Welcome to Asana. Let's get you started in just a few minutes. Everything starts with a project. Create one from scratch, use a premade template, or import an existing spreadsheet. With your project created, it's time to add tasks. The actionable, bite-sized pieces of work needed to get your project done. Give every task an assignee and due date so it's clear who's doing what by when.

Asana is the only work management platform that connects all of your team's work. From big goals, down to the day-to-day tasks needed to achieve them. Everything starts with projects and tasks. Whether you're launching a product, handling work requests, or managing a marketing campaign, Each initiative lives within a project. Projects are made up of tasks. Actionable, bite-sized pieces of work. Assign tasks to team members and set due dates to keep everything on track.

Plan your day the Asana way with My Tasks and Inbox. Rather than tracking to-dos in emails or your head, start by visualizing your day's work in My Tasks. Here, you'll see all the tasks assigned to you across every project in your organization. Create new tasks for work you need to get done, organize your tasks with sections, or group them by things like due date or project. And choose your favorite view. Open the detail pane to find all the context you need to start working. And when you're done, complete the task.

New to Asana? Let's take a quick tour. From the top bar, you can access your settings, search for work, or create new items. Use the sidebar to move between different spaces in Asana, and invite teammates. Star important items to add them to your sidebar, and collapse it if you need more room. From any project, click on the right side of a task to see its details and add comments. Focus on today's task by using full-screen mode.

Winning pitches is tough. Ghosting has become a common challenge, and even when you win, clients may be commissioning smaller pieces of the project rather than the full program. But that’s only part of the struggle - crafting pitch decks takes a lot of time and energy. Surely there’s a better way than packing slides with your best creative ideas. In this episode we tackle these challenges and introduce a strategic approach to pitching. The focus shifts from pitching tactics to showcasing value and ROI.

Welcome to the August edition of What’s new in Asana. First, learn about the volume and status of tasks at the same time with a stacked bar chart. Next, flexibly add and customize notes within a project for meeting notes, jotting down ideas, and more. Finally, share a project with up to 10 teams to bulk add project members.

Part of the remit of an ops leader is to ensure they’ve got the right people, in the right place. In many agencies, account managers handle sales, client relationships, AND project management. However, this hybrid role often leads to trade-offs. Everyone’s got their own strengths and preferences – and these responsibilities seemingly require very different personality types.

Scheduling client meetings and team calls happens all the time in Basecamp. It's an essential tool, so we set out to improve the experience and bring over what we learned building HEY Calendar. That includes two new features — everyday language support for adding events and quick access to video meetings!

Want to find out how The Client became so client-ey? The Client.