Are you a Slack master? Yes? So you know about the /giphy tool? And that you can edit your last message? Touché. Even if you’re well versed in Slack there are messaging habits that can really annoy your coworkers.

We sit down with our CEO for 15 minutes each week to get practical business advice so we can advance in our careers. In this episode, we learn what to do / not to do if your company uses Slack…

Key Takeaways

• You need to know the culture of the platform in order to use it well.
• If you have critical info for the day, it goes in an email. If you have general industry information, it could be better to stick that in a Slack channel.
• Slack direct messages are great for alerting people of last minute changes.
• One thought, one return
• Make sure you know who’s in your Slack channel.
• If the conversation doesn’t need to be heard by your coworkers, hit up Slack.
• If you want to share documents and not clog up your email, use Slack.
• Slack channels are another great communication tool for teams prepping for an event.
• Slack is a great way to keep in touch with out of state coworkers.