Lesson 1 - What is Slack?

Meet Sara. Sara recently joined Acme Inc. – a company just like yours. Acme Inc. adopted Slack a while ago, and Sara is learning how it has changed the way they work. In this lesson, Sara wants to understand what Slack is used for at Acme.

Introduction 

Sara's experience before Slack

In her previous company, Sara found that communication happened in many different places. She received a constant stream of emails to her inbox, even if they weren’t very valuable or didn’t apply to her. Files were shared around with individuals, and decisions were often made without everyone knowing what was going on. These communication silos made it difficult to keep aligned, track information, and stay up-to-date. Sara didn't feel like she had the tools and information that would help her achieve her best work.

How Acme uses Slack

• Acme has used Slack to replace email inside their company
• Teamwork in Slack happens in channels – a single place for messaging, tools and files – helping everyone save time and collaborate together.

What is Slack?

Slack helps people work together and collaborate as easily online as they do in person. It’s designed to support the way people naturally work together, making collaborating with people online as easy and efficient as face to face.

Sara is learning that Slack is the collaboration hub at Acme, where the right people are always in the loop and key information is always at their fingertips. Teamwork at Acme happens in channels, with the right people included, relevant information in one place, and new team members are able to get up to speed easily. 

1. Organize conversations Everyone at Acme works in channels, which is where teams share ideas, make decisions and move work forward.	2. Share files and documents Sara is able to bring files into conversations so that everyone has all the context they need.
3. Find everything in the archive Sara can search Acme's Slack workspace for messages, files and channels – everything she needs to get the right information.	4. Talk it out face-to-face Whenever a message isn't the right fit, Sara can start a call with colleagues right from inside Slack.

Sara's Journey

Join Sara as she learns how to get in, get comfortable, and get to work in Slack.

• Lesson 1 - What is Slack?
• Lesson 2 - Set up Slack

• Lesson 3 - Find and join conversations
• Lesson 4 - Work in channels
• Lesson 5 - Focus on what matters to you

• Lesson 6 - Collaborate effectively in channels
• Lesson 7 - Find and search for information
• Lesson 8 - Create new channels