Taubman College Slack Information

About

The HR team is excited to announce that we have created a Taubman College Staff workspace within the university Slack system. The goal of these channels is to create a space where all staff can easily communicate and collaborate. We hope that Slack will help us work together and build community across teams at the college rather than staying siloed in our own teams.

For those of you unfamiliar with Slack, it is a messaging app that connects people to the information they need. Within Slack, there are workspaces. A workspace is made up of channels, which organize conversations into dedicated spaces where staff members can communicate and work together. 

Channels

Within our new Taubman College Staff workspace, we have created three channels. Here are the channels and how we intend to use them:

• #tc-general-info
  • This channel is for all permanent part- and full-time staff members. This is a space to share reminders, upcoming events, or general university resources.
• #tc-career-resources
  • This channel is for all permanent part- and full-time staff members. This is a space to share professional development opportunities, interesting articles, or other career-related resources.
• #tc-community-bonding
  • This channel is for all permanent part- and full-time staff members. This is a space to build community by sharing fun items such as exciting life events, fun facts, photos of your pet, and more.

Please let us know if you have any recommendations. We invite your ideas and engagement!

Slack Information

Lastly, if you are unfamiliar with Slack and would like to join in on the fun, please follow these steps to create an account:

• Go to slack.umich.edu.
• Click ‘Sign in with U-M weblogin’ and sign in with your uniqname and umich password.
• Click ‘I agree’ to accept the Slack terms of service. 
• Click ‘Let’s do it’ to get started
• Next, it will give you the option to search for people you may know. You may do so or click ‘skip for now.’
• On the left, you will see a list of all the channels that you are a part of, so you will be able to see #TC-general-info, #TC-career-resources, and #TC-community-building, which means you are in the Taubman College Staff workspace.
• Next, you may download Slack to your desktop:
  • Instructions for installing Slack to your device.
    • Once it is installed, you can sign in with your U-M credentials and begin enjoying Slack.