New Newbie in Cpod land

One thing I would say is don't try to find lesson One and work through in order. A few of us made that  mistake! its not destructive but picking lessons or sets you are interested in is propably best.

If you are really new going through the pinyin program would probably be a good idea.  You can find it by just searching for Pinyin.

There's a set of Intro lessons for absolute beginners, which you can find by jumping to the last page of newbie lessons, with things like saying good morning and asking someone's name. You could start there, but you don't have to!  

Like trevorb said, the Pinyin program is a great idea. Practicing pinyin and tones heavily when I first started learning has helped my pronunciation a lot. Plus, when it comes time to show off, saying Nǐ hǎo with perfect tones and pronunciation is more impressive than a long, garbled sentence :)