Back to: Learn the Basics of Slack
After completing this course, you should have enough knowledge to send messages, navigate the sidebar and format your messages. While this is usually the right amount of knowledge to get by, I recommend further exploring what Slack has to offer.
Even with a decade of Slack use under my belt, I’m still learning new things about it. That is to say, don’t feel like you need to know everything. It’s ok to know just enough!
Improve Collaboration and Workflows
One of the benefits of tools like Slack is that it encourages engagement and community building. In an increasingly remote-first environment, it can help keep everyone connected and provide a medium for building stronger relationships. It also has the flexibility to help you reduce interruptions and get in to your own ‘focus mode’.
Increase Your Productivity
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Message Automation Automate common messages to go out on specific days and times, and to specific people and/or channels. |
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Set Your Work Hours Silence notifications based on your schedule, day of the week, and/or your timezone. |
Bots and Integrations
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Create a simple FAQ bot Send frequently requested documents, links and other informations without having to lift a finger. |
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Build consensus with polls Add your teams preferred polling integration to quickly gather feedback in real time. |
Have Fun!
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Add Giphy Unlock thousands of gifs to express yourself. |
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Start New Channels Consider having channels for different interests. I’m a fan of channels like #pets, #cooking, #travel and #movies |
