Slackbot for Productivity (Video Course)

Description

Enhance Your Team's Productivity with Claude and AI.

Slack works the same way Microsoft Teams works, and the Slackbot is an intelligent AI assistant that allows you to solve many common work-related problems directly within the slack channels, as Copilot does within Microsoft Teams. There are 79 million monthly active users of Slack. Slack appears to be #2 to Teams as a corporate messaging tool. Every company that uses Slack will use Slackbot in some form or other. It used to be just a tool for text-based automation, but theyve recently integrated generative AI into it, which has some very exciting possibilities.

In this course, you will learn how to use the new AI-powered Slackbot to transform the way you work. Slackbot has evolved far beyond a simple notification tool. It is now a context-aware AI agent that understands your conversations, files, decisions, and connected apps. Whether you need to search across channels, draft a client email, analyze a quarterly report, or schedule a meeting, Slackbot handles it all through plain conversational language with no coding required.

Participants will move from foundational understanding through advanced productivity techniques, including writing effective prompts, building reusable AI Skills for their team, and creating automated workflows with Workflow Builder. The course includes hands-on labs that mirror real workplace scenarios across multiple industries and roles, giving learners skills they can apply immediately.

Skill Level:

• Beginner

Learn How To:

• Use AI-powered Slackbot to find answers instantly, draft content in your own voice, and automate your daily work with no coding required
• Use Slackbot to find answers instantly across channels, files, and connected apps
• Draft professional emails, briefs, agendas, and reports in your own voice using Slackbot
• Analyze uploaded files and prepare for meetings with AI-generated briefings and summaries
• Create and share reusable AI Skills to automate repetitive team workflows
• Build automated workflows using Slackbot and Workflow Builder without writing code

Course requirement:

Pre-requisites:

• Basic familiarity with Slack (sending messages, using channels).

Who Should Take This Course:

Job titles:

Primary:

• Project Managers and Program Managers
• Sales Representatives and Account Executives
• Marketing Coordinators and Content Managers
• Operations Leads and Business Analysts
• Executive Assistants and Office Managers

Secondary:

• HR Coordinators and Recruiters
• Customer Success Managers
• Small Business Owners and Founders
• Finance and Procurement Professionals

About Pearson Video Training:

Pearson publishes expert-led video tutorials covering a wide selection of technology topics designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed. These professional and personal technology videos feature world-leading author instructors published by your trusted technology brands: Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Pearson IT Certification, Sams, and Que. Topics include IT Certification, Network Security, Cisco Technology, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, and more. Learn more about Pearson Video training at http://www.informit.com/video.

Video Lessons are available for download for offline viewing within the streaming format. Look for the green arrow in each lesson.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Introduction

Lesson: Learn Whats New with Slackbot: Canvases, Skills, and Shareable Prompts

    Get started with the Canvas: your teams intelligent whiteboard

    Learn the benefits of shareable prompts for your team

    Write blog posts in the Marketing teams style with shareable prompts

    Learn the benefits of creating an AI Skill for repeatable processes within your team

Lesson: Use Slackbot to Deep-Search Within Your Enterprise

    Use Slackbot to find the "lost conversation" outside of Slack

    Use Slackbot with Google Meet to let anyone who joins late instantly catch up without interrupting the call

    Use Slackbot and Slack Canvas for knowledge transfer and employee on-boarding

    Connect after a long disconnect: Use Slackbot to catch up on progress after a vacation

Lesson: Conduct "Super Charged" Meetings with Slackbot

    Get instant prep for a customer call with Google Docs and Calendar Integration

    Let Slackbot fact-check during your meeting

    Send post-meeting action items to the team

    Interact with your customers after the meeting with Gmail

Lesson: Use Slackbot with Claude Integration for Advanced Customer Support

    Automatically detect SLA urgency the moment a customer message arrives

    Use Slackbot with Claude for intelligent notification before SLA timeout

    Use Slackbot with Claude to route complex issues to the right specialist automatically

    Use Slackbot with Claude to flag patterns across customer channels and surface them weekly

Lesson: Use Slackbot with Claude Integration for FAQs and Knowledge Bases

    Use Slackbot with Claude to capture every resolved issue as a draft Knowledge Base article

    Use Slackbot with Claude to automatically separate what is internal from what is customer-safe

    Use Slackbot with Claude to spot repeat questions and prioritize them for the FAQ

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