Don’t have a strategy for managing Slack? It’s time you got one.  Slack is everybody’s favorite virtual meeting room-cum-water cooler. It does an impressive job of bringing teams together in a way that feels natural and seamless (take that, email). But you can’t let Slack do all the work for you. You’ll need to do your bit to keep Slack from swinging to the extremes of overwhelming and neglected.

To help you strike a balance between being active on Slack and staying on top of your actual work, we have rounded up some of the most useful Slack tips. Here they are (and don’t miss the Keyboard Shortcut Cheatsheet section toward the end).