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Fabulous limitless tool for creative co-working and workshops
What do you like best about the product?
Basically - it lets you do online things you only thought possible offline. The freedom to create the canvas with any type of content and freedom to structure as I find fit. Continuous improvement in how to interact and smart editing of multiple objects. The positive feedback from participants and users we invite into the platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
A bit complicated pricing system, anonymity for guests when working with clients, the repeted experience of moving things that shouldn't move. The connection lines that live its own life and create a complete mess of everything.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
How to organise interactive online workshops where everyone can be creative and work at the same time. When the corona-pandemic come, we had the problem of not being able to meet and work together physcially. With Miro we could move everything online.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Learning to use Miro is a process. Use it step by step, try new features and include others to work with you. Start with the free version and upgrade as needed. We managed with free version for a year, at least.
Miro, the tool to establish a physical collaborative world in the virtual world
What do you like best about the product?
The real-time aspect and infinite canvas for me are the most powerful features of Miro. Having real-time access to an endless whiteboard does the most to recreate the real world. I believe the most crucial aspect of any field of work is shared understanding. Something that Miro do a great job of, specifically removing the barrier to entry regarding authorisation, giving editting access and the tools to make thoughts visual. This is both a win for the UX and the technical performance of the product.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have no general criticisms of Miro but whilst I likely have a lot of ideas for Miro my only feature criticism is the ability to log in to two accounts at the same time and switch between them. This is something that Figma have recently added and I think it's a really foundational feature that will finish the foundational work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There's not an aspect of life I can't imagine Miro helping with. In my eyes, it's essentially as critical as pen and paper – it takes invisible personal thoughts and makes them visible and tangible but not only that, it does it in a single source of truth fashion.
I personally use it to develop digital products. Typically through the design process of discovery phases all the way through to delivery phases. In the discovery phase I use it to store questions, assumptions and regulation and invite colleagues and stakeholders to collaborate and discuss then I use it to validate. Then in delivery I use it to track tasks, workflows and measure up against actual activity (are we where we want to be in terms of project progress etc.)
I also use Miro to present my ideas in the Slideshow setting and have done both a work presentation and slide show as well as a virtual quiz for my friends.
My biggest use of Miro is storing ideas, thoughts, notes. Similar to how commonplace books were used in the 17th Century. I create a repository of information and understanding on a given subject matter or project.
I personally use it to develop digital products. Typically through the design process of discovery phases all the way through to delivery phases. In the discovery phase I use it to store questions, assumptions and regulation and invite colleagues and stakeholders to collaborate and discuss then I use it to validate. Then in delivery I use it to track tasks, workflows and measure up against actual activity (are we where we want to be in terms of project progress etc.)
I also use Miro to present my ideas in the Slideshow setting and have done both a work presentation and slide show as well as a virtual quiz for my friends.
My biggest use of Miro is storing ideas, thoughts, notes. Similar to how commonplace books were used in the 17th Century. I create a repository of information and understanding on a given subject matter or project.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
My biggest bit of advice would just be to spend some time with it and getting use to the tools. A lot of people struggle with 'learned helplessness' when using a new tool. They convince themself that they are 'not a creative type' and instantly close their mind off to using the tool but it is obviously as essential a skill as sticking a post-it note on a wall - because that's exactly what it is.
I think the product could go some way in solving this problem by maybe having an activity type game (rather than a virtual tour) to get that person used to using the product.
I think the product could go some way in solving this problem by maybe having an activity type game (rather than a virtual tour) to get that person used to using the product.
How to augment collective intelligence thanks to Miro
What do you like best about the product?
What I like the most about Miro is the fact that it doesn't force you to "think" in one way as many new tools do nowadays (e.g. using kanban cards, backlogs, etc...). This truly allow people with diverse background, experience and tech ability to collaborate : some would use post-it notes, some will draw, some will write, etc...
What do you dislike about the product?
At first glance, Miro can appear as an abyss, especially if you welcome new members into a board with already a lot of content. You need to take this in account when creating boards and especially at what "zoom level" you start creating your board otherwise font size / pen size could become an issue...
