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title: "Connect With Your Slackers to Engage Members Online"
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Your members may love your online community, but don’t kid yourself: They connect elsewhere too. When Digital Analytics Association Community Manager Catherine Hackney saw members increasingly talking in a popular office-chat app, DAA followed them there.

“We noticed a lot more of the conversation was happening in Slack than our own private [community] space,” she says. “It took a few years before DAA staff felt comfortable, but now we have a specific Slack channel where we monitor and post.”

The app lets users tag individuals and chat in a way that’s similar to text- ing, making the community feel more conversational and immediate, Hackney says. Here are three ways DAA uses its Slack channel, [Measure Slack (opens in a new tab)](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyAxOcI8z1EEiJDW4sGln-1GK9eJV8Y86eljX-uSlole0Vtg/viewform?c=0&w=1)
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1. **To monitor feedback.** For better or worse, DAA members use Measure Slack to voice feedback on their membership experience. “We have had a few complaints in our channel,” Hackney says. “But that gives us a nice opportunity to address any concerns a member might have in an open way.” The key is to provide an accurate and prompt reply.
2. **To share links.** Slack has become a natural place to share resources that might interest members. “I usually limit it to one link per post,” Hackney says. “Usually it’s a helpful blurb that links to our site or blog.” Each share must be informative, and getting members to share increases visibility.
3. **To respond to prospective members.** The Measure Slack community is open to nonmembers, and Hackney regularly fields questions about how to become a member. “Some people joined DAA because of our Slack presence,” she says.

[Tim Ebner](https://associationsnow.com/author/tim-ebner/)

Tim Ebner is communications director and press secretary at the American Forest & Paper Association in Washington, DC. He is a member of ASAE’s Communication Professionals Advisory Council and a former Associations Now senior editor.

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