Today in Lucid Labs, we're learning how to organize ideas
using Lucidspark's exclusive gather and sort features.
By the time we're done,
you'll be able to turn that messy brainstorming session into a work of art
so you can spend less time searching for the next big thing
and more time creating it.
Let's think visually.
All right.
So you just finished an awesome brainstorming session,
you generated a lot of exciting ideas with your team,
and now you're ready to start organizing them.
If your canvas looks anything like mine, you probably have ideas
scattered all over the place.
That's not good.
We want to make sure all our ideas are in a centralized location
so nothing gets missed.
To help us do that, we're going to get started by using quick cleanup.
Click and drag over the sticky notes you want to clean up.
To select everything on the canvas, press command A
on a Mac or control A on a PC.
Now that your sticky notes are selected, the context toolbar will appear.
Select the quick cleanup icon and then press quick cleanup.
So much better.
My mom would be so proud.
Great job, sweetie.
Now we're ready to start organizing our ideas.
If you've already been able to identify a theme or two from your brainstorming
session, you may just want to place all your related ideas into a box.
You can do this by creating a container.
Select the shape icon from the primary toolbar
and then drag the container shape onto the canvas.
Add a title by double clicking on the header
and then add any objects to the container with a drag and a drop.
Now if you only have a few ideas to review, creating a container
isn't a bad option.
But could you imagine organizing hundreds or even thousands of ideas this way?
Luckily,
Lucidspark makes organizing ideas easy with gather.
Gather allows you to filter sticky notes by using attributes
and then places those sticky notes into a single container for you.
To gather every sticky note on your canvas.,
choose the containers icon from the primary toolbar
and then select gather from the pop out menu.
If you want to select a smaller group of stickies, just click and drag over
the ones you need. Choose the container options
icon from the context toolbar and then select Gather.
At this point, you'll be able to filter your results
by selecting one or more of the following attributes: keyword, reaction,
reacted by, tag, color, votes, or voted by.
Once you've selected your attributes, click on gather
and watch the magic happen.
Gather works well when you need to place a variety of sticky notes into a single container.
But what if you need to organize sticky notes into multiple categorized containers?
In a situation like this, I'd recommend using sort.
Access the sort tool by selecting the organize icon from the primary toolbar
and then select sort from the pop out menu.
This will sort all the sticky notes on the canvas.
Alternatively, you can click and drag to select a smaller group of sticky notes.
Choose the container options icon from the context toolbar and then select sort.
You can sort sticky notes by tag, color, or votes.
Once you've made a selection, your sticky notes will be sorted
meaning and insights, or if you need to plan your work
so you can take action more quickly, we recommend using dynamic matrix.
To add a dynamic matrix to the canvas,
click the shapes icon from the primary toolbar.
Then, click on the dynamic matrix icon and drag it onto your canvas.
From here you can create shapes, stickies or cards and then drag them into your matrix.
If you already have shapes, stickies or cards you want matrixed,
simply select them and then click the container options
icon from the context panel.
Click dynamic matrix.
With your dynamic matrix created, you can select it
and then use the context toolbar to format it to your liking.
And that's it. Short, sweet, and to the point.
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Until then, we'll see you in the next video.