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Miro truly augment collaboration / collective intelligence by not only allowing teams to interact in real time in a visual/constructive way but also by taking this experience outside of the meeting room with asynchronous collaboration or presenting to stakeholders easily, etc... it becomes a team room which they can truly make their own.
An indispensable tool for today's reality
What do you like best about the product?
The collaborative aspect and the flexibility it offers in terms of tools to use in the whiteboard. I can invite anybody that I want to the board I'm working on; I can communicate effectively using different visual tools; I can paste documents, links, videos, and so on. It's a centralized and common tool to work on in internal projects, as it works perfectly fine with clients as well.
What do you dislike about the product?
The scale is not always immediately comprehensible. Sometimes I can be writing something at 300% zoom and it looks fine, and the same can happen at 3%. It depends from board to board how it is started and what are the first elements to be put there, which can be random in terms of scale and that will be the basis for the rest
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Facilitate remote collaborative sessions in an accessible and inclusive manner for internal and external teams. Because of nowadays reality, one had to adapt and continue to deliver the services to our clients.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Miro is a great tool to bridge the physical gap in the remote world, it allows for brainstorm and discussions to be visual and organized.
Some tips: When hosting a collaborative session, be clear where people need to go and where is the start of the exercise. Also, pay attention to the zoom and scale of your objects in Miro. They can be proportionate to each other but be in a crazy zoom, and from 400% onwards you can't zoom anymore.
Some tips: When hosting a collaborative session, be clear where people need to go and where is the start of the exercise. Also, pay attention to the zoom and scale of your objects in Miro. They can be proportionate to each other but be in a crazy zoom, and from 400% onwards you can't zoom anymore.
Best collaborative boards tool
What do you like best about the product?
The evolution of the tool, the integration of the new features.
The capacity of having 3rd party pictures.
Hide feature is very useful.
Having both app and web is a must for some organizations.
Capacity of upload PDF files.
Capacity of upload images and we screenshots.
Copy & Paste whatever is great.
Shapes, colors, custom colors, and new undraw symbols.
Share the link of Miro with different roles.
The community and all the solutions everybody brings.
Having the possibiblity of creating teams and different spaces inside Miro.
Changing the cover of the projects (i would like to have some templates).
Navigation arrows inside any component of the board, even if it's a grouped element.
Inifinte space in the board.
Snap to the grid functionality.
Voting options and timer with music :)
Comments and notes.
The capacity of having 3rd party pictures.
Hide feature is very useful.
Having both app and web is a must for some organizations.
Capacity of upload PDF files.
Capacity of upload images and we screenshots.
Copy & Paste whatever is great.
Shapes, colors, custom colors, and new undraw symbols.
Share the link of Miro with different roles.
The community and all the solutions everybody brings.
Having the possibiblity of creating teams and different spaces inside Miro.
Changing the cover of the projects (i would like to have some templates).
Navigation arrows inside any component of the board, even if it's a grouped element.
Inifinte space in the board.
Snap to the grid functionality.
Voting options and timer with music :)
Comments and notes.
What do you dislike about the product?
Visibility only works for the owner of the board. We work in pairs and this is quite a pain. We new to re-own the board if the current owner will no be available.
Frames are only squares, should be great if we could hide other type of shapes.
Comic bubble shape has only one direction.
It is not a dislike, but it could be great if Miro could integrate with Zoom. I mean, Zoom window inside Miro.
It is not a dislike, but it could be great also having some kind of benefits in terms on aging with the tool and share with clients.
Tabs (or kind of) in the board should be a solution for some dynamics.
Again, it is a wish, but I would like to have more sketch tools. I would like, for example, to design my own arrows, maybe even with some textures.
I would like to change the background.
Some kind of forces in the arrows depending on parameters would be awesome. We work a lot with Kumu in terms of doing Systemic Maps not very complex and it will be nice if we could create some kind of maps in Miro.
I don't like having a fee for one day contributors. We as a consulants work a lot with them and we already pay for Miro.
Frames are only squares, should be great if we could hide other type of shapes.
