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Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By : Moshe Markovich
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Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By: Moshe Markovich

Overview of this book

Slack is an online communication tool that allows workplace teams to collaborate efficiently, effectively, and securely. It’s the leading channel-based messaging platform used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. As a developer, you can use Slack to create tools such as bots that handle and maintain routine and time-consuming tasks. If you’re looking to set up a Slack workplace or build a Slack bot or app, this is the book for you. In this book, you’ll explore scenarios that show you how to set up a Slack workplace, build a Slack bot, or integrate your favorite tools. You’ll also learn how Slack can help you create a more collaborative, efficient, and coordinated work environment from any location. As you advance through the chapters, you'll find out how to manage your tasks and boost your business productivity by automating the trivial tasks. You'll also cover more advanced features such as using a Slack bot to complete tasks, including automating message responses and accessing personal reminders. By the end of this Slack book, you'll have learned how to use Slack effectively to communicate with your team and build bots and have gained a solid understanding of how the platform can help you to progress in your industry.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Section 1: Slack Overview
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Section 2: How to Use Third-Party Applications and Bots
12
Section 3: How to Build Your Own Bots

The importance of intentional communication

As the leading collaboration platform built for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs, it is no wonder that your business's needs for up-to-date connection will be met on your customized Slack workspace. Slack brings communication to the forefront, yet it is effective and intentional communication that will truly level up your company's development and team synchronicity.

Real-time chat and updates can become overwhelming, unnecessary, and, worst of all, annoying when done so with repetition. Think back to a time when you looked at your cell phone's lock screen, saw 20+ notifications, and quickly went to your settings tab to turn off everything but the essential pings. You likely felt overwhelmed by the amount of updates your apps were telling you that you needed. In a world of minute-by-minute connectivity, true importance can be lost and priorities can be muddled.

That is why this chapter becomes so important since by using...