The Importance of Naming

Naming conventions can make or break Slack utilization for an organization. The majority of slack channels MUST have a predefined, and agreed upon prefix naming system.

General Channels

#whats-happening-at-<Company>: All announcements and company-wide broadcasts are posted here. PERMISSIONS should be restricted to who is able post, this ensure a clean timeline.
#questions: Ask all of the company for help with any question you have… and then go document it after you find the answer :)
#thanks: Where company team-members can say thanks to those company team-members who did a great job, helped a customer, or helped you!
#random: Socialize and share random snippets with your fellow company team-members.
#outreach
#community-programs

Team Channels

- #people-connect: For general People Operations tasks such us onboarding, offboarding, letter of employment, Team calender events management etc
- #it-servicedesk: For IT related queries, Okta, issues with hardware, software, system access requests and user permissions etc
- #finance_payroll_expenses: For Expensify issues, delayed reimbursements and salaries, payslips, etc
- #people_talent-acquisition: For referrals based questions, candidate alignments, general talent acquisition etc
- #people_total-rewards: For general questions on Total Rewards including compensation, benefits, and equity
- #engineering_frontend
- #engineering_backend
- #engineering_development:
- #engineering_is-this-known:
- #engineering_dev-escalation:
- #customer_success
- #support_commerical
- #support_government
- #sales_support
- #sales_deals-gratitude:
- #sales_wins-key-deals:
- #sales_field-fyi: For real-time, asynchronous communication that gives context around the announcement, shares enablement resources
- #sales_field-managers: To garner manager-level awareness and solict manager help cascading updates.
- #sales_dev_global: Sales Development related to shoutouts, questions, concerns
- #sales_vp
- #sales_lead–contact-statuses: Lead or contact
- #sales_opportunity-stages: Opportunity
- #sales_criteria-for-sales-accepted-opportunity: Sales Accepted Opportunity
- #sales_lost-deals
- #sales_smb-amer: SMB North America Sales
- #sales_smb-international: SMB EMEA/APAC Sales
- #sales_smb-training-support
- #sales_sdr-global
- #marketing
- #marketing_operations
- #marketing_programs
- #partner_fyi: Updates to the Partnership program, operations, enablement and marketing. 
- #security-appsec
- #security-operations
- #security-assurance

Channel Categories

Customer Account Channels (a_)

These channels (prefixed with a a_) are for team members to collaborate and communicate regarding the account for a customer organization.

- a_XYZ-internal
- a_XYZ-external

Feature Channels (f_)

These channels are for team-members interested in a specific feature that exists in a company......
Examples

- #f_workflows:

Group Channels (g_)

Group channels (prefixed with a g_). This channels needs to be focused on a very specific thing.

Example

- #g_eng_source-code: Channel for the Source Code development group.
- #g_eng_code-review:
- #g_eng_continuous-integration:
- #g_sys_delivery:
- #g_sys_scalability:
- #g_sys_build:
- #g_sys_deploy:
- #g_sys_application-performance:
- #g_sys_database:
- #g_grc_fedramp:
- #g_grc_stateramp:
- #g_grc_soc2:
- #g_grc_iso27001:
- #g_grc_pci:
- #g_security_redteam:

Project Channels (proj_)

These channels are temporary and used to focus communication around a specific project.

As an ephemeral channel they are archived once a project is complete and can be found in Slack by searching for proj_

Working Group Channels (wg_)

These channels are temporary and used to focus communication around a specific working group.

As an ephemeral channel they are archived once the working group's exit criteria is met and can be found in Slack by searching for wg_

Location Channels (loc_)

These channels are used to help team-members who are in the same general region of the world to talk about get-togethers and other location-specific items. hey are also instrumental if you're going to be visiting somewhere else in the world - there might be a team-member from your company that lives there.

Channel Name	Description
`#loc_arizona`
`#loc_belgium`
`#loc_austintx`
`#loc_italy`
`#loc_amsterdam`
`#loc_canada`
`#loc_nyc`
`#loc-chicagoland`

Social Groups are Slack channels that bring team members together around common interests, hobbies, and lifestyles.

Examples:

#social-allcaps: Light-hearted conversation in ALL CAPS.
#social-bookclub: A place for bibliophiles to connect, share recommendations and discuss their latest reads.
#social-cats, #social-dog: Show us your cutest pics of your pets! We love all pets, but we made special channels for cats and dog(s).
#social-cheerleader: When you need or want to share encouragement and support!
#social-cooking: Share your favorite recipes, and brag about your homemade dishes.
#social-dad_jokes: Self-explanatory really, give us your best dad jokes!
#social-fit: Channel to discuss fitness and related topics.
#social-gaming: Discuss gaming (both tabletop and video). We also have a Discord linked in the topic.
#social-office-today: Where’s your office today? Share a photo or use words to describe it.
#social-lego: Build, inspire, play. Share your builds and invite your children.
#social-lgbtq: Space for LGBTQ people and allies in <Company> to chat and support each other.
#social-managers: Share ideas, thoughts, and issues on all things to do with being a manager at <Company>.
#social-mental_health_aware: Mental health is super important and we realize that. This is a place to discuss concerns you might be having or find someone to talk to if you're feeling alone.
#social-music: Share your current playlist or any interesting music you come across.
#social-postcrossing: Send team members postcards from your home cities, towns and villages from around the world.