Get the Guide to Every Free Power-Up in Trello
Plus introducing a new section - Dear Abby... but make it Trello
Doing a little sprucing up around here in the newsletter this week. Let me know what you think! (We’ll say it’s because I’m excited about getting an extra hour on Sunday… or because I’m grieving that it’s just always dark?)
In This Edition
FREE Power-Ups? Get the guide to discover them all.
12 hour Trello live stream coming your way!
How to import CSVs to Trello
Keeping Trello smart and simple
🌮 Tip Of The Week (—> Dear Taco?)
I’m turning over this weekly section of the newsletter to you fine folks. What does that mean?
You’re going to submit your questions and I’ll pick one to answer here each week, instead of me just randomly picking a tip that comes to mind.
Think of it like “Dear Abby” but Trello style.
Start the party by submitting a question, and you might just see your answer here next week.
Don’t get the Taco reference? Trello’s mascot is a husky! His name is Taco.
🗞 New(s) And Upcoming
Notifications for Advanced Checklists are here! Now you’ll be notified when your advanced checklist items get a due date (or it’s changed), as well as when they’re coming up and overdue. 🎉
🚨 New power-up alert! Show fields on card front!
Imports Power-Up now allows for mapping fields from the spreadsheet to any field in Trello - doesn’t have to be the same name! (or to the description if you want to store the data there which won't map to fields in Trello)
Last up - if you are interested in getting on a call with me to talk about Trello, make sure you update your subscription to a premium one as I’ll be hosting Monthly Trello AMAs with my premium subs once a month - the first one is tomorrow, so make sure you’re signed up by end of today if you want an invite! (It’s only $9/mo and you can cancel anytime.)
🛟 How To and FAQs
Got any how-to questions about Trello automation? I’m building a course about Trello Automation and want to make sure I answer folks’ most pressing questions. If you’re interested I’d be thrilled if you’d share your feedback, and you’ll have a chance to join the waitlist and know the moment it’s available.
Guide to Every Free Power-Up in Trello (Blue Cat Reports Blog)
Have you tried out the new Trello board view switcher? (Trello Blog)
Merging Trello boards together (Atlassian Community)
⚡️ Featured Power-Up
Are you migrating to Trello from another tool and don’t know how to get the data in there? There used to be a bunch of clunky ways to do it but now you can do it easily and for free with the Import to Trello Power-Up!
Here’s how it works:
If you’d prefer to read it, I also wrote about how to import a CSV to Trello in this post.
💡 Use Case Idea
My ADHD is getting the best of me this week… I have a thousand ideas and I’m all over the place. I recently started using a coach via Shimmer and it’s made me realize I need to revamp my idea capture system because I made it too complicated! I have boards for x y z ideas… but I need it all to go in one place for me to sort out later because it can feel overwhelming trying to pick just which board to use!
So I created a board called “Brain Inbox” and… it’s the most boring Trello board I’ve ever made 😂 But it’s perfect.
Now, when I have an idea, I don’t need to remember which board to put it on… I’ll just drop it in here, and then each week I have a reminder to go clean out this board and sort it out.
I’m using PixieBrix to quickly add cards in there (and attach the links to the current page I’m on if needed). If you want to use it, here’s the extension - just set the list id when you activate it! (I included instructions on how to find that!)
🙋♀️ Feedback
Hey, look! We can do this inside the newsletter now! Cast your vote on how you prefer to learn about Trello and I’ll do my best to incorporate more of that.
Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next week! If you found this helpful and know anyone else who might like to learn about Trello, I’d be thrilled if you’d share it!