Companyons, Inc. Agenda • Learnhow to get the best out of Slack • Slack overview • Get more productive with channels, search, shortcuts • Stay on top of Slack (and minimize information overload) • Boost your and your team productivity with Kyber for Slack • Task delegation • Scheduling • Personal productivity
Companyons, Inc. Why Slack? (Andhow is different from email) • Transparent, real time communications in one place • Structured information through channels, consistent for every team member • Advanced contextual search • Apps and bots
Companyons, Inc. Understand Slack TransitioningFrom Email (*) Requires list/channel admin approval Email Slack Open Mailing list To: engineering@email.com Public Channel #engineering Closed (*) Mailing list To: hr@email.com Private (*) Channel 🔒 hr Group email To: user1@email.com, …, userN@emailM.com Group Messages @user1,…, @userN Direct email To: user@email.com Direct Message @user N/A Mention in a conversation … @user …
Companyons, Inc. Smartly OrganizeChannels Pro tip: Use prefixes • Teams: #team-engineering, #team-design, #team-marketing • Location: #office-sf, #office-nyc, #office-milano • Project: #proj-website or #rel-1.2.0 • Announcements: #announcements • Integrations: #github, #kyber
Companyons, Inc. • Checkrecent mentions . . How To Stay On Top Of Slack (And how to reduce notifications overload)
Companyons, Inc. How ToStay On Top Of Slack (And how to reduce notifications overload) • Check recent mentions • Star channels . .
Companyons, Inc. • Checkrecent mentions • Star channels • Customize your Channel List Preferences . . How To Stay On Top Of Slack (And how to reduce notifications overload) Preferences => Advanced Options => Channel List
Companyons, Inc. • Checkrecent mentions • Star channels • Customize your Channel List Preferences • Customize notifications by channel Pro Tip: Use /mute in a noise channel How To Stay On Top Of Slack (And how to reduce notifications overload)
Companyons, Inc. • Checkrecent mentions • Star channels • Customize your Channel List Preferences • Customize notifications by channel • Set up highlight words Preferences => Notifications How To Stay On Top Of Slack (And how to reduce notifications overload)
Companyons, Inc. • Checkrecent mentions • Star channels • Customize your Channel List Preferences • Customize notifications by channel • Set up highlight words • Use Do Not Disturb (DnD)/Snooze How To Stay On Top Of Slack (And how to reduce notifications overload)
Companyons, Inc. What IsKyber? ✅ 🔔 📅 Personal timelist 👥 Scheduling 🤖Assistant MessagingProductivity Slack 👤 Delegation Kyber Messaging
Companyons, Inc. Make ThingsHappen With Only 5 Commands • Create /do [what to do], [when], [where], [checklist:] /ask @user to [what to do], [when], [where], [checklist:] /meet @user to [what to do], [when], [where], [checklist:] • View and update /show [today/date/all/sent/sent to @user] /complete [what]
Companyons, Inc. Task Delegation •Messages are transformed into tasks, assigned to recipient as ✅ to-dos, 🔔 reminders or 📅 events • Recipient is automatically notified and reminded • Tasks are added to recipient’s timelist and tracked on sender’s sent list • Sender is informed when task is completed or can follow up
Companyons, Inc. • Invitesare sent through messages • Meeting is added to both sender’s and recipients’ timelist • Every attendee is reminded about the meeting at start or earlier • Sync’ed calendars are automatically checked for availability and updated Scheduling
Companyons, Inc. Timelist One placeto rule your day • ✅ To-dos, 🔔 reminders, 📅 events are combined in a single daily view to help you: • Sync’s with any calendar, e.g. Google, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, etc. • Not urgent to-dos can be added to a separate Someday list Plan your day Keep the focus Really get more done
Companyons, Inc. Timelist Kyber Channelon IFTTT Assigned Issue Starred Email High Priority Email Assigned Card All your communications - and tasks - in one place Slack Kyber + …
Companyons, Inc. 3 EasySteps To Really Get Things Done 1. Enter everything (*) you have to do in Kyber: use Timelist to schedule tasks, Someday list for later 2. Keep your daily timelist short - Start from calendars & reminders, and add few important to-dos; snooze others, even during the day (*) You can use Siri or Alexa too!
Companyons, Inc. 3 EasySteps To Really Get Things DoneImportant Urgent Use Eisenhower Decision Matrix to pick to-dos to add to timelist Add it to today in timelist Schedule it in timelist Add it to Someday Delegate it with /ask
Companyons, Inc. 3 EasySteps To Really Get Things Done 1. Enter everything (*) you have to do in Kyber: use Timelist to schedule tasks, Someday list for later 2. Keep your daily timelist short - Start from calendars & reminders, and add few important to-dos; snooze others, even during the day 3. Just do it - The short list has the important tasks: Keep going back to the plan and simply act on it (*) You can use Siri or Alexa too!
Companyons, Inc. Kyber foriOS The visual and contextual mobile app • 💬: Contextual messaging • 👤: Delegation • 👥: Scheduling • ✅ 🔔 📅 : Visual timelist & Calendar sync • ⏰: Alerts • 📍: Maps • 🚗: Uber or driving directions • ✨: Gifs Click to download
Companyons, Inc. Why Kyber? •Separates important messages from noise • Lets you create tasks in the context of the conversation • Offers a unique, powerful personal productivity tool • Extends to any services via IFTTT to aggregate all your tasks in one place • Fully native to Slack
Companyons, Inc. Useful Links •Slack • Kyber for Slack • Kyber for iOS • Kyber channel on IFTTT • Kyber website • Kyber blog • Contact: info@kyber.me