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I’m Jenna Redfield, a Notion Ambassador. Notion is where I plan my content, manage clients, and keep track of the details I’d otherwise forget.

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THE BASICS

What is Notion?

Notion is a workspace for notes, documents, projects and databases, with Notion AI built right in. My whole business runs in it, and so does my personal life. Everything connects, so one database can show up in lots of places. It’s my second brain.

What I run in Notion

  • Client projects and my CRM for clients and friends
  • My content calendar and social media planning
  • Course planning and business finances
  • Goals, habits and my vision board
  • Meal planning and grocery lists
  • Home organization
  • Books, movies, TV shows, podcasts and YouTube to watch
  • My knowledge vault of tags and saved ideas
  • Notion AI for the work inside my workspace

Why use Notion?

Use Notion when you need a place to keep information, connect it, and come back to it. It’s where I keep the systems I use to run my business and my life.

Think of it like LEGO

Pages, checklists, and databases are your bricks. Start with one piece, like a list of video ideas. Add a status and a date when you need them. Now those same ideas can show up on a production board or a calendar, without copying them into a second list.

What would you like to make easier?

Ideas scattered everywhere?

Give your content a home

I keep YouTube ideas, scripts, and publishing dates together. A video can move from idea to published in the same database.

Unsure what to do next?

See what matters this week

I keep tasks, goals, and deadlines together, then use a weekly view to see what needs my attention.

Forgetting who to follow up with?

Keep client work connected

I connect contacts, projects, and meeting notes so I can pick up where we left off.

Tired of deciding what’s for dinner?

Make everyday decisions easier

I keep recipes, groceries, and what’s in the fridge together. I use the same idea for my wardrobe and routines.

Saved it but can’t find it?

Build a searchable library

I keep screenshots, PDFs, books, and frameworks in a place I can search when I need them.

Where do Claude and ChatGPT fit?

Notion is where I keep the plan, reference material, and next steps.

Claude or ChatGPT can help me brainstorm, think through a problem, or draft something. I bring the useful output back to the relevant project in Notion.

Notion AI can help with work already in my workspace, like finding a saved note or pulling action items from meeting notes.

Start here. Pick one thing you keep losing track of and make a single page for it. Add more when you know what you need.

I used to keep these notes, references, and planning documents in Google Drive. Now I keep them in Notion, where I can connect them to the projects and tasks they belong to.

What I keep in Notion and why

I can ask Claude or ChatGPT to help plan a video or suggest an outfit. Notion gives those ideas a place to live alongside my projects, deadlines, and photos, so I can find and update them the next time I need them.

See the same work in different ways

My YouTube ideas, scripts, and publish dates live in one database. I can switch between a production board and a calendar without updating two lists.

Keep client history connected

A client’s contact record connects to their projects, meeting notes, and follow-ups. I can open their page before a call and see where we left off.

Put deadlines next to appointments

I use Notion Calendar to see dated tasks and content deadlines alongside meetings while I plan my week.

Build a closet I can browse

I keep photos of clothes and accessories in a wardrobe database. I can pull up my scarves or shoes, then save outfit combinations to reuse.

Make dinner from what I have

I keep recipes, grocery lists, and what’s in the fridge in Notion so I can check what I have before deciding what to cook or buy.

Find the screenshot I saved months ago

I tag screenshots, PDFs, and frameworks in a searchable library so I can find the original reference when I’m writing or teaching.

Give each part of life a home

My TABStack OS organizes life and business into 13 pillars, with places for tasks, client work, content, home, and learning. I can go straight to the part I need.

What should I build first?

Home base

Give yourself one page to open when you feel scattered.

Weekly reset

Review what’s overdue and choose what matters this week.

Content tracker

Catch ideas from screenshots, voice notes, and texts.

Project tracker

See deadlines, next steps, and what you’re waiting on.

Resource library

Save links and references somewhere you can find them again.

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One webinar, four places

Knowledge Vault

Save the tutorial you want to reference.

Projects

Keep the webinar date, plan, and materials together.

Tasks

Add a concrete next step, like testing the signup link.

Live registration count

Link to your signup platform for the current number.

Start with my templates

Everything on that list lives in TABStack OS, my Notion life and business tracker. Once Notion is on your desktop, pick a template and duplicate it into your workspace so you’re not starting from a blank page.

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Notion FoundationsTABStack OS

My life as a Notion Ambassador

I’ve used Notion since 2021 and became Minnesota’s first official Notion Ambassador in 2022. Through workshops and office hours, I help entrepreneurs build systems around how they actually work. In my own workspace, that means keeping client notes, content ideas, and everyday lists somewhere I can find them again.

Jenna Redfield wearing a blue Notion-logo cap by the waterfront
Repping Notion in my blue logo cap on my San Francisco trip for the 2026 Notion Ambassador Summit.
Group photo from the 2026 Notion Ambassador Summit

2026 Notion Ambassador Summit · San Francisco

Escape the Screenshot Graveyard

Say you screenshot a useful content framework. Here’s how to turn it into something you can use.

Capture

Save the screenshot in your Notion resource library.

Extract

Use Notion AI to pull out the main idea and give it a title you’ll recognize.

Apply

Link it to a draft post or workshop outline so it’s handy when you sit down to create.

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Build a Searchable Brain with Notion

Find saved screenshots, PDFs, and notes with Notion AI.

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Plan YouTube Videos in Notion

Organize video ideas and production in one workflow.

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Build a Health Dashboard with Notion Data

Bring Apple Health data into Notion and visualize it with Claude.

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Go deeper with Notion Foundations

Learn pages, databases, and views step by step, then put them to work with my TABStack OS template.

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