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15 Best Slack Apps for the Future of Work
If Slack has become a staple within your work culture, you know how valuable this team communication platform can be for organizing productive discussions from basically any work setting or scenario. While Slack is steadily growing in adoption over common communication channels like email, there's an even larger world of productivity on deck at Slack ready to take you and your team into the future of work.
The Slack app directory is a mega-database of hundreds of integrations available to enhance collaboration and productivity for small teams up to entire enterprise organizations. These apps allow you to work simultaneously across tools to push and pull information, enhance each tool's functionality, increase adoption, and streamline communication asynchronously right from where you're already working and collaborating.
The Calendly Slack app brings that same ease of use in your scheduling right into Slack. Quickly access and share scheduling links with your team directly via Slack without ever having to switch apps. Just use the "/calendly'' shortcut within messages to generate a rich preview so incoming schedulers can not only see the times that you're available right in Slack, but also the details for the potential meeting.
With the Eventbot Slack app, you can create and edit recurring and non-recurring meetings, set reminders, and track holidays and sick days all from within Slack. Eventbot has three main shortcuts: "/events create", "/events import", and "/events calendar". "/Events create" allows you to create events in any message or channel, "/events import" to import an event from any of their supported calendar platforms, and lastly, "/events calendar" lets you see events from any calendar you have synced.
The Monday.com Slack app gives you and your team an easy way to create and respond to tasks and projects directly in Slack and leave updates on your open items in Monday.com. You can also get notifications on your projects via Slack messages so you're always up to speed without having to bounce between workspaces. Use the shortcut "/monday-pulse [pulse name]" to create a pulse right in a private message or channel.
The Trello Slack app makes it easy to create, add, and invite others to collaborate all in one place. Within Slack, you're able to add new cards to boards by using the shortcut "/trello" to prompt Slack to update cards, create tasks, or assign to members within your team. You can also join Trello cards (and boards), change due dates and attach conversations for easy reference later.
The Todoist Slack app allows you to create new tasks right in Slack using the "/todoist" command, which you can also use to add details around your due date, label and project. You can also add Slack messages as tasks directly into Todoist, complete tasks, and update delegated tasks for team projects.
The Asana Slack app provides a way for you to create, view and complete tasks, change the assignee, update the due date, or add it to a project --all within Slack. When you integrate Asana with Slack, your team can directly refer to channels where you've linked your tasks and Asana will send notifications directly to your Slack to let you know of any new assignments or task updates. By using the shortcut "/asana create", you can quickly create, update, and manage your tasks.
The Loom Slack app brings its video recording and sharing functionality into the Slack app. You can capture your screen, record through your camera, narrate audio, and immediately share with your team across messages and channels to share quick status updates and collect feedback on your work. All you have to do is paste your Loom link into a Slack channel or DM, and it will expand in-line so your team can watch it without having to leave Slack.
The Standuply Slack app automates daily huddles, retrospectives, 360 feedback reviews, and other team workflows via Slack. Instead of blocking time for 1:1 meetings, you can check in with your coworkers on quick status updates or questions asynchronously. Use "/voice" or "/video" commands to record and send messages to any Slack user or channel, "/request [name or shortcut]" to request data from Standuply, or "/poll-standuply" to start a new poll.
The Range Slack app integration lets you run your check-ins with Slack, and send reminders, polls, and mood shares with your team. Collect standup status updates across your team, use hashtags to track streams of work, and send flags when you're stuck and need help from another team member. Use the "/checkin" command to share a quick check in via the simple Slack app.
The Vacation Tracker Slack app lets your team request PTO, edit future time off requests, view your leave history, and check the team holiday time off schedule all from within Slack. Administrators are able to manage locations, departments, leave types, and quotas as well via Slack, and send organization or team-wide notifications on updates to company policies. Use "/vacation [help][command]" to prompt the integration to open a new leave request or approval.
The Bonusly Slack app lets you publicly share appreciation across your team to celebrate and encourage employee success. The integration makes it easy to add GIFs to your recognition posts, automate notifications on achievements, and easily navigate to redeem your rewards through Bonusly. Use "/give" to prompt Slack to bring up Bonusly, and "/bonusly" to start recognising coworkers in your Slack workspace.
The Meme Bot Slack app lets you create memes directly through Slack via commands without having to switch to a search engine or design editor to create. Use "/meme-list" to pull up existing memes within your Slack workspace, or use "/meme [template] [header text] ; [footer text]" to create a new meme based on an image or ready to use template.
Meme Bot Pricing: Free
The Donut Slack app offers a simple way to introduce teammates and strengthen connections across the organization. You can use the Slack app to create social opportunities around daily topics, virtual coffee meetups or lunch roulette, and facilitate insightful conversations around DEI, ERG or mentorship programs. Within the Slack integration, you can customize group sizes, set meeting frequency, prompt discussion in channels with Watercooler topics, and get detailed reporting on the connections happening within your team. Just visit the shortcuts menu to start or join a Donut channel, as well as snooze or view your Donut intros.
The Cloverpop Slack app makes it easy to keep track of decisions right in Slack so they're readily available and viewable by your team. Get fast input, quick sign-offs, and keep everyone in the loop without having to rehash old decisions down the road. Use "/cp poll, announce, approve, track, or help" to view decisions that are being made in your workspace.
These are just a few of the awesome Slack tools available through the app directory to help you break into the future of work. There are quite literally hundreds of Slack apps available, each with their own advantages for boosting your workspace productivity, so do some exploring to see what's best for your unique work scenario. If you come across something cool, shoot us a tweet @reclaimai!
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