-notes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how custom sticky notes can motivate employees<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/innovative-ways-use-custom-sticky-notes-part-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">team building and strong ideas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An effective way to keep projects moving along is to visualize the process \u2014 especially when scheduling a project that involves multiple people and\/or departments. Creating a Scheduling model provides an at-a-glance method to helping people identify what stage a project is in, what the current requirements are and what&#8217;s coming up next. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start by identifying what needs to be done and when. Use these essentials to plot the tasks and activities that ladder up to providing your outputs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, define the level of detail needed to sketch out\/manage the project. Trim out anything that&#8217;s non-essential to feature. Maintain a consistent level of detail throughout your schedule to help everyone understand the project as well as make it easier to update and maintain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plot regular updates to assess how the project is proceeding and update your schedule accordingly \u2014 this level of transparency will minimize &#8220;surprises&#8221; and keep everyone on the same page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plan on the unforeseen. We&#8217;ve all experienced sudden changes or disruptions to our projects \u2014 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/post-it-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"custom post it note\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/post-it-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/post-it-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/post-it.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/>so give your scheduling document plenty of space to adapt\/adjust as necessary vs. recreating it from scratch with every new variable that&#8217;s introduced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review after your project has been completed to determine what was helpful, what could have been elaborated on and what was missing. This will help you be even more effective next time!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom sticky notes play a major role in helping teams create both relationships and solutions. Having <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.comhttps:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/sticky-notepads\/products\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">branded custom sticky notes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gives everyone a voice in the room. Whether you\u2019re an introvert or extrovert, they give all team members a visual platform to build on and discuss. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you take the time to visually plan the process, you are able to be more successful for you and and your client. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/contacts\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to learn more about customizing your sticky notes to share with your team.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/notepads\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/custom-notepads-for-business-1024x256.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/custom-notepads-for-business-1024x256.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/custom-notepads-for-business-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/custom-notepads-for-business-768x192.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.captainnotepad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/custom-notepads-for-business.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this conclusion to our three part series, we look at innovative ways to keep projects moving. 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