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Async Team Update System / Notion import + kit
Async team status update template
Replace vague status messages with concise progress, blockers, and decision requests.
Made for small distributed teams.
Price and availability
Catalog price: $19 USD
One-time purchase · No subscription
FilesZIP with five editable Markdown documents, an offline HTML workbook, a reading edition, and optional Notion import files (not a configured workspace). A worked example is included.
To useExtract the ZIP. Open the workbook in a current desktop browser; edit Markdown in a text editor. No account needed for the workbook or Markdown files. A Notion account is needed only for the optional import; set database properties and relations yourself.
LicenseUse for your own or client work; do not redistribute the original templates or tools. Full terms.
SupportProduct questions and corrections by email; no custom implementation or professional review. 14-day refund policy.
A short update format separating progress, blockers, and decisions needed.
Gather before you start
Team decisions
Existing updates
Reading cadence
Mark missing information so you can check it before using your work.
When to skip this kit
You need a native Excel, Canva, or Word template. This download contains Markdown documents and an offline HTML workbook, plus Notion import files you configure yourself.
You need autosave or cloud sync. Export Markdown or save a backup before closing the offline workbook.
You need someone to complete the work. These are worksheets to fill in yourself.
Read the first worksheet below to see whether its questions help with your task.
Included files
What's inside
01Update purpose
02Common format
03Decision requests
04Reading routine
05Format review
Each document has instructions, questions, and space for your answers. The final document includes a common mistake to check for before using your work.
Your completion check
Updates show evidence and clearly distinguish information from requests requiring a response.
Before you finish
Check this before you use it
Updates become activity diaries that hide requests for action.
Put the requested decision, owner, and date where readers can find them.
Use the final worksheet to record what needs fixing and what you still need to check.
Define who reads the update and what decisions it should support.
Worked example, fictional
Context: A remote team wants fewer meetings but still needs visibility into dependencies.
Completed response: Project lead needs to know whether Friday delivery is at risk.
Your decision
What decision should this update enable?
My answer: [ ]
Source and date: [ ]
Still to check: [ ]
Next action, owner, and due date: [ ]
Before moving on
[ ] My answer uses my own facts.
[ ] I have marked anything I still need to check.
Next worksheet: Common format.
Before you start
Team decisions: [Source or notes]
Existing updates: [Source or notes]
Reading cadence: [Source or notes]
What you will make
A short update format separating progress, blockers, and decisions needed.
View plain worksheet text
Worksheet 1 of 5. Update purpose
Project: {{project}}
Prepared by: {{business}}
Review with: {{contact}}
Target: {{deadline}}
Instructions
Define who reads the update and what decisions it should support.
Worked example, fictional
Context: A remote team wants fewer meetings but still needs visibility into dependencies.
Completed response: Project lead needs to know whether Friday delivery is at risk.
Your decision
What decision should this update enable?
My answer: [ ]
Source and date: [ ]
Still to check: [ ]
Next action, owner, and due date: [ ]
Before moving on
[ ] My answer uses my own facts.
[ ] I have marked anything I still need to check.
Next worksheet: Common format.
Before you start
- Team decisions: [Source or notes]
- Existing updates: [Source or notes]
- Reading cadence: [Source or notes]
What you will make
A short update format separating progress, blockers, and decisions needed.
This is the complete first worksheet from the current edition. The full kit adds the remaining four documents, a worked scenario, and the offline editing workbook, plus an optional Notion import ZIP with Markdown pages and CSV databases.
Before you choose
What should I have ready for this kit?
Bring team decisions, existing updates, reading cadence. Mark anything you still need to check.
How do I know the work is finished?
A short update format separating progress, blockers, and decisions needed. Check your answers against the original records and note anything unresolved before sharing your work.
What is in the Notion import pack?
The download includes an optional NOTION-IMPORT.zip with authored Markdown page templates and sample-filled CSV databases. Import the files in Notion, then set field types and any database relations yourself. Alongside those files, you receive editable Markdown documents and an offline HTML workbook. Set up the imported pages and tables yourself. These are not native Excel, Canva, or Word templates. Extract the whole ZIP before opening the HTML files. Mobile file managers may not run local scripts; the text files and reading edition remain available.
Will this do the work for me?
The kit supplies structure, questions, and examples. You provide the facts, make the decisions, and adapt the finished output. You are responsible for checking the finished work. Custom implementation and professional review are not included.
Included Notion import files · fictional preview data
Async Team Update and Decision Desk
3 Notion page templates and 3 sample-filled CSV databases. Extract the product download, then import NOTION-IMPORT.zip in Notion desktop or web.
04-Weekly-update.md
# Team update · [project alias] · [as-of date]
**Owner role:** [ ]
## Completed
- Output and evidence link: [ ]
- What changed since the last update: [ ]
## Next
- Next observable output: [ ]
- Owner and expected date: [ ]
- Dependency and its owner: [ ]
## Risk or blocker
- Observed fact, not inferred cause: [ ]
- Work or decision affected: [ ]
- Safe evidence reference: [ ]
- Next update time: [ ]
## Decision requested
- Exact question: [ ]
- Options and recommendation: [ ]
- Decision owner: [ ]
- Reply needed by and schedule effect if late: [ ]
Do not mark work complete without a checked output. Do not include private messages or sensitive records.
01-Updates · sample database
Update reference
Project alias
As-of date
Owner role
Completed with evidence
Next work
Risk or blocker
Decision needed
Reply by
Status
Sample: UP-041
Sample: Spring catalog
2026-10-06
Project lead
First 12 listings reviewed / QA log Q-8
Review remaining listings
Two descriptions await approval
Choose default category label
2026-10-08
Needs decision
Example rows are fictional. The import creates pages and databases; set property types and any relations inside Notion. You configure the tables after import.
