Use it to give a #writers channel a prompt every Monday (or send them a Throwback Thursday reminder to post older work that they’re proud of). While most reminders will be sent to yourself via Slackbot, it’s a good idea to send them to team channels when you want to maintain a regular cadence on something. Gently nudge your team with channel reminders You can also set reminders to do things such as invoice a client one month from today or replace the office water filter in three months. Set a personal reminder to buy a small gift two days before each team member’s birthday or work anniversary. The /remind command also works well for far-off future events.
And if you ever need to manage or check your reminders, simply type /remind list to see the full list. Once a reminder has been set, you’ll get a Slackbot message saying so. You can set recurring reminders by including phrases such as every day, every Monday, every weekday or even every two weeks. Reminders are great for one-time, same-day notes to yourself, such as /remind me to ask Melissa about the product brief in two hours, but they can also be directed at a colleague’s username, a user group or a channel. /remind me to check my Asana tasks at 09:15 every weekday./remind #leeds-office to clean out the fridge every Friday at 15:00./remind me to file expenses on the 1st of every month./remind me to ping about the Xanadu project in three hours.
The following phrases all work for setting reminders that will alert you when intended. Simply type /remind followed by what you want to be reminded of and when. It’s built off a subtle bit of functionality that we call a slash command, and it’s quite alright if you didn’t already know about it. The solution to all of those problems in Slack is our reminder system. But what works for the small things? Things like remembering to ask a colleague about borrowing her USB flash drive when she gets into work tomorrow, picking that project brief back up once writer’s block subsides in a few hours, or reminding your whole team to post every morning about their projects for the day.
Keeping tabs on our busy lives isn’t easy, and thankfully we have the luxury of calendar apps to track bigger events like meetings and special functions.
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