London Tutor Uses $20-Per-Month Notion AI to Cut Admin Work and Sharpen Lessons

1 articles · Updated · MIT Technology Review · Jun 2

Sam Finnegan-Dehn, a London tutor, uses Notion AI as a “second memory” to manage client notes, recordkeeping, invoicing and lesson planning alongside his full-time charity job.
With clients’ consent, Notion AI records tutoring meetings and produces summaries that help him spot weak teaching approaches and adjust the next session without relying on AI to create core teaching materials.
The tool also helps turn year-end growth targets into concrete tasks, while drafting lesson notes and syncing social media posts to free time for expanding his tutoring roster.
Notion’s AI add-on, launched in late 2023 and priced at $20 a month, is aimed at rote productivity work, though Finnegan-Dehn said it can be clunky and broader privacy concerns remain.
The case underscores a wider small-business use for AI: handling “good enough” administrative work, while owners still need to weigh cost, accuracy and data-security risks.

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