Teleworking and creating virtual teams

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When thousands of miles separate you, building bonds and collaborating with your team can be a unique challenge.

But Slack is a lifeline that bridges geographical distances.

Foster a sense of community by allowing people to create or request new channels based on shared interests of their team, such as gaming, soccer, superheroes, and more , and name them something like #funandgames or #random.

If casual conversations aren’t part of your remote team’s DNA yet, make it a habit. Set aside a time each week to talk about a prompt (e.g., has anyone read any good books lately?) and invite them to join in, contribute, and bond with each other.

You can also create polls, add GIFs, or randomly invite your team members to owner/ partner/ shareholder email list coffee (with Donut integration) to keep things interesting and positive for everyone.

You can also use @mentions to draw attention to a specific person or start a thread to keep your side conversations out of the main channel.

Pro tip: When tasks or project milestones are completed in ClickUp, you can push updates to the designated Slack channel (when integrated), creating a virtual “high five” moment for everyone involved to enjoy, even from a distance.

4. Customer support
Slack makes customer support more efficient and collaborative. Your service reps can create sidebar sections like “Ticket Management” to group all the channels where customer queries are submitted and reviewed.

For teams with specialized knowledge, you can create appropriately named sections (e.g. Billing Support) for easy access. Integration with support tools like Zendesk or Freshdesk ensures tickets flow directly into Slack for quick resolution.

Pro Tip : Use Slack's workflow builder to automate certain support processes, such as creating a workflow where certain types of customer requests automatically send a message to the support team in a specific channel.