In most organizations, people spend a surprising amount of time repeating the same explanations. Whether it’s onboarding new team members, answering common questions, or sharing project updates, knowledge often gets delivered live, again and again. This repetition costs time, reduces consistency, and can frustrate both the speaker and the listener.
With dadan, you can replace these repetitive conversations with reusable async videos, recorded once, organized in your video hub, and available for anyone who needs them.
Why repetition is a problem #
Repetition feels harmless at first, but it quickly becomes a productivity killer. Repeating the same explanation over and over, whether it’s onboarding a new teammate, walking through a process, or answering a common customer question, wastes time and drains energy. Dadan helps you turn these recurring conversations into reusable async videos, creating lasting resources instead of one-off explanations.
Common scenarios where repetition happens #
- Onboarding new hires: Walking every new teammate through tools, policies, or workflows.
- Answering FAQs: Managers or specialists answering the same “How do I…” questions multiple times.
- Training sessions: Running the same demo or walkthrough for different groups.
- Project updates: Re-explaining the context to every new stakeholder who joins midway.
How reusable async video saves time #
Reusable videos transform explanations into lasting assets, not fleeting moments.
- Record once, share many times:
- Capture your walkthrough, explanation, or update in a short dadan record video.
- Store it in a shared space where it’s always accessible.
- Organize for discovery:
- Add tags, chapters, and AI-generated summaries so colleagues can quickly find the part they need.
- Use Team Spaces to group related videos, e.g., “HR onboarding videos” or “Project Alpha knowledge hub”.
- Keep it interactive:
- Add timeline-anchored comments, polls, or feedback fields so viewers can still ask clarifying questions without needing another meeting.
- Update without redoing everything:
- Use dadan’s editing and AI video note taker to update explanations, highlight changes, or attach new resources.
Practical examples #
The impact goes far beyond saving time. There are some examples:
- Sales & Demos: Create product demos that can be shared with multiple prospects, freeing time for deeper conversations.
- HR & Onboarding: A welcome video, company policies, and tool tutorials, shared once but used for every hire.
- Customer Support: Record a step-by-step solution to common issues and embed it into your knowledge base.
- Project Teams: Record a walkthrough of a roadmap or workflow once, then reuse it across teams without repeating live.
Building a reusable video knowledge base #
Reusable async videos aren’t just one-off recordings; when organized properly, they become the foundation of your team’s knowledge base. Dadan makes this simple:
- Centralized hub: Store all important explainer videos in Team Spaces, so anyone can access them without needing to request access again.
- Transcript-powered search: Quickly find the exact moment in a video where a process or answer is explained.
- Thematic collections: Use folders to group videos by purpose, such as onboarding, project documentation, customer training, or HR policies.
- Ongoing updates: Add new chapters, annotations, or updated clips without losing the original context.
With a structured video knowledge base, teams not only avoid repetition but also build a living library of knowledge that grows more valuable over time.
Best practices for creating reusable async videos #
For best results, you can do the following:
- Keep it concise: Focus on one topic per video.
- Use clear titles: e.g., “How to request vacation time in dadan.”
- Leverage AI chapters: Break longer videos into sections.
- Update regularly: Mark old videos as outdated and link to the newest version.
Why these matters #
By turning repeated conversations into reusable async video, your team gains:
- Time savings: Less explaining, more doing.
- Consistency: Everyone gets the same information, in the same words.
- Scalability: One video can serve dozens or hundreds of viewers.
- Knowledge retention: Videos stay searchable and useful long after the live conversation would have been forgotten.
Dadan transforms routine explanations into lasting knowledge assets, ensuring that every repeated conversation becomes a one-time effort with ongoing value.
