Slides of a quick talk I gave during annual Spreaker company retreat, on Dec 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.

1. PRO TIPS
The most used tool,
the least known one.
annual company retreat - 2015

2. Channels, Groups and DM
Create a public channels whenever
everyone could be interested
!
Create private channels only for
discussions you don't want to
disclose
CHANNELS
Replaced by private channels
GROUPS
Private messages between 2 or
more people
DIRECT MESSAGES

3. Group Direct Messages
Private group discussions. Up to 8 people.

4. Quick Todo List
STARRED ITEMS
Use starred items to build a short-term todo list.
Add a Trello card for anything you will do later.

5. Collapse Questions in 1 Message
A single message is easier to star as todo list.
FROM TO
BEST
PRACTICE

6. Search is Powerful
- in:channel
- from:people
- has:link or has:star
- before: or after: or during:date
SEARCH
Preferences has an option to exclude noisy
channels from search (ie. #bot)
TIP

7. Subscribe to RSS Feeds
SYNTAX
/feed subscribe [url]
EXAMPLES
/feed subscribe http://blog.spreaker.com/feed/

8. Ask Slack to Remind you
/remind me to prepare the slides next friday
SYNTAX
/remind [who] [what] [when]
EXAMPLES
/remind me to complete transactions tomorrow
/remind @emanuele to release the app thursday at 4pm
/remind #team the call is starting every friday at 5.15pm

9. Connect a Calendar to Slack
https://spreaker.slack.com/services/gcalendar
SETUP NOTIFICATIONS
- Reminders before an event starts
- An event is created / updated / removed

10. Slackbot is your Private space
SELF-MESSAGES
Use slackbot channel to send self-messages.
- Share text, files and links across multiple devices
- Type a message and star it, to add to your todo list
PRIVATE NOTIFICATIONS
Use slackbot channel for private notifications.
- Subscribe to RSS Feeds you're the only one interested in
- Reminders will be notified here

11. Type, don't click
Slack has plenty of shortcuts. Learn and use them.
/shortcuts
BEST
PRACTICE