Comic bubble shape has only one direction.
It is not a dislike, but it could be great if Miro could integrate with Zoom. I mean, Zoom window inside Miro.
It is not a dislike, but it could be great also having some kind of benefits in terms on aging with the tool and share with clients.
Tabs (or kind of) in the board should be a solution for some dynamics.
Again, it is a wish, but I would like to have more sketch tools. I would like, for example, to design my own arrows, maybe even with some textures.
I would like to change the background.
Some kind of forces in the arrows depending on parameters would be awesome. We work a lot with Kumu in terms of doing Systemic Maps not very complex and it will be nice if we could create some kind of maps in Miro.
I don't like having a fee for one day contributors. We as a consulants work a lot with them and we already pay for Miro.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Online sessions with high quality,
Online dynamic brochures.
Collaboration in dynamic sessions.
For us, Miro right now is a must in our organization. All our workshops and sessions templates are done in your platform. We have created an online experience similar to the face to face one thanks to all the features that Miro provides.
Miro is a great tool to share with clients.
Online dynamic brochures.
Collaboration in dynamic sessions.
For us, Miro right now is a must in our organization. All our workshops and sessions templates are done in your platform. We have created an online experience similar to the face to face one thanks to all the features that Miro provides.
Miro is a great tool to share with clients.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Start with a primary and free pass.
Search in the community for templates and already done solutions.
Ask Miro users.
Search in the community for templates and already done solutions.
Ask Miro users.
A canvas for the mind
What do you like best about the product?
We use Miro to think together as a group, the freeform structure allowing us not to become rigid too early.
Many projects have multiple documents, people, processes, working documents, which we can bring together in one place and create a sort of 'project hub'. The ability to drop different document formats in, and export selections (frames) is also fantastic.
Many projects have multiple documents, people, processes, working documents, which we can bring together in one place and create a sort of 'project hub'. The ability to drop different document formats in, and export selections (frames) is also fantastic.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is an online tool, which means that if your connection drops or is unavailable for a time, you cannot work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Miro to create shared, non-structured workspaces and as an ideation board for many things.
We can annotate eternal documents or ideate structures for new ones as a team, block out processes or flows and move them around as they change.
Miro has become our go-to tool for creating 'visual walkthroughs' of all sorts of things.
We can annotate eternal documents or ideate structures for new ones as a team, block out processes or flows and move them around as they change.
Miro has become our go-to tool for creating 'visual walkthroughs' of all sorts of things.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The templates are super helpful if you have a collaboration exercise in mind, but try a blank canvas and experiment with doing a 'brain dump' - you'll be amazed at how useful it is not to have a 'structure' to form your thinking!
Miro has taken collaboration in my team and company to a whole new level
What do you like best about the product?
Miro is a versatile tool in a sense that it offers a wide range of features and countless use cases, yet it is so so easy to use and intuitive that it becomes an instant must-have for every team and company. The team at Miro is phenomenal and we are proud to be part of Miro experts and template contributors to Miroverse.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be great if Miro allowed using custom fonts, which would enable users to customise the templates and boards with their own visual identity.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Miro has become a truly indispensable tool for me, my team and my company since we switched to remote-first. It's an essential aid for running decision-making, problem-solving meetings and ideation meetings.
I love Miro
What do you like best about the product?
Online collaboration
division into artboards
ability to present
post it functionality
cards are great for product planning
voting
ability to paste all formats (especially presentations, PDF and google sheets)
offline syncs
online workshops
Team retrospectives
ability to easily copy-paste artboards between projects and accounts
templates (service design and product ones are really great)
community templates
support centre (great as i use it for training within our team and organisation)
guests collaboration on pwd protected boards. This is great for workshops when one-off collaboration is needed
ability to export boards into various formats, especially PDFs
division into artboards
ability to present
post it functionality
cards are great for product planning
voting
ability to paste all formats (especially presentations, PDF and google sheets)
offline syncs
online workshops
Team retrospectives
ability to easily copy-paste artboards between projects and accounts
templates (service design and product ones are really great)
community templates
support centre (great as i use it for training within our team and organisation)
guests collaboration on pwd protected boards. This is great for workshops when one-off collaboration is needed
ability to export boards into various formats, especially PDFs
What do you dislike about the product?
