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ResearcherFlow for your lab meeting update

Arrive with the story behind the progress.

A useful update gives people something to respond to: what changed, what you learned, and where you need a decision. Keep that story connected to the work that produced it.

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One part of a repeating research cycle

  • Analyze
  • Share
  • Question
Return to an earlier step whenever the evidence changes.

Put it into practice

Start with what you have.

Recent notes, experiment records, and a meeting or reporting period.

  1. 01

    Capture the work while it is fresh

    Keep the outcome, blocker and next step in your notes or experiment record after a run or reading session. Include unexpected results and changes of direction, so the update reflects what actually happened.

  2. 02

    Ask for a focused meeting draft

    Tell Flow which period and audience to cover. Ask it to use your workspace records, cite the supporting evidence, and distinguish completed work from plans. Specify the decisions you need from the discussion.

  3. 03

    Review, share and close the loop

    Check dates, claims and links before saving or copying the draft into your meeting notes. After the discussion, record the feedback and turn the next step into a question or task in your workspace.

A starting prompt for Flow

After adding your sources to a workspace, adapt this to your question.

Draft a concise update for [meeting or audience], covering [date range]. Use the notes, papers and experiment records available in this workspace. Organize it as progress, evidence, blockers and next steps. Cite the records behind factual claims. Distinguish completed work, preliminary observations and planned work. Do not infer progress from missing records. End with the decisions or feedback I should ask for. Prepare the note for my review.

Before you call it done

Make sure the record is complete for the period you chose. Missing notes do not mean nothing happened, and a planned experiment is not a completed result. Edit the draft before sharing it with others.

Keep the next question connected.

Bring your papers, notes and experiments into a free workspace. Review what Flow proposes before saving changes.

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