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Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By : Moshe Markovich
Book Image

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

Working with outside partners and freelancers

There are a variety of people that benefit from admission into your organization's workspace. Guests can vary from freelance workers to consultants to partner organizations working on a shared project. No matter the title of your guests, each serves their own purpose and is equally important to the overall success of your team.

If you're a freelance worker or consultant, chances are you don't belong to a singular company and therefore don't fit the mold of the typical Slack user. Freelancers can still be added to shared channels or invited into a workspace for a specified period of time, but once their visit is completed, they could lose all of their messages, files, and information when brought into another workspace. The solution: a single-member team.

Single-member teams

Single-member teams serve as an individual paid Slack "team" so that you as a professional can manage, save, and keep track of...