Introduction to Notion for Creative Projects
Influences
A course by Frances Odera Matthews , Certified Notion Consultant
Joined November 2021
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll learn about the status-quo breakers who inspire me to be more creative by merging tech, fashion, culture, and purpose-driven missions.”
In this video lesson Frances Odera Matthews addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Notion for Creative Projects. Learn how to combine Notion’s powerful no-code toolbox with design thinking to build pages with function, style, and heart.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, we'll talk a bit more about my cultural influences and where my design thinking comes from. The first influence I'll talk about is the "Techish" podcast. The first time I heard "Techish," I was blown away. I've always loved pop culture and I've always loved tech, but I'd never heard the two of them being talked about together. All of sudden, there were presenters who looked and sounded like me and were mentioning Steve Jobs and Kanye West in a sentence. I had finally found my tribe. I realised that the same energy could be applied to the Notion community, so I s...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Notion for Creative Projects
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Web Development

Frances Odera Matthews
A course by Frances Odera Matthews
Frances Odera Matthews is a certified Notion consultant and the founder of The Notion Bar, an initiative focused on creating customized digital solutions and products for businesses. Originally from West Africa, Frances grew up in the UK and studied abroad in the US and Spain, exploring economics, design thinking, project management, and UX design across many different industries. Her multicultural and multidisciplinary background inspired a love for blending human experiences creatively and conceptualizing innovative solutions.
Through commissioned projects, Frances learned to take a step beyond Notion’s focus on productivity and explore its more artistic applications, creating functional yet aesthetic pages and templates in collaboration with The Notionette, aNotioneer, and many more. She has been featured as a speaker on podcasts such as Hunger Geeks, and she has also shared her knowledge with her community by leading seminars for No Code Lab and Notion’s Block by Block.
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