​Session Details

• ​Time: 1.5 hours (90 minutes)

• ​Format: In-person

• ​Audience: Beginners with little to no experience in N8N or workflow automation.

​Session Goals

• ​Participants will understand what N8N is and its benefits.

• ​Participants will be able to identify potential use cases for N8N in their daily tasks.

• ​Participants will gain hands-on experience in building a basic N8N workflow.

• ​Participants will be aware of resources for continued learning.

​Session Schedule

​Welcome & Introduction

• ​Intro to MLHQ and N&N learning series

​Understanding N8N

• ​What is N8N? Open-source, self-hostable, visual workflow editor

• ​Key concepts: Nodes, Workflows, Triggers, Actions- Benefits of N8N: Efficiency, Cost-effectiveness, Customization

​Live Demo & Use Cases

• ​Demo: Live N8N workflow (e.g., getting data from a public API and sending a notification to Slack/email).

• ​Use Cases: Discuss practical examples where N8N can be applied (e.g., social media posting, data syncing, report generation).

​Hands-On Activity: Build Your First Workflow

• ​Participants will follow a guided exercise to build a simple workflow (e.g., a "Hello World" workflow or a basic data transformation). Provide clear step-by-step instructions.

​Q&A and Next Steps

​Participant Setup: Advise participants to bring laptops and pre-install N8N or provide access to a cloud-hosted N8N instance if applicable.