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Multi-country workshops and complex adaptive research planning made possible
What do you like best about the product?
- It's so easy to create frames and stickies
- The templates are improving all the time
- You can 'follow' someone as they move around the board
- The url links take you straight to the miro boards
- It's colourful - which makes your ideas feel like they have life
- I might end up doing away with the powerpoint and that would be good, because miro is much faster to create things on
- The templates are improving all the time
- You can 'follow' someone as they move around the board
- The url links take you straight to the miro boards
- It's colourful - which makes your ideas feel like they have life
- I might end up doing away with the powerpoint and that would be good, because miro is much faster to create things on
What do you dislike about the product?
- I have multiple accounts on miro on different research projects, with different organisations and haven't found a way of managing that yet
- sometimes when i want to move around it picks up individual items and moves those. i don't always get that bit right
- sometimes when i want to move around it picks up individual items and moves those. i don't always get that bit right
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- co-working simultaneously and asynchronrously
- planning multi-year research programmes (with contingencies) in just two hours!
- very fast brainstorming
- presenting ideas to others
- planning multi-year research programmes (with contingencies) in just two hours!
- very fast brainstorming
- presenting ideas to others
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Watch the video. Have a play. Drag and drop a document into it or an excel spreadsheet - that is cool! Use it to brainstorm. Use it to document workshops so you have a visual display. It's great when you want to work on something at the same time - you each pile the board with stickies simultaneously and then do the analysis and organising together. It makes the collaboration process soooo fast.
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What do you like best about the product?
the template and the fact that i can change the base template as i like
What do you dislike about the product?
if i have to put many items i have to arrange each one and there isn't a feature like "grid"
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
i'm a facilitator and with miro i runned my courses in the lockdown so for me was a way to work.
it's easy to explain to my customer and very nice to see, so for it's easy to propose for my workshop
it's easy to explain to my customer and very nice to see, so for it's easy to propose for my workshop
Miro is essential for digital collaboration
What do you like best about the product?
The unrestricted environment to create in is the best part. From small brainstorming sessions to building out an in-depth and involved workshop for a large group, complete with breakout sessions and slideshows, Miro can handle it all.
The integrations are also incredibly helpful. The ability to import files from google drive and tasks from Asana during our team's brainstorming sessions have allowed us to capture ideas that have been scattered across platforms and engage with them in more creative ways.
The integrations are also incredibly helpful. The ability to import files from google drive and tasks from Asana during our team's brainstorming sessions have allowed us to capture ideas that have been scattered across platforms and engage with them in more creative ways.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a bit of a learning curve, particularly for folks that may be less tech-savvy. While Miro has many learning resources available, having to go through them before folks feel comfortable enough with the platform to engage with it can delay them from fully engaging.
I also really wish that Miro had the ability to draw shapes with the pen tool then fill them in with a paint bucket tool. There have been more than a few occasions where I'd love to be able to create simple illustrations, and end up having to do so in Illustrator, exporting it, then uploading it to Miro.
I also really wish that Miro had the ability to draw shapes with the pen tool then fill them in with a paint bucket tool. There have been more than a few occasions where I'd love to be able to create simple illustrations, and end up having to do so in Illustrator, exporting it, then uploading it to Miro.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our work in restorative justice relies on human connection and relationships, and we've used Miro to engage and connect in different ways than the video conferencing that we've all become too familiar with. For example, we've hosted virtual restorative justice circles through Miro, along with countless activities for check-ins and icebreakers.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I find that the best way to move past the initial learning curve is to dive in and play with the program. Many features are very intuitive, particularly if you're comfortable using common keyboard shortcuts, but It can take some practice to feel confident.
Also, take advantage of all of the templates available in the Miroverse!
Also, take advantage of all of the templates available in the Miroverse!
Amazing Collaborative Tools
What do you like best about the product?
So many templates! I love that I can build the foundation with a template and then edit every little bit as needed for my particular project. I also like the ability to see my colleagues working together on the board when we are in a workshop setting - we call it the "feeding frenzy".
What do you dislike about the product?
I find the sharing/editing settings confusing. Who is a "team member" or an "editor"... "has a seat" or is just granted "access"... the fact that I fumble on the settings with almost every board tells me it's not super intuitive. In a similar vein, I find the labels and settings/rules for "projets" or "teams" or other organzational suff confusing to navigate.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The boards are a great way to bring remote teams together in something more exciting (and flexible and functional) than a power point. We also love that you can leave the board "open" after a meeting so that people who aren't great with thinking "on the spot" can have time to add their participation at a time that works for them.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't hesitate :) Once you start exploring all the options deeply, it's incredible how many options there are available to build any visualization you might need.
Miro makes remote collaboration second-nature
What do you like best about the product?
I have come to like using Miro even better than in-person collaboration. In typical in-person meetings, things aren't documented and organized - with Miro, that becomes part of the process. We have working boards for all of our projects that we can refer to throughout as a source of truth, so nothing gets lost or misplaced.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sharing with clients and outside collaborators can sometimes be tricky - not always clear which permissions they'll have to edit and contribute to the board during a working session.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The primary benefit that I've realized with Miro is simply that it acts as a hub that everyone can refer back to and build on at any time. Previously, there was no apparent solution to organizing the disparate knowledge and processes that various team members have.
