Does the tech generation get excited when amazingly simple UI makes life easy? Slack makes everyday tasks more efficient for teams around the world! So much so that it has become the fastest growing business collaboration software company in the history of the world! So what does Slack do? It organizes communications for internals teams who can collaborate on "channels" of information. But, that is just the tip of the iceberg and Slack's "Slash Command Prompt" opens up doors for everyday task automation for the tech generation.
So what is the Slack "Slash Command"?
The slash command allows users to issue commands and automate tasks. With Slack's open API developers have been creating all kinds of applications. One of my favorite slash commands pulls data from google sheets which displays our weekly sales numbers. Slack simplifies life by allowing us to stay in a single application with access multiple services. Another great example is the ability to launch a Zoom video conference call directly in slack.
The success of Slack is starting to spread to "slack born" apps taking their own life. Blab.im is a new free live streaming service which is growing in enormous strides as well. Above you can see a picture of various slack slash commands our team here at HuddleCamHD uses.
The picture above shows some of the blab.im slash commands. Technically Blab.im is still in BETA but I could see blab creating a API integration for developers in the future like Slack has done. As you can see the commands offer an easy form of interaction that appeals to the "tech generation". Personally I'm just learning how to use these commands effectively. Is it just me or is the "slash command" going to be in more cloud solutions this year? Launching a Zoom video conference from Slack just makes our teams life easier. I'm sure more integration's like this are in development today.
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In this webinar HuddleCamHD will share how we use Slack to increase our team's communications and transparency. We will demostrate tips and tricks we have learned along with how to integrate Slack with other cloud services such as Google Sheets, Hubot and Zoom Video Conferencing!
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4. Whatisslack?
Slack makes everyday tasks
more efficient for teams
around the world!
So much so that it has
become the fastest growing
business collaboration
software company in the
history of the world!
5. Whatdoesslackdo?
It organizes communications
for internal teams who can
collaborate on "channels" of
information.
But, that is just the tip of
the iceberg and Slack's
"Slash Command Prompt" opens
up doors for everyday task
automation for the tech
generation.
6. Whatisaslackchannel?
As you can see some slack
channels have been removed
for privacy purposes.
But you can see our internal
slack application currently
contains 27 channels. This
screen displays our
“youtube” channel.
Over here you can see our
“support” channel as an
example.
7. Whatistheslashcommand?
The slash command allows
users to issue commands and
automate tasks.
With Slack's open API
developers have been
creating all kinds of
applications.
One of my favorite slash
commands pulls data from
google sheets which displays
our weekly sales numbers.
8. Launchingazoomvideocallfromslack
Another one of our teams favorite slash commands is launching a Zoom video
conferencing call right from slack!
This is ideal when a face to face meeting is going to solve a current
thread/issue we are working on.
9. Launchingagooglehangoutvideocallfromslack
Some of our team members also use Slack to launch quick Google Hangouts which is
nice because they are automatically "channel" specific. This is great for
transparency during meetings.
10. Launchingavideocallfromslack
We can use the /who command to identify who in the channel is being invited to
the video call and the /invite @user command to invite anyone who we also want
notified.
11. ourfavoriteslashcommands
One of my favorite slash
commands pulls data from a
google sheet which displays
the latest analytics from
our YouTube Channel
Since we have have Google
Sheets integrated with
Google Analytics these
numbers are always up to
date with the latest
information...
16. Blab.imUSESA“SLASHCOMMAND”
The success of Slack is
starting to spread to "slack
born" apps taking their own
life. Blab.im is a new free
live streaming service which is
growing in enormous strides as
well. Here you can see a
picture of various slash
commands available to enhance
the Blab experience.