Whether you’re a professional genealogist trying to manage multiple clients and projects or just trying to juggle your own personal research, you may need to move beyond your current management tools. Slack is a FREE online collaboration hub (web-based and app) that is used by major corporations as well as non-profit organizations and individuals to manage and improve workflow. Genealogists of every level can easily leverage this user-friendly platform to increase productivity as well as improve efficiency. Participants will learn how to install Slack and also delegate admin and other roles. Once installed, we’ll review sample projects as well as sample communications in REAL TIME during the lecture. Finally, we’ll review available options for project management and data successorship.
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It was a good introduction to slack\n\nIt was great! Lots of information I am going to have to watch it again.\n\nIt was welldone, I guess but not helpful for me at all since I'm at a stand-still.\n\nIt will take some time to set up something for me, but I can definitely see its value. \n\nIt's always a pleasure to have Thomas as a webinar presenter. He really knows his stuff.\n\nlike the idea of grouping emails from 5 of us regarding two different projects.\n\nLooks interesting but I am not "here" yet. \n\nLots of wonderful ideas for using Slack, but need to watch again because it all went too fast!\n\nlots to get head around \n\nLove Thomas!\n\nMissed first part but later was most interesting. Will go back and see whole when posted. Thanks Thomas!\n\nNeed to try t it to understand it better \n\nNeed to watch this again to absorb everything.\n\nOh my, this was an amazing webinar! As usual, Thomas always comes through! Thank you.\n\nOnce again,l learned something new!!\n\nOutstanding webinar\n\nReally enjoyed. Very informative.\n\nSlack here I come :)\n\nSo knowledgeable but jumps a bit fast for this 80 year old\n\nthank you\n\nThank you for all you do to introduce us to new programs and technology!\n\nThank you!\n\nThanks for the intro Thomas! I'll have to give Slack a try!\n\nThis software (Slack) is going to make my life a lot easier once I learn it. Thanks, Thomas, for introducing us to it and showing some of the bells and whistles. I will be rewatching this one, probably more than once.\n\nThis was great info. Fast so we get an over view, but now I need to re watch and try it out. I hope tgat he does do a follow up webinar so that we can review and get more info about this new ADVENTURE. Thanks.\n\nThis was new to me and he made it fun and informative.... his programs are always top-notch!!\n\nThomas always does a top notch job!\n\nThomas always does a wonderful presenation.\n\nThomas always has great seminars. Always something to add to my toolbox!\n\nThomas does not disappoint! I will watch all of his webinars. Thanks!\n\nThomas hit it out of the park again! Slack looks like a challenge for me as I'm a slow learner with computer programs but it looks so interesting. Thanks to Legacy and Thomas Mac for a great webinar.\n\nThomas is a great presenter - clear, easy-to-follow. Always appreciate - and learn something - from his webinars.\n\nThomas is a great speaker.\n\nThomas is outstanding as a teacher of genealogy, but I realized this topic is quite a ways beyond me at this point.\n\nThomas Rocks! Excellent presentation! I'm setting up Slack now!\n\nThomas was great as always!\n\nThomas was great, but my brain couldn't handle it. (I'm struggling with Microsoft Teams and Zoom for my genealogy society right now.) Maybe, down the road...\n\nThomas' webinar are always great.\n\nTom MacEntee's webinar are always educational!\n\nVery enthused to start learning slack and using it for collaboration in genealogy projects.\n\nVery good information about the SLACK program for genealogy.\n\nVery good, I need to decide if I can find time for more of these\n\nVery informative\n\nVery informative as well as interesting. Thank you! : )\n\nVery informative! Thomas is always GREAT!!!! Thanks!\n\nVery informative; and, I needed it to become more organized! Thanks!!!\n\nVery interesting and educational. I want to try it out.\n\nVery interesting and informative and will be bringing up the use of SLACK at our society's board meeting. Thank you.\n\nVery interesting. Thanks Thomas\n\nvery interesting. TY\n\nVery timely info for our family project\n\nWell presented but above my tech knowledge and needs\n\nWhat can anyone say about our beloved Thomas that hasn't already been said????? He's the BEST!\n\nwill have to watch this again, Lots of great info. Some over my head\n\nWonderful -- funny and informative as ALWAYS!!\n\nWow! I joined the meeting late. Anxious to look at this site.
A new wave for me\n\nAlways enjoy Thomas\n\nAlways great!!!\n\nAlways learn something from Thomas!\n\nAlways open to learning about new programs/apps that can help with research.\n\nAn excellent explanation of Slack, better than the Slack website. Very helpful, even though I do not expect to use Slack.\n\nanother Excellent informative session \n\nAnother excellent webinar by Thomas. And more software to investigate!\n\nAnother informative webinar from Thomas MacEntee!\n\nAny webinar with Thomas is great. Not sure I'm interested in Slack but may look at it.\n\nAs always, Thomas is on top of the newest ways to use technology. Thanks!\n\nAs usual\n\nAwesome\n\nBrilliant webinar with some great time busting ideas using Slack for Genealogists. Must watch again to take it all in...\n\nCan not wait to install SLACK!\n\nCovered a lot of territory. I should watch again if I decide to use the program.\n\nDid not apply to my current situation. Good info for future possibilities.\n\nExcellent information I will use.\n\nExcellent teacher and information, but more complicated than what I need.\n\nExcellent webinar! I always learn so much with Thomas! An excellent tool to review for possible use with genealogy project management. Thanks to all!\n\nExceptional! What's new, Thomas always is.\n\nFabulous. I really want to try this with my "Cousin Connections" I am making with my shared matches. Thanks, Thomas.\n\nGlad to learn about Slack.\n\nGood info but information overload\n\nGood info on a new application. Sounds interesting. Will be doing more research on its uses.\n\nGreat\n\nGreat content! \n\ngreat help\n\nGreat new program for me to try out. Thanks for the intro!\n\nGreat presentation\n\ngreat presentation\n\nGreat topic! \n\nGreat!\n\nHappy to learn about tools which will make researching genealogy easier. Thanks!\n\nHelpful to one getting to know what Slack is\n\nI always enjoy Thomas and I can tease webinars. How do you like the way McEntee comes through on microphone? LOL\n\nI can see so many uses for the software beyond genealogy. I can see uses for genealogy too. \n\nIt's also an easily actionable webinar, because you can act on it with no cost, and figure out how you are going to use the software for you and/or a group. It doesn't depend on geography or time period like some other webinars. Those webinars can sometimes be extrapolated or you can use principles which affects how actionable they are.\n\nI had heard of Slack prior to this, but being unemployed was not interested in investigating it. Well, this webinar has changed my mind! Great presentation, real website tutorials, and patience. I only wish I had a group to work in Slack with, for now it will just be me creating channels for myself until I find others who are researching my ancestors. Thank you so much! \n\nI had never heard of Slack but knew the webinar would be good with it being Thomas MacEntee. I am so glad that I listened to the webinar, and watched parts of it (at work so will have to watch it again!) But I think that this will be useful for me in my genealogy work I am doing and then also for my workplace too!\n\nI have said this before, but I would like to say it again that Thomas MacEntee is a wonderful teacher and he keeps up with "New" ways of doing things! Kudos!\n\nI love his sense of humor!\n\nI might actually get organized!\n\nI was not familiar with the app. So there was much to learn.\n\ninteresting concepts that i may try\n\nInteresting option\n\nInteresting topic. A great new tool\n\nIt looks like something I may want to try. I feel I better learn more of what I can do with GMail and GoogleDrive also. Thx