Scoop offers powerful planning tools to help you plan your next great office day. In this quick start guide, we’ll walk you through the first few steps to empower you to make great decisions on how and where to spend your time at work.
In this article, we’ll show you how to:
Set your next day in the office
Poll co-workers on their preferred office days
Invite a co-worker to join you for coffee, lunch, or a day in the office
Before moving forward, make sure you’ve installed the Scoop Slack app.
1. Add your next office day
Scoop makes it easy to share your office plans with your team via Slack, Calendar, and across the Scoop platform. And it all starts with adding your next office day.
Open the Scoop Slack App
Click on the Home tab
Choose your date from the calendar
2. Sync to Slack and Google Calendar
Once you’ve added your next office day, Scoop needs a few extra permissions to surface your work plans on your Slack status and calendar. Simply accept both prompts to connect your apps.
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For Slack, work locations are synced once daily (5 AM EST) and automatically clear at the end of each working day (11 PM EST).
For Google Calendar, your work location will automatically sync in real-time (including any updates). Just navigate to your calendar to see your work location added as an all-day event. If you already have OOO events on your calendar, Scoop will sync those details across the rest of the Scoop platform.
You’ll also see work locations automatically added to any upcoming meetings under the attendee RSVP list.
3. Your first office interest poll
Easily land on your next office day with office interest polls. Instantly poll a channel of co-workers, see what day works best, and confirm your plans right in your Slack channel.
To create and post a poll:
Click on the Home tab from the Scoop Slack app
Click Launch Poll
Choose the channel + the week you’re polling for
Select Send Poll
Once a poll closes, Scoop will automatically surface the most popular day, including an easy way to confirm your plans.
4. Invite a co-worker to join you at the office
Recapture the magic of connecting in-person with In-Person Invites. Invites are coordinated via the Scoop scheduling assistant, including adding your confirmed plans to your calendar.
To send your first invite:
Click on the Home tab from the Scoop Slack app
Select an event type
Choose your co-worker and date
Click Send Invite
After confirming that date works for your co-worker, the Scoop bot will create a group DM with you and your co-worker so you can pick a time that works and easily add those plans to your calendars.