Slack is an amazing resource for fostering team communication. Its potential is further amplified when one becomes familiar with utilizing its capabilities beyond basic message sending. An exceptionally valuable feature for decision-making is Slack polling. The accompanying blog post will guide you through the process of creating a poll on Slack.
Creating a Slack Poll
Now, let’s get started. Here’s an overview of the steps we’re going to cover:
- Install Simple Poll
- Create a poll
- Vote on a poll
- End a poll
1. Install Simple Poll
The first thing you need to do is install a Slack app called Simple Poll. You can do this by going to the Slack App Directory and searching for ‘Simple Poll’. Once you’ve found it, click on ‘Install’.
2. Create a Poll
After installing Simple Poll, you can create a poll using the /poll command. The format of the command is as follows:
/poll “Question?” “Option 1” “Option 2” “Option 3”
An example of a poll could be:
/poll “Where should we have our team lunch?” "Italian" "Mexican" "Chinese" "Indian"
After running the command, Simple Poll will create a poll in the channel with your question and the options you provided. Others in the channel can then vote on the poll.
3. Vote on a Poll
Voting on a poll is as simple as clicking on the option you want to vote for. Simple Poll tracks the votes and updates the poll results in real-time.
4. End a Poll
If you want to end a poll and stop further voting, you can do this by using the /poll end command followed by the id of the poll. The id of the poll is the number that appears in the top right corner of the poll.
/poll end [id]
It’s that simple! Now you know how to create, vote, and end a poll in Slack. So go ahead and make decision-making a more democratic process in your team.
