Join a real-time community chat group (hosted by Event Smart) for professionals that are leading the way in events from event management, event technology and event marketing to work-life balance.
The Event Smart Slack group is great if you:
- Have any amount of interest of events whether it be in people, technology, planning, social media, etc.
- Want feedback about your ideas, product, or service.
- Want to find new clients.
- Interact with your current customers.
- Want to hire someone
- Want to be hired by someone.
- Showcase your work.
Request an invitation to join the EventSmart.slack.com real-time community communication platform. Best of all it’s:
- Free
- Open for everyone
- Easy to use
- Easy asynchronous conversation
- Offers iOS and Android mobile apps
If you haven’t used Slack before, we think you’ll like it.
Rules – A Code of Conduct
Like any civil society, we do have a code of conduct and a few rules to be nice.
Joining us on Slack
I need help with Event Espresso!
Please note that this is not an official support channel for Event Espresso. You can ask for help from the Event Espresso community, but the best place to get official support for Event Espresso is https://eventespresso.com/support/ or by contacting Event Espresso directly.
I need help with Slack!
For starters, Slack’s Help Center is really great. Once you’ve joined eventsmart.slack.com, there is a #slackhelp channel to help members of the community.
Here are some tips for getting the most out of Slack:
Notifications
The default notification settings for Slack send you everything. You’re going to want to switch to the recommended settings, which are for mentions and direct messages. You can also tweak these settings further, like setting specific “highlight” words and email preferences.
Native Desktop and Mobile Apps
Slack has a great, fully-featured web app, native Mac and Windows apps, and iOS and Android apps. Preferences, conversations, and what you’ve read are synced across devices. Push notifications on the go are pretty cool, too.
Hiding Join Messages
If the join/leave messages feel somewhat noisy, you may find the following user style helpful; it will hide them for you.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Slack has many useful keyboard shortcuts. Access a list by typing Cmd-?. For example, Shift-Opt-↑ (up or down arrow) to switch to the next unread channel. Cmd-K or Cmd-T is a “quick switcher” that allows you to jump to any channel quickly. More keyboard shortcuts.
Commands
Much like IRC you can use Slack commands in the format /command where you start with a forward slash and then type the given command to perform an action. For example, /away to toggle status, /me to describe something you’re doing, or /prefs to open Preferences menu. More commands.
See 11 Useful Tips for Getting the Most out of Slack and Slack’s Help Center for more goodies.