You're reading from Supercharge your Slack Productivity Discover hacks and tips for managing and automating your workflow with Slack and Slack bots

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800569621

Length 300 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Slack

Concepts

Real Time Communication

Author (1):

Moshe Markovich

View More author details

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Slack Overview

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Slack FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Slack Workspace

4. Chapter 3: Slack Features, Tips, and Tricks

5. Chapter 4: Onboarding Your Team to Slack

6. Chapter 5: Using Slack Externally with Live Chats, Guests, and Partners

7. Section 2: How to Use Third-Party Applications and Bots

8. Chapter 6: Your Workspace Slackbot

9. Chapter 7: Integrating Your Favorite Tools

10. Chapter 8: Automate Your Workflow with Zapier

11. Chapter 9: Slack API, Webhooks, Block Kit, and Sandboxes

12. Section 3: How to Build Your Own Bots

13. Chapter 10: Building Your Own Bot

14. Chapter 11: Buying, Building, and Outsourcing Your Bot

15. Chapter 12: Distributing Your App in the Slack App Directory

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Interactive live Q&A in Slack

Q&As prompt all members of your workspace to communicate, no matter what their title or status within the company hierarchy is. Moderating Q&As through this workflow gives the company leadership a chance to answer any impending questions team members or external guests may have in an easy-to-use format.

Q&As can take many forms to adjust to the needs of your team, the most common being AMA or Ask Me Anything sessions led by an executive of your organization. If you're the workspace owner or admin, this could be you! In this section, we'll discuss how to make your Slack interactive by creating and implementing Q&As, AMAs, and phone and video call conferencing in your workspace.

Prep an Ask me Anything session

AMA works in a panel format. Think of your favorite cast, politicians, or school board answering your questions in a forum. That's how AMA works on Slack, but obviously in a digital layout. AMA is a great...