I have a question about how this gets implemented. Are people using the free version and adding everyone manually, or using a paid version and integrating the API with some automation tools?
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd stay away from trying to use Slack as an announcement tool. It's more > ephemeral and messages fly by and get buried pretty quickly. > > Email is still the best place for official announcements, we often mention > a slack channel related to the announcement in the email for people who > want to talk about it (#general by default, otherwise one of the > specialized channels). > > I'd also recommend a casual channel or two, based around some known shared > interests of your members. Once people see those kinds of channels they > start to come up with more ideas of their own. Some great starter channels > that lots of people can get involved in are #music (our channel ends up > being a lot of YouTube music videos and soundcloud tracks), #podcasts > (again, episode recommendations and episode discussions), #bookworms...and > that's just a couple of them. Don't over plan it, the whole idea is to > create places where people can talk about their non-work interests, > and find out who shares them because that's where TRUST is built among > community members. And if you over plan it, people don't get a chance to > feel a sense of ownership over creating and moderating the rooms, which > leads to the rooms dying quickly. > > Just a couple of casual seeds though and things can really start to take > off! > > Oh, and don't forget to update the slack settings for "default rooms when > new members join" to include a couple of these special interest rooms. > People can leave them if they end up not being interested but think of it a > bit like a tour through a virtual space. Show them it's there, and then let > them decide if they want to stay! > > Good luck, > > -Alex > > > On Friday, September 18, 2015, Elizabeth Trice <liztr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We're just about to set up slack. I'd like to know how many channels/ >> what types people have found optimal. >> Our current plan is: >> 1. General conversation >> 2. Official announcements >> 3. A private group for ambassadors (front desk volunteers) and managers >> with a central email that members can send issues to that would show up on >> the managers group. >> >> We're also wondering if this will replace our private facebook group, >> which has fairly good usage (often 25 views/post) >> >> We have 80 members, but only about half of those ate actively engaged. >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
