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Posted by colin (aka colinski) Feb 20 '17, 13:51

I'm teaching two classes that will probably be something that will be ongoing (teaching at other locations, expanding)... I'm also starting my consulting business.

Do you think it's better for the classes to start a classes Slack group and add channels for each class, or create a group for each class, or create one group for my consulting group and put the class channels under that? I'm not sure how easy it is to move across groups.

For the consultancy, I was just considering creating a channel for each client and then hashtagging the project we are working on if there's more than one thing at a time.

Thoughts? I'm really new to it.. but it seems like the most techy/modern way of communicating. I'm trying to find a way to set myself apart in an industry that is known for lagging years behind the times.

THANK YA!

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I hate Slack but I can answer these questions. - Mop Feb 20, 14:10 5
- why do you hate it? for this, it's professional education courses at a conference, not a school, so i think it'll work well since the main - colin Feb 20, 14:13 4
  - This a perfectly cromulant tool for this purpose. We used it at a conference last year. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 14:15 3
    - ok cool. i'll keep classes separate from business then... although i'll make sure they know who's running it :) - colin Feb 20, 14:19 2
      - The free version may have a cap on the number of "subscribers". It does have a cap on number of messages. - Mop Feb 20, 14:21 1
        
        supposedly maxes out around 8000 users, but that's waaaay more than I'd have. and 5000 messages is probably more than i'd need too... - colin Feb 20, 14:26
switching slacks is annoying. I'd generally opt for 1 slack with private or public channels as appropriate. The real downside of that is that Slack - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 20, 14:03 4
- How are you switching Slacks? My Slack browser has 5 buttons on the left for the 5 groups I'm in. Switching is a simple click. -- nm - Mop Feb 20, 14:13
- yeah, given the paid/free thing, maybe the class thing is not the best idea :-/ -- nm - colin Feb 20, 14:05 2
  - the free thing is totally workable. You just top out at 10k messages in the back buffer. We use free for the EVE slack and we've got like 4300 - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 20, 14:06 1
    - well, for class stuff it sounds okay. if I create a group for each class, that'll be 10k messages in total, right? - colin Feb 20, 14:10
For premium usage, there is a per-user charge. -- nm - psilotum Feb 20, 13:54 4
- what's the difference on premium? i'd ideally have several hundred external members (or more) on the class ones. will free work for that? -- nm - colin Feb 20, 13:55 3
  - There's a limit to archived messages. It's fine for casual use, but might be a mar on a professional service. -- nm - psilotum Feb 20, 13:57 2
    - yeah, i think for client, i'd only be adding a few users to a channel and I wouldn't do that until there was some revenue.. the class one might be a - colin Feb 20, 13:58 1
      - looks like premium lets you have guest users too, which would be nice for them not to have to sign up for a slack account. -- nm - colin Feb 20, 14:00

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