Over at the Worg site, David O’Toole has a nice tutorial on the basics of Org mode. It covers only the outlining and TODO features but there’s still some meat there for the more experienced Org user. For example, I learned about the org-log-done variable and the log display from the agenda. Take a look at O’Toole’s tutorial for the details.
If you’ve been following my adventures in setting up a personal information manager around Org and wanted to get in on the fun but don’t really know Org, this tutorial will give you enough information to get you going. Definitely worth a read.