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Being in charge of a physical space can be stressful. Most people don't think about the effort that goes into keeping a place running as smoothly as possible—they just expect everything to work. 

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"Heads up! Team meeting starts in 10 minutes." This Zap will be sure you and your team are ready for the next event with a Slack notification, automatically sent ten minutes before any new scheduled event starts on your Google Calendar. 

Google Calendar lets you organize your schedule and share events with co-workers and friends. With Google's free online calendar, it's easy to keep track of your daily schedule.

Google Calendar

New Calendar

Triggers when an event is cancelled or deleted.

Event Cancelled

Event Ended

Triggers when a specified amount of time before an event starts.

Event Start

Triggers when an event is created or updated (except when it's cancelled).

New or Updated Event

New Event

Triggers when an event is created that matches a search.

New Event Matching Search

Find Event

Finds a specific event by its ID in your calendar.

Retrieve Event by ID

Finds multiple events in your calendar as line items.

Find Multiple Events

Find or Create Event

Invites one or more person to an existing event.

Add Attendee(s) to Event

Create Calendar

Delete Event

Create Detailed Event

Create an event from a piece of text. Google parses the text for date, time, and description info.

Quick Add Event

Updates an event. Only filled fields are updated.

Update Event

Custom Actions (Beta)

This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.

API Request (Beta)

Slack is a platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Offering instant messaging, document sharing and knowledge search for modern teams.

Triggers when a new message is posted to any public channel.

New Public Message Posted Anywhere

New Channel

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #channel you choose.

New Message Posted to Channel

Triggers when a custom emoji has been added to a team.

New Team Custom Emoji

Triggers when a new file is uploaded to your workspace.

New File

Triggers when a username or highlight word is mentioned in a public #channel.

New Mention

Triggers when a new message is found that matches the query.

New Message From Query

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #private-channel or multi-dm.

New Message Posted to Private Channel

Triggers when a Message is pushed from Slack.

New Pushed Message

Triggers when a reaction (aka reactji) is added to a message in a public #channel.

New Reaction Added

New Saved Message

Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.

New User

Finds a Slack message using the Slack Search feature.

Find Message

Finds a user by matching against their email instead of their username.

Find User by Email

Find User by ID

Finds a user by matching against their real name instead of their username.

Find User by Name

Find User by Username

Adds a reminder for yourself or a teammate, just like the `/remind` slash command.

Add Reminder

Invite an existing User to an existing Channel. You must be a member of the channel to invite someone to it.

Invite User to Channel

Posts a message to the specific #channel you choose. Message delivery can be scheduled for later.

Send Channel Message

Sends a direct message to a user or yourself from the Slackbot. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Direct Message

Create Channel

Post a new message to a private channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Private Channel Message

Set Channel Topic

Update basic profile fields such as name or title

Update Profile

Sets your Slack status to the given text and emoji.

Set Status

Invite a new User to your Slack workspace. Uses legacy tokens.

Invite New User

Send Slack channel messages for new Google Calendar events

This integration will effortlessly ensure that you and your team is ready for the next event. Once it's active, this Zap will automatically post a custom notification to Google Chat for each new approaching Google Calendar event.

Google Chat is a communication software developed by Google built for teams that provides direct messages and team chat rooms, along with a group messaging function that allows Google Drive content sharing.

Google Chat

Create Message

Post new approaching Google Calendar events to Google Chat

Are you tired of people showing up late for meetings? Try this integration, which sends a message in a specific Microsoft Teams channel for upcoming calendar events in Microsoft Outlook.

Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

Triggers at a specified time before an event in your calendar starts.

Calendar Event Start

Cancelled Calendar Event

New Attachment

Triggers when a new event is created in your calendar.

New Calendar Event

Triggers when a new contact is added to your account

New Contact

Triggers when a new e-mail is received in your inbox.

New Email

Triggers when a new e-mail is received in your inbox that matches a search.

New Email Matching Search

New Flagged Email

Triggers when a new new message in folder is created.

New Message in Folder

Updated Calendar Event

Find Calendar Event

Find a Contact

Find Email

Find or Create Contact

Add Attendees to Calendar Event

Create an event in the calendar of your choice.

Create Event

Create Contact

Creates a draft of an email that can then be reviewed and sent out.

Create Draft Email

Create Draft Reply

Creates a new reply to email, probably with input from previous steps.

Reply to Email

Send Email

Update Calendar Event

Update Contact

Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork in Office 365 that integrates all the people, content, and tools your team needs to be more engaged and effective.

Microsoft Teams

Triggers when a new channel is created within a team.

Triggers when a member or highlight word is mentioned in a channel. Requires installation of the [Zapier app](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA200002044) from the Teams Store.

New Channel Mention

Triggers when a new message is received in a chat.

New Chat Message

New Chat

Triggers when a new member is added to a team. Requires installation of the [Zapier app](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA200002044) from the Teams Store.

New Team Member

Triggers when a new message is posted in a channel. Requires installation of the [Zapier app](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA200002044) from the Teams Store.

New Channel Message

Triggers when a new reply is added to a message in a channel. Requires installation of the [Zapier app](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA200002044) from the Teams Store.

New Reply to Message

Creates a new channel within a team. Requires installation of the [Zapier app](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA200002044) from the Teams Store.

Creates a new one-on-one chat between you and a team member.

Create One-on-One Chat

Creates a new private channel within a team. Requires installation of the [Zapier app](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA200002044) from the Teams Store.

Create Private Channel

Reply to Channel Message

Sends a message to a channel. Requires installation of the [Zapier app](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA200002044) from the Teams Store.

Send Chat Message

Sends a chat message to the Zapier bot. Requires installation of the [Zapier app](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA200002044) from the Teams Store.

Send Chat Message to Zapier Bot

Get messages in Microsoft Teams for upcoming Microsoft Outlook calendar events

Keeping up with emails can be difficult, but this integration lets you create a new Trello card for follow up later. After you set this integration up, this Zap will automatically create a card in Trello for you when you start a specified email thread in your Gmail account.

One of the most popular email services, Gmail keeps track of all your emails with threaded conversations, tags, and Google-powered search to find any message you need.

Triggers when you receive a new attachment.

New Label

Triggers when you receive a new email and label it within two days.

New Labeled Email

Triggers when a new email appears in the specified mailbox.

Triggers when you receive a new email that matches a search string you provide.

Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.

New Starred Email

New Thread

Find or Send Email

Add Label to Email

Delete Email

Create Draft

Create a draft reply to an existing email.

Create Label

Remove Label From Email

Trello is a team collaboration tool that lets you organize anything and everything to keep your projects on task.

Trello

New Board

New Card

Triggers when a Card is archived in Trello.

New Card Archived

Triggers when a Comment is added to a Card in Trello.

New Comment in Card

Triggers when there is activity in Trello.

New Activity

Triggers when a Card is moved to a List in Trello, [inside the same Board](https://zapier.com/apps/trello/help#common-problems-trello#not-triggering-on-card-moved-to-list-when-a-card-is-moved-from-another-board).

Card Moved to List

Triggers at a specified time before a card is due.

Card Due

Triggers when a Card is updated in Trello.

Card Updated

Triggers when a new checklist is created in Trello.

New Checklist

Triggers when a new label is created in Trello.

Triggers when a label is added in a Trello card.

New Label Added to Card

Triggers when a new list on a board is added.

New List

Triggers when a new member joins a board.

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