Summary

This chapter has prepared you to take over your Slack workspace by providing you with knowledge of the many features, tips, and tricks that are available to you with a click (or two) of a button. In this chapter, we shared the differences between paid and free Slack accounts, as well as private and public group chats. You now deeply understand the power of @ mentions and announcements so that you can get direct attention from team members who are needed. You also learned about a host of Slack shortcuts, commands, and tricks you can use to increase productivity, focus, and decrease distractions. Finally, we shared some notification tricks that can put you in conversations when this is needed.

The next chapter will teach you how to get your whole team onboarding in Slack. This will include setting up a 2FA, building a team knowledge base and Slack etiquette guidelines, customizing Slack so that it suits your team and improves company culture, and understanding Slack stats...