A new way of working: Slack Channels

Sombir Sheoran
2 min readOct 9, 2022

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Understanding how Channels in Slack bring a new way of working πŸ‹οΈ

Image Credits: Slack.com

What is a channel? 🚦

  • Slack brings the right people and information together in channels.
  • Share ideas, make decisions, and move work forward with a common purpose and place.
  • That is what is solved with the help of #channels in Slack.
  • Channels are flexible spaces for all the people, tools, and files you need to get work done.
Understanding Channels in Slack > Video Credits: Slack.com

Organize your work with Channels πŸ“

  • Channels in Slack help you organize your daily work.
  • Channels bring order and clarity to your work β€” you can create them for every project, topic, or team.
  • When there’s a channel for everything, you can focus on the conversations and work that matters most to you.

Watch this for more understanding of how channels work.

Bring alignment among your Team βŒ›

  • Channels help you bring a shared view of the work your whole team is doing it together.
  • With channels in Slack, every member of your team remains on the same page regarding the information and latest updates on the project status.
  • Every new member in your Slack channel has full context when they join your team and they have access to all content in the channel.

Watch this for more understanding of how channels bring alignment.

Make everyone a more productive member πŸ‹οΈ

  • All your conversations, chats, thread, files, and recorded calls become an unlimited source of knowledge for your current team and upcoming new members. So, it has the full track of everything.
  • Since everything is always available in a channel, so you can search, find answers, get more context, and help make faster decisions without following up with people or looking out for information somewhere else. Everything is available in your Slack channels.

Watch this for more understanding of how channels bring productivity.

Types of Channels in Slack 🎨

Public channels πŸ”“

These channels are open for anyone at your company to join or find in search. Increase transparency while allowing everyone to benefit from the context of your conversations.

Private channels πŸ”

For sensitive or confidential conversations, you can use private channels. Only those who are invited can view the channel or find its contents in search.

Slack Connect Channels 🧷

Work with multiple organizations in a channel. Speed up communication with clients, vendors, agencies, and more. These channels are available only on Paid subscriptions of Slack.

Hope you learned something new today! πŸ₯

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Sombir Sheoran

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