Back to: Teammate Handbook

Our primary tools for company-wide communication and information are Slack, Campsite, Notion, Zoom, and Dropbox Paper. (Your area may use additional tools in addition to these.)

Here are some guidelines on how we use each of these tools, and how to choose which one to use.

(See also: Internal Communications Etiquette and Expectations)

• Urgent messages and notifications
• Casual and fun chatter
• Some integrations

More on how we use Slack | | Campsite | * Asynchronous collaboration

• Sharing updates and announcements

How we use Campsite

| | Notion | * Handbook: “Evergreen” reference material that doesn’t often change substantially.

• Internal Collaboration: Some team collaboration and project tracking. | | Paper | * Short term collaboration | | Zoom, phone call, or Slack “huddle” | * Synchronous, real-time collaboration (spoken)
• Peer masterminds
• Deeper conversations about career growth, feedback | | Email | * Collaborating with folks outside of Buffer
• Optional: Monitoring notifications from other tools | | | Archive of content here from Threads |

Slack

Slack is ideal for fun casual chatter, along with real-time collaboration and notifications.

How we use Slack

Campsite

Campsite is for asynchronous collaboration, decision-making, internal updates, and announcements. We also use Campsite’s video call feature for ad-hoc meetings.

Our Campsite channels

How we use Campsite

Notion