Easy to get started, great product!
What do you like best about the product?
Setting up diagrams to share with my teammates is incredibly easy. Some programs like this require a long upstart time to learn how to do very simple things, but Miro has really mastered the ability to help new users get started quickly and pain-free. I also use Miro during live brainstorming sessions as a sort of "whiteboard". It's an easy way to get my team involved and contributing.
What do you dislike about the product?
When using templates, it's a bit arduous to delete unwanted sections and make them yours. I tend to avoid templates for this reason. I also wish it were easier to download just ONE part of your board instead of the entire board when doing a PDF download.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I usually use Miro to communicate product requirements from a data perspective to my team. I'll create a diagram that shows how the customer gets to our site, where their data moves, what steps they need to take, etc. I also use Miro live during zoom calls to explain problems to my team. For instance, I'll explain where a gap in our system lives by creating a diagram that shows the flow between our database, 3rd party tools, etc., and then create another diagram to visually illustrate what we need to build.
Finally the tool I need
What do you like best about the product?
As responsible for the roadmap at our company, I need a tool to give me a good overview of the quickly changing situation. The roadmap is a combination of internally prioritized topics and customer requirements for upgrades. Building a consistent roadmap for the single epics, features, I am in continuous sync with different projects and their timeline. Weekly I share this information across the various stakeholders in the company - R&D, sales, management, product management, project.
The MIRO allows me to achieve the best visibility without going into technical details like in JIRA. I use only the Kanban template, which allows moving features and scheduling them very quickly to the single releases. I feel better organized and have better control over the situation.
The MIRO allows me to achieve the best visibility without going into technical details like in JIRA. I use only the Kanban template, which allows moving features and scheduling them very quickly to the single releases. I feel better organized and have better control over the situation.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is the possibility to create JIRA tickets for each card, which is good. It would be great to have also the option to create presentation slides for the boards.
I also tried the roadmap template with resource planning. Not flexible enough to add teams and to add members to the team. Depending on the requirements, we could enlarge a team for a particular release and decline another group. I expected features like "Drag&Drop" or "+" (add a team), (add a member to the team) or add a column to the template.
I also tried the roadmap template with resource planning. Not flexible enough to add teams and to add members to the team. Depending on the requirements, we could enlarge a team for a particular release and decline another group. I expected features like "Drag&Drop" or "+" (add a team), (add a member to the team) or add a column to the template.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I described this in the last part. Collect requirements and build a roadmap, which I share with various stakeholders in the company.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try different templates. Learn how to, and I am sure you will like it.
Improved collaboration in a distributed workforce
What do you like best about the product?
It's so easy to use! I've uncovered new collaboration techniques through some of the templates available. If I have a last-minute workshop, the templates have saved me a few times by having everything already set up and in place, I can focus on facilitating the workshop and getting better results from everyone on the call.
What do you dislike about the product?
Commenting could be better. It's difficult to see when you have a lot of information on a board where the comment has come in the notifications, as there is not a direct link to the text it is responding to.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's helped us collaborate remotely better as a team, and it's helped me communicate early on strategic ideas to stakeholders & managers better than in a google doc or slides presentation.
Versatility brought to life
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use. Extreme versatility to get ideas across.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are very few things to dislike about Miro. And they are constantly adding functionality. It just gets better and better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kanbans for projects. Ideation for problem solving. Workflow illustration. Video scripting. Agile stories and actions. I haven't even begun to scratch the surface. Only limitation is my own creativity.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The free version has all the functionality but is limited in the number of boards and size of teams. As an independent consultant with future work not guaranteed, I cannot afford the subscription, but the free version meets and exceeds my current needs. However, I would recommend that large organisations pay the subscription fees and roll this out to teams collaborating locally, and especially remotely. The real time collaboration is amazing.
Awesome Tool!
What do you like best about the product?
Miro has been a great tool for collaborative workshops for my team. It's extremely easy to use - for folks with varying levels of comfort with technology and has come in very handy while working remotely. It's really great at quickly being able to put together process maps. I really like how you can connect arrows directly to process boxes, and how they track with the boxes as you reformat. It has really decreased the time I spend meticulously putting together process maps, and helps me focus on the actual content / through process of what I'm creating.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there were more graphic tools and capabilities. I usually will create visual materials in another program like Figma and then import them into Miro. There is not a lot of flexibility with shapes, colours, etc. But at the same time I guess that's not what Miro is aiming to do. Perhaps it would be helpful as an admin to be able to get contributors to "Follow" you, instead of having to ask them to "follow" you every time you go to another location on the board.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Miro to help us in gathering, synthesizing, visualizing user feedback. It's very beneficial in collaborative activities. It helped us understand pain points, work together to do things quickly but with a rich experience. I find it very helpful to gather a large quantity of feedback at once. Miro is also helpful in enabling those who are less comfortable voicing their opinion to contribute to the conversation in a more comfortable medium (e.g. contributing on a "sticky" to a digital whiteboard.)
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out! It takes very little time to set up and learn how to use it, so there's no hurt in trying. It might be a great tool for your next collaborative project/activity, and it's really fun to get creative with the icebreakers you can do on Miro.
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