Teamwork in Notion
Learn to find, organise and update your team's information in Notion using pages, databases and collaboration agreements that are straightforward to maintain.
Find your starting point
A good fit when you need to work confidently in an available Notion workspace and keep information useful for others.
Another option to consider
Notion workspace administrationIf you are responsible for designing the structure, configuring databases and reviewing access, choose administration.- Hours and sessions
- 8 hours live · 4 sessions of 2 h.
- Group size
- Up to 12 participants per trainer as a reference, adjusted to the practice and feedback.
What you will learn
- 01
Create and update pages using a shared structure.
- 02
Use views and filters to find records and connect documentation with pending work.
- 03
Share information and record updates with clear permissions and collaboration agreements.
A proposed programme
You will work on a fictional project with an internal brief and a task database that are already set up. Preparing a service page runs through the programme: find the right documentation, update the outstanding work and leave a clear review for someone else.
We adapt the selection and depth of the modules to the group's starting point and goals.
01Find your way around
Pages, blocks, navigation and search to find information and avoid duplication.
You will work on
- Find the project brief through navigation and search, checking that it is the team's shared reference.
- Edit a notes page with headings, steps and links that make information easy to find.
- Link internal documentation from a task rather than creating another copy.
- Practice
- Find the service page brief, organise the project notes and link the brief from the copy review task.
- How you will check it
- Readable notes and a task linking to the shared brief; the participant explains where they found the reference and why they use it.
02Work with databases
Records, properties, views and filters applied to team tasks or documentation.
You will work on
- Open a task and distinguish its properties from the content of its page.
- Update the owner, status and context in the available fields without changing the database structure.
- Find project tasks through the available views and practise filters in a test view, using the agreed permissions.
- Practice
- Complete the copy review task, assign its review and find it in the exercise's pending tasks view.
- How you will check it
- A task with an owner and status that match the remaining work, which the participant can find again without duplicating it.
03Agree how to collaborate
Comments, mentions, permissions and criteria for keeping information up to date.
You will work on
- Write an update that separates completed work, outstanding work and who should continue.
- Use a comment and a mention to request a review in the right place.
- Check whether the other person can access the information and whether they need to view, comment or edit; request access when needed.
- Practice
- Hand the task to another participant so they can find the brief, understand the question and continue the review.
- How you will check it
- The other person can open the information and explain the next step. The participant improves the context or requests the necessary access; a mention alone does not grant permission.
A project with connected tasks and documentation
Teaching example
Suggested practice: organise a department's documentation and requests in a prepared workspace, update a record and leave enough context for another person to continue the work. The case and structure are agreed around the team's experience.
Fictional classroom case. A department is preparing to launch a service page and asks for its copy to be reviewed. The practice workspace already contains the internal brief, notes and project task database; the exercise is to use them and update the information.
- Starting point
- The task says “Review page”, has no owner and does not link to the brief. The person receiving it would have to ask for the context again.
- First attempt
- The first version of the exercise adds an owner and links the brief, but marks the task as complete even though the copy still needs to be checked against the project objective.
- What we review
- The trainer asks the participant to adjust the status to the outstanding work and leave a specific question for Marina, the fictional reviewer. Before mentioning her, they check that she can open both the task and the brief.
- Result
- The task is awaiting review, with its documentation linked, an owner and a specific criterion to check. Another person can understand what to do next.
Review page
- Owner
- Unassigned
- Status
- New
- Context
- Review the copy before the launch.
Review the service page copy
- Owner
- Marina
- Status
- Awaiting review
- Context
- Draft prepared. Linked brief: Service page brief. Marina checks whether the copy explains what the service includes and who it is for, then records the outstanding changes.
Service page brief
Objective: explain what the service includes and who it is for. Before approving the copy, check that both points are clear and record any outstanding changes in the task.
Before calling it complete
- The task links to the shared brief rather than another copy.
- The owner and status reflect the review that remains outstanding.
- The person receiving the work can open the documentation and identify the next step.
A short task between sessions.
Three optional 10–15 minute tasks to recall the work, try a variation and check the result. A brief review stays within the 8 live reference hours.
Four sessions to put it into practice.
Reference edition · 8 h live
Reference edition: 8 live hours across 4 sessions of 2 hours. The order and examples are adapted to the group. The sample practice takes place during the sessions; any preparation or additional work is agreed before the programme starts.
- Session 12 h
Find and organise documentation
Explore the prepared workspace, find the current brief and organise the project notes using a simple structure.
By the endClear notes and a brief linked from the review task.
- Session 22 h
Update and find a task
Work with existing tasks, properties and views; practise filters in the agreed environment.
By the endA task with an owner, status and context, which can be found in the exercise's view.
- Session 32 h
Request a review with context
Write an update, comment, mention and check the access needed by the person receiving the work.
By the endA handover explaining what has been done, what remains and who continues.
- Session 42 h
Complete the case and review it
Work through the case from start to finish, exchange it with another participant and revise it using the trainer's feedback.
By the endA reviewed task with its brief, status and next step checked.
If your team needs to go further
- Designing the workspace architecture, creating databases and setting team permissions are covered in Notion workspace administration; this requires a separately agreed programme.
- Connecting Notion to other tools or automating task tracking requires a separate scope and is not included in this reference edition.
Learn with someone who works with Notion.

Guillermo Mascaraque Piña
Notion certified consultant
Over two years of experience designing systems for companies across industries and sizes.
Guillermo is the planned trainer for this programme. Dates, language and his availability are confirmed when the edition is agreed.
Materials for the Notion case
Open the brief, review the tasks and leave the project ready for someone else to continue.
Read the instructionsCSV files import as separate databases. IDs identify the project and its tasks; configure and check relations and permissions in Notion.
Service page
- Owner
- Marina
- Status
- Awaiting review
Is it clear what the service includes and who it is for?
With guidance, practice and support.
Each delivery includes working materials, feedback on practical work and assessment against the agreed objectives.
Materials you can keep
Downloadable, versioned guides, exercises and review criteria for internal use.
To prepare and complete the delivery
A short recommendation, an editable communications kit and a group learning report.
TOF’s own certificate
A certificate of achievement after the agreed assessment. It is not a vendor certification.
A month of email support
On the content covered, up to two accumulated hours for the whole group.
Your team carries out the practice. Implementation services are agreed separately. See the scope →
Notion Solutions Partner
Our experience as a Notion Solutions Partner brings practical context to organising information, databases and team workflows.
Our partner profile ↗The partnership belongs to The Optimal Flow. Learn’s certificate is issued by TOF; it is not a vendor certification.