Do you schedule a one-on-one with your boss every Tuesday? Your daily 9am calendar reminder in will ensure you won’t show up unprepared.Does your company have a shared calendar for the Marketing team? Send reminders to your #marketing channel 15 minutes before every weekly status meeting so everyone’s on board.Slack’s new integration with Google Calendar allows for any calendar (even on multiple Google accounts) to post to any channel, as well as privately to yourself (via You can set custom reminders before events, get a daily digest each morning and a weekly digest on a day/time of your choosing. Luckily, a flub like this could soon become a thing of the past. Or you didn’t know the meeting location, or the time changed, and that messed up your whole day.
Every once in a while though, something falls through the cracks and you forget a meeting. As a user of Slack, you’re organized, you’re on the ball, and you’re well connected to your team.