With Epoch, you can announce an event on Slack with Epoch’s integration to make it a seamless experience for employees to confirm or mark their interest. You have the ability to announce one or more events in Slack channels within your organization’s Slack workspace.

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There are 2 ways to announce an event on Slack:

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1. Pre-schedule a Slack message on Epoch’s web app on the Admin Dashboard.
2. Use Epoch’s unfurl feature by copying and pasting the event link URL directly into a Slack channel.

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1. Pre-schedule Slack messages on Epoch’s web app on the Admin Dashboard

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1. Hover over your profile image in the top right corner.
2. Select Dashboard.
3. Select from the left-hand menu.
4. Click Send Slack Announcement in the top right corner.
5. Select the event(s) you’d like to showcase.  
6. Choose the Slack channel(s) you’d like to send the message in.
7. Type in your message for Slack in the Announcement box. You can also add a GIF to the message to catch the attention of individuals in the Slack channel!
8. Choose to send the announcement now or schedule it: set the Date, Time, and Time zone.‍
9. Take a look at the Announcement preview.‍
10. Click Send.

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To learn more about how to send a Slack message, see our walkthrough here.

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2. Epoch’s unfurl feature

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Any user can copy and paste the event link URL directly into a Slack channel.

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