Finding a place for all your notes regardless of the purpose seems to be an ongoing journey for most.
Elate provides you a way to take quick notes, promote those to structured content and even format in Markdown to help standardize formatting across platforms.
Speed is the key here, if you're in a meeting and just want to set a reminder, or trying to store some temporary knowledge from a colleague, or maybe just need a place to store a summary of some research - the thing that makes a good system for notes is being available when you need it.
If the notes require a little bit more effort, perhaps for a presentation it's best to structure them in a consumable way. This is where promoting your quick notes into a document adds value.
When looking to collaborate, convey or post your ideas the notes or documents need to be in a standardized format. By making notes available in common formats such as Microsoft Word, Google Docs and Markdown allows information to be easily shared.