Academy Chess England
is moving to Slack
At the end of April I am going to stop using WhatsApp for groups, and switch to Slack instead under the banner Academy Chess England. Slack is a channel-based messaging platform which you may already use for work. I use it for teaching chess, and I will use it to make announcements about tournaments, and discuss topics you might find interesting. You can use it in your browser with no installation required, you just need to create a free account to log in.
https://join.slack.com/t/aceacademyche-kmf8860/shared_invite/zt-nmvtbwc0-EfYPnd_dtH6529vSya~38A
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What is Slack?
Here is a simple guide to the platform - https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/help/articles/115004071768-What-is-Slack-
Join with your full name so I know who you are. Once you join Slack you can add yourself to the various channels - I recommend joining the tornelo-help and the general channels. Conversations are divided into Public (everyone can read those), Private channels (there is one for paid subscribers to the newsletter) and direct messages (only we can read those).
Why am I moving to Slack from WA? (for Groups, you can always message me on Whatsapp if you have to)
I like using WA, but it is far less secure than Slack - we have had issues with spam and with privacy and some of you have stopped using the WA groups as a result.
I have been using Slack for a while now, to work with groups and individual students, and it is a great platform. It would be nice to think we could use it productively!
https://join.slack.com/t/aceacademyche-kmf8860/shared_invite/zt-nmvtbwc0-EfYPnd_dtH6529vSya~38A
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