Welcome to Notion 101 for Creative Project Management

The name of the course refers to managing your creative endeavors, but also to managing your projects creatively using a tool that really rewards creativity. That tool is Notion.

So... what is Notion?

Notion is a robust project management tool that helps you build powerful and automated systems for all aspects of your life. It combines many of the project management and productivity tools we use in separate platforms, such as Kanban boards, calendars, spreadsheets, and more. 

This course is designed to give you an overview of this tool, while also walking you through a few specific projects so that you can actually build out a system in Notion. 

By the end of this course, you’ll have created some invaluable pages in your Notion system and can continue to build upon them to get the most out of this awesome tool. This course makes use of Notion’s free tools, so you don’t have to have a premium Notion account to complete any of the activities.

Is Notion 101 Right for You?

If you agree to any of the following, you'll love this course.

  • You have a lot of creative goals that you want to track

  • You aspire for balance between your creative and personal lives

  • You want a project management system that isn't rigid and doesn't take a lot of time to maintain

  • You want to automate aspects of your creative system to focus on your actual creative work

  • You want to be less scattered across numerous tools that each serve one purpose

  • You strive to have a constant bird's-eye view of your creative workload

This is a self-paced, activity-based course

Video tutorials and written content will take you step-by-step through Notion

  • Project Management Crash Course

    Learn basic project management theory to apply to your Notion setup.

  • Tour of Notion

    Get a guided tour of Notion to learn about it's many tools and features.

  • Your Personal HQ

    Build a personal HQ page to document and access your tasks and information.

  • Project Intake System

    Set up a dynamic project intake system to track everything you need and want to do.

  • Connected Databases

    Automate your system with one of Notion's most powerful features.

  • Additional Projects for Beginners

    Continue your Notion learning with more fun and useful projects and templates.

Plus, your registration includes:

  • Help and support from your instructor

  • Indefinite access to the course and any future course updates

  • Support, encouragement, and accountability from the StoCo community

About the Instructor

Director Ashley Warren

I'm Ashley Warren, the founder and director of the Storytelling Collective. I'm a former college English teacher, journalist, magazine editor, and literacy research academic. You might know me from projects including Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden; the Uncaged Anthology; The Citizen's Guide to Research; or my company, Scribemind. The one thing that links all of my creative projects is my passion for process and making creativity an organic part of our lives. I know what it's like to be daunted by the creative process, and I'm here to help. I've worked with hundreds of writers all over the world and I can't wait to work with you!