SLACK SOURCING, RECRUITING, AND ENGAGING ON SLACK

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SLACK

• WHAT IS SLACK?

• HOW DO YOU GET STARTED ON SLACK?

• WHAT MAKES SLACK “DIFFERENT”?

• WHERE DO YOU FIND SLACK TEAMS?

• HOW DO YOU SEARCH SLACK?

• NEXT STEPS

“WE’VE JUST DONE A SHITTY JOB OF TELLING PEOPLE HOW TO USE SLACK,” CAL HENDERSON, COFOUNDER OF SLACK AND ITS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICERVIA VENTUREBEAT 5/12/2015

WHAT IS SLACK?

• EMAIL KILLER

• SEARCHABLE CONVERSATION & DOCUMENT

• REAL TIME COLLABORATION TOOL

• SPECIFIC USE-CASE OF TEAMS OR GROUPS, LIKELY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES

• CASUAL TROUSERS AKA WRINKLE FREE PANTS

• A TEAM COMMUNICATION APP THAT BEARS SOME RESEMBLANCE TO CHAT ROOMS AND INTERNET RELAY CHAT (IRC) CLIENTS

• FREE TO USE FOR AS LONG AS YOU WANT AND WITH AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE

• IT LETS TEAMS OF COWORKERS OR MEMBERS OR PUBLIC CHAT, SEND PRIVATE MESSAGES, OR SHARE FILES AND PICTURES

• INTEGRATED APIS WITH POPULAR 3RD PARTY APPS LIKE TWITTER, DROPBOX, AND GITHUB

• THE FASTEST GROWING BUSINESS APPLICATION OF ALL TIME

SLACK IS A TEAM COMMUNICATION APPLICATION PROVIDING SERVICES SUCH AS REAL-TIME MESSAGING, ARCHIVING, AND TO SEARCH FOR MODERN TEAMS.

750,000 DAILY USERS IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR

HOW DO YOU GET STARTED ON SLACK?

GETTING YOU ON SLACK NOW

WHERE DO YOU FIND SLACK TEAMS?

YOU COULD TYPE SOMETHING LIKE THIS

HTTP://WWW.CHITCHATS.CO

WHAT MAKES SLACK “DIFFERENT”?

JUMP IMMEDIATELY TO ANY CONVERSATION

SLACK’S “QUICK SWITCHER” IS THE FASTEST WAY TO OPEN ANY CONVERSATION. PRESS ⌘+K, (CTRL+K ON WINDOWS; OR ⌘+T AS AN ALTERNATIVE IN THE MAC DESKTOP APP) AND THE MAGIC OF AUTOCOMPLETE WILL HAVE YOU FLIPPING CHANNELS, DMS AND GROUPS FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY “:THUMBSUP:”

MESSAGE TIMESTAMPS ARE LINKS TO THE ARCHIVES

SIMPLE AND LINKABLE, WHEN YOU WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME AND BRING AN INSIGHTFUL IDEA BACK TO THE CONVERSATION. LIKE RIPPING A HOLE IN THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM WITH YOUR MOUSE.

A LIST OF YOUR MOST RECENT MENTIONSMISSED THAT LAST QUESTION? OPENING RECENT MENTIONS IN THE FLEXPANE MENU WILL GIVE YOU ONE TIDY LIST OF EVERY TIME SOMEONE HAS MENTIONED YOUR NAME OR ONE OF YOUR HIGHLIGHT WORDS. CLICK RECENT ONES TO JUMP STRAIGHT TO THE RIGHT POINT IN THE RIGHT CONVERSATION.

USE STARS TO CREATE AN INSTANT TO-DO LIST

EVERY MESSAGE, FILE AND COMMENT CAN BE STARRED. WHILE CATCHING UP, ADD STARS TO ANYTHING YOU NEED TO REPLY TO OR TAKE ACTION ON. YOU CAN THEN USE THE FLEXPANE MENU TO VIEW A LIST OF EVERYTHING YOU’VE STARRED, ORDERED BY TIME. PAF! INSTANT ORGANIZATION.

EASILY MANAGE YOUR UNREAD MESSAGES

WHEN YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO A MESSAGE LATER, HOLD DOWN THE OPTION (ALT) KEY WHILE CLICKING ON IT. THAT WILL MARK IT AS UNREAD AND YOU CAN SWITCH TO ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH THE PEACE OF MIND THAT COMES FROM KNOWING SLACK WILL KEEP YOUR PLACE. ONE “LONG PRESS” (TAP & HOLD) ON A MESSAGE IN THE MOBILE APPS WILL GIVE YOU A SPECIAL MENU THAT INCLUDES THE OPTION TO MARK AS UNREAD.

