Courses 📚

Discover the courses created by Sébastien Dubois. Those cover different topics: Knowledge Management, Obsidian, Productivity, Knowledge Work, and more!

Knowledge Management for Beginners

A course about Knowledge Management and Personal Knowledge Management (PKM).

It teaches:

  • Information Management (IM)
  • The difference between IM and Knowledge Management (KM)
  • What Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) is
  • The main parts of PKM
  • What a Personal Knowledge Management System is
  • The core concepts of Personal Knowledge Management (e.g., note-taking, note-making, dumb vs smart notes, the power of externalization/centralization, atomic notes, connecting ideas, Knowledge Graphs, and much more!)
  • How to organize your knowledge, including methods, structures, etc
  • How to design your own PKM system from scratch, including how to pick your tools, what to pay attention to, workflows, etc
  • Why and how to go from analog to digital
  • How to ingest new knowledge
  • How to remove busywork
  • How to avoid losing your information

With this course, you'll get deep insights into what Knowledge Management, Personal Knowledge Management, Knowledge Graphs and Tools for Thought are. You'll discover the key concepts and techniques, etc. This will give you a clear understanding of how they can help you, and how to leverage those to grow your personal life and your career.

You will also get a method and skills to stay ahead, adapt to future needs, and leverage your knowledge. As well as strategies to ingest new knowledge, manage/organize information efficiently and control cognitive load effectively, eliminating the feeling of being overwhelmed and achieving a state of mental clarity. This will enhance your mental capacity for Deep Thinking, Deep Work and Creativity and will enable you to stay on top of everything.

You will discover techniques to connect your knowledge, ideas and inspiration. This will enhance your ability to draw insights and innovate.

You'll learn more about the why and how of journaling for Learning, Personal Development, Productivity and Professional Growth.

Last but not least, you'll discover approaches to integrate continuous learning and Knowledge Management into your daily routines, making Lifelong Learning a habit.

Knowledge Management for Beginners
Your ultimate video course to mastering Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)

Obsidian Starter Course

A course about Obsidian and Personal Knowledge Management.

It teaches:

  • Everything about Obsidian (e.g., the user interface, key features, plugins, automation, tips and tricks, etc).
  • The Markdown syntax
  • Personal Knowledge Management techniques and principles (e.g., Johnny Decimal, PARA, Zettelkasten, LIFT, Atomic Notes, Maps of Content, Knowledge capture/extraction, etc)
  • Journaling
  • Periodic reviews
  • Templates
  • Automation
  • Task Management
  • Best practices

It's a hands-on course, not a theoretical one.

Obsidian Starter Course
Who is this for?You are just getting started with note-taking or you’ve recently switched to ObsidianYou want to discover Obsidian and its key featuresYou wonder how to take smart notesYou want to know how to properly organize your notes and avoid creating an overwhelming messYou want a solid system that scalesYou wonder what Zettelkasten, the PARA method, and the Johnny decimal system areYou have bought the Obsidian Starter Kit and want a full video course to help you get startedGetting started with Obsidian is not the hardest thing in the world, but it takes a lot of trial and error to figure out how to structure and organize your knowledge base. You have a busy life, and you don’t want to spend weeks or even months figuring out the “right” approach.What is this?The Obsidian Starter Course is a video course containing 2h20 of content. It’s a hands-on guide into the world of Obsidian, Personal Knowledge Management (PKM), and the Obsidian Starter Kit.Many of the explanations use the Obsidian Starter Kit’s vault/structure/plugins, but the explanations about Personal Knowledge Management (PKM), Markdown, YAML and recommendations can be applied to many other tools. Moreover, if you’re using Obsidian but don’t yet have a copy of the Obsidian Starter Kit, then this course is still incredibly useful. It will show you how you can organize your knowledge base, how to take smart notes, and much more!What’s in the video course?The Obsidian Starter Course covers the following topics:Obsidian: installation, user interface, key features, plugins, automation, tips and tricks, etcThe Markdown syntaxYAML metadataPersonal Knowledge Management techniques and principles: the Johnny Decimal system, the PARA method (e.g., the Zettelkasten method, the LIFT principle, Atomic notes, Maps of Content, knowledge capture & extraction, etc)JournalingPeriodic reviewsTemplatesAutomationTask managementBest practices and recommendationsHands-on explanationsand more!Refunds policyIf you’re not 100% satisfied, then just let me know, and I’ll issue a full refund. I’ll only ask you a single question: How can I improve the product?If you think about asking for a refund, then consider reaching out to me with your issues, questions, and remarks. I’m always available and happy to help. My goal is to help you succeed.

Knowii Event Recordings

As part of the Knowii community, we're organizing various live events. Those are recorded, and members can watch the recordings any time they want. The full list can be found here:

Knowii Community Events - DeveloPassion
Knowii Community Events - DeveloPassion

I also make some of those available to buy individually:

Knowii - AI Master Prompt
What is this?This is a video recording of one of the Knowii Community Live streams.In this ~1h video, I discussed about AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Prompts, Prompt Engineering, AI Assistants, AI Master Prompts (including how to craft one). I ended the session with a demo of my current AI writing assistant, and discussed a few more ideas.Who is this for?People who want to understand and better use AI.

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