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The Slack Book: Discovering Smart Collaboration
The Slack Book Discovering Smart Collaboration Author:Troy Mott Within the competitive environment of communication tools, Slack has managed to attract nearly three million daily users in just three years. Big companies like Dow Jones, Samsung, and The Wall Street Journal are now using Slack. One of the reasons behind its exponential growth is easy customization, from organizing public and private channels, ... more »to searching and archiving messages, and even integrating bots and applications to boost productivity. These customizations have made Slack a true challenger to emails for team communication.This practical guide will provide you with everything you need to become a Slack power user, from working in a ChatOps environment, to integrating all of your favorite applications into Slack, and even setting up Slack in an enterprise environment.Coverage includes:Understanding the Slack hierarchyAutomating your workflow with chatbotsHow to leverage automation frameworks and build your ownMastering shortcuts with the slash commandHarnessing Slack apps and botsImplementing various parts of the Slack APIMoving private conversations into public channelsMonitoring team activity and statsBest practices for channel granularityDealing with the overflowing water cooler chatterIf you have an interest in information technology, this book is for you?administrators, marketers, developers, managers, and technologists alike. Learn to master the 90% of Slack that goes beyond chat to harness its full potential.« less