YOU HAVE OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEFAULT WAY SLACK MANAGES UNREAD MESSAGES. CHECK THE “READ STATE TRACKING” OPTION IN YOUR ACCOUNT MENU:

HOW DO YOU SEARCH ON SLACK?

NARROW YOUR SEARCHES FOR BETTER RESULTSSEARCH IS ONE OF SLACK'S CORE FEATURES: MESSAGES AND FILES YOU ADD TO SLACK ARE INSTANTLY SEARCHABLE, SO YOU CAN COME BACK TO THE RIGHT DOCUMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS WHEN YOU NEED THEM.

SEARCH RESULTSSEARCH RESULTS ARE ADAPTIVE TO HELP YOU FIND THE CONVERSATION OR FILE YOU’RE LOOKING FOR. SEARCHING FOR A WORD LIKE "SLACK" MAY SHOW RELATED TERMS SUCH AS "SLACKING" OR "SLACKED" IN SEARCH RESULTS.

• YOU CAN EASILY FILTER AND SORT YOUR RESULTS TO HELP YOU FIND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. TO REFINE YOUR SEARCH, TRY THE FOLLOWING:

• TOGGLE BETWEEN THE MESSAGES AND FILES TABS TO ONLY BROWSE RESULTS OF EITHER TYPE.

• SORT BY THE MOST RECENT OR THE MOST RELEVANT MESSAGES AND FILES.

• USE THE INCLUDE OPTIONS TO FILTER OUT MESSAGES FROM INTEGRATIONS, BOTS, AND CHANNELS THAT AREN'T RELEVANT TO YOUR SEARCH.

SEARCH MODIFIERS

IN:CHANNELNAME

SEARCHES JUST THE MESSAGES AND FILES IN A SPECIFIC CHANNEL.

IN:GROUPNAME

LIMITS YOUR SEARCH TO MESSAGES AND FILES IN A PRIVATE GROUP.

IN:NAME

SEARCHES YOUR DMS WITH A SPECIFIC TEAM MEMBER.

USING MODIFIERS IN YOUR SLACK SEARCHES WILL HELP YOU NARROW YOUR SEARCH TO SPECIFIC TEAM MEMBERS, CHANNELS, FILES, AND SO ON. TYPE + IN THE SEARCH BOX FOR A QUICK LIST TO CHOOSE FROM.

CHANNELS, GROUPS, AND DMS

SEARCH MODIFIERS

FROM:USERNAME

LIMITS YOUR SEARCH TO MESSAGES FROM A SPECIFIC PERSON IN ANY CHANNEL, GROUP OR DM.

FROM:ME

SEARCHES ONLY MESSAGES YOU'VE SENT, ANYWHERE IN SLACK.

USING MODIFIERS IN YOUR SLACK SEARCHES WILL HELP YOU NARROW YOUR SEARCH TO SPECIFIC TEAM MEMBERS, CHANNELS, FILES, AND SO ON. TYPE + IN THE SEARCH BOX FOR A QUICK LIST TO CHOOSE FROM.

MESSAGES OR FILES FROM A SPECIFIC PERSON

SEARCH MODIFIERS

HAS:LINK

LIMITS YOUR SEARCH TO MESSAGES THAT CONTAIN A URL.

HAS:STAR

SEARCHES MESSAGES YOU'VE STARRED.

(YOUR STARRED ITEMS CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE FLEXPANE.)

USING MODIFIERS IN YOUR SLACK SEARCHES WILL HELP YOU NARROW YOUR SEARCH TO SPECIFIC TEAM MEMBERS, CHANNELS, FILES, AND SO ON. TYPE + IN THE SEARCH BOX FOR A QUICK LIST TO CHOOSE FROM.

LINKS AND STARRED ITEMS

BEFORE:

AFTER:

ON:

DURING:

YOU CAN USE THESE FLEXIBLE KEYWORDS TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE:

• YESTERDAY

• TODAY

• WEEK

• MONTH

• YEAR

• NOTE THAT WEEK, MONTH, AND YEAR REFER TO THIS WEEK, THIS MONTH, AND THIS YEAR.

• SLACK ALSO SUPPORTS SPECIFIC DATE AND RANGE KEYWORDS, SUCH AS TUESDAY, APRIL, OR 2014.

DATES AND TIMES