Recurring events are here!
TL;DR: You can now create recurring events in Slack with Eventbot!
Your Slack calendar just got a major upgrade, with the ability to create recurring events! We’re beyond excited to launch this feature on the Team Plan today. Now your whole team can now create an event that repeats every day, weekday, week, two weeks, or even every month 😍! Save time and cut down on nudging teammates for those important regular events. When your team RSVPs to your recurring event, they’ll get customized reminders as usual, and automatically get your updates. No more sending calendar updates by email for every little change 📧📉😎.
How it works

Just create an event, like always, using /events create and you’ll see a new option to make it repeat. You’d choose the start date and how frequently you’d like the event to repeat, and let Eventbot take care of the rest. When users RSVP to a recurring event, they’ll automatically be included in future instances of that recurring event. And just to make sure users understand it’s a recurring event, we’ll show the frequency in the title, for example, (repeats weekly).
You can also edit the details of an individual instance of a recurring event, without worrying about changing the entire thing. If you are sending your events an external calendar application, recurring events will now show up as usual. Here’s an FAQ with all the details on how recurring events work in Eventbot.
I don’t know how our meetings would work without the Eventbot add-on for Slack! — Danny Dore (Computer Science @ Illinois University ‘19)
How might you use this feature
Whether you’re creating events for work or just for fun — Eventbot has you covered! Create a recurring event using Eventbot and we’ll keep track of the RSVPs and details for you. Here’s some fun event ideas to get you started!
🕴️Recurring work events 💼 : Daily standups, Weekly check-ins with your boss, Biweekly sprint retrospectives, Monthly bill reminders
👕 Recurring fun events ⛱️ : Daily exercise reminders, Weekly date nights, Biweekly catch up calls with siblings, Monthly board game nights
Have an unconventional recurring event? Give us a shout on Twitter!
Created with you in mind
Recurring events is a result of great user feedback! We’ve been listening to your feedback and it’s become a clear signal that some folks need events that repeat. We deeply appreciate the folks that sent us emails detailing how they’d use recurring events with their team. It’s been super useful to determine how recurring events should work in Slack. We’d love to hear more about this feature — does it work for your team? Wish it worked slightly differently? We’re building Eventbot for you — so definitely send us your thoughts! 💌
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Originally published at https://blog.geteventbot.com/2018/09/05/recurring-events-are-here.html on September 5, 2018.

