MODULE 1

Tools of the TEXT TROOP trade

Total estimated time: 45 minutes • Discussion Recap

Text Troop will provide you with all the tools you need for successful texting. In this module, learn about Slack, our texting headquarters and TextOut.

SLACK

To maximize your texting, it's important that you be able to use Slack, a common chat platform, smoothly.

MESSAGES AND THREADS

or

NOTIFICATION PREFERENCES

or

Recommended Replies and the questions process

  • What do you do when you get a voter question you can't answer?


or

Examining Privilege

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. How have you set up your Slack notifications for success?

  2. How do you personally leverage the Recommended Replies when texting?

  3. How can you use Recommended Replies to pivot away from hot button issues even when we don’t have an explicit talking point for the issue?

  4. Have you read "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" before? Is thinking about privilege in this way new to you? How do the Daily Effects McIntosh lists resonate with you?

  5. Were you surprised by the "What is privilege?" video? If you took the walk, would you get farther than you would have anticipated?

EXTRA READING