text formatting limitations
Loading issues on some browsers (IE, Safari)
Tables adapt to content inserted but sometimes this can cause the layout to get out of control
would be great to be able to paste in more video formats
(minor) when exporting boards the low quality/small size PDF is too pixelated, would be great to have a compression similar to a small PDF so that the images don't show blurry but the file is manageable
layers would be great, perhaps for advanced users but a way to lock the 'template structures' (e.g. the diagrams and lines) all in one go would be really handy, instead of grouping and then locking which can be time-consuming
love all the rest!
Loading issues on some browsers (IE, Safari)
Tables adapt to content inserted but sometimes this can cause the layout to get out of control
would be great to be able to paste in more video formats
(minor) when exporting boards the low quality/small size PDF is too pixelated, would be great to have a compression similar to a small PDF so that the images don't show blurry but the file is manageable
layers would be great, perhaps for advanced users but a way to lock the 'template structures' (e.g. the diagrams and lines) all in one go would be really handy, instead of grouping and then locking which can be time-consuming
love all the rest!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
global collaboration within a large corporate
connecting offshore teams and making them feel like one location
design and product teams collaboration
remote customer research
fast iterations
connecting offshore teams and making them feel like one location
design and product teams collaboration
remote customer research
fast iterations
Recommendations to others considering the product:
better than Mural, worth the investment. Train a few people in your team and then upskill others through collaborative workshops. Keep boards as templates so that you never start from scratch or waste time and repeat/refine the approach for your sessions
Great whiteboarding tool
What do you like best about the product?
With the flexibility offered by the tool, you can draw whatever you need. This is a great tool for people like me who are very visual. You can quickly and easily whiteboard concepts and then adjust and update the contents. The many templates can also accelerate your adoption of the tool because they give you a great starting point for planning, mind mapping or other charting work. I appreciate the ease at which I can invite anyone to view and edit my board, this makes collaboration with external actors very easy. The ability to use the app online in a browser or in a dedicated app also provides a lot of flexibility. Being able to make and adjust a thumbnail for your boards is a nifty feature as it makes finding past boards very easy when you have a lot of them in your workspace. I've only had to use support once so far and the experience was quick and easy, the team was very helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes, adding text to arrows in flow charts can be a bit tricky as there isn't always a visible cursor. I honestly can't think of anything else that is negative other than the free version being perhaps a bit too restrictive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Great for building flowcharts or doing story mapping exercises with a group of people. As a remote-first company, Miro is the equivalent to having an empty meeting room with a large whiteboard. The tool makes it really easy to collaborate on a chart with multiple users or to work on quarterly planning using virtual sticky notes.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Miro is excellent for digitizing all Post-It notes, notepad graphs, charts, and drawings that we typically accumulate. Instead of screen sharing, providing everyone with access to a board and letting people navigate around on their own as well as make adjustments really enhances collaboration.
The best tool for creative team work!
What do you like best about the product?
This is an amazing tool for creative teams. The fact that you can have a video call and work on the boards in realtime works so well. In our organisation we produce large, complex exhibitions and Miro helps us all have the same understanding of where we're at. We can work both with text and visual production, and when work gets intense, like in the run-up to an opening, the fact that we can send quick comments or confirmations to each other on the board makes the workflow seem supersmooth.
The presentation-tool works really well - you make frames directly on the board, and you can custom your frames to suit your presentation needs. This was everybody is looking at the same area of the board when you are working remotely.
Collegues who are not involved in the main project production are able to have a look around on the Miro-board and quickly get an understanding of both core-elements and an overview of the complexities of the project, and pick out the bits that are relevant to them.
Yeah, cannod reccomend this enough.
The presentation-tool works really well - you make frames directly on the board, and you can custom your frames to suit your presentation needs. This was everybody is looking at the same area of the board when you are working remotely.
Collegues who are not involved in the main project production are able to have a look around on the Miro-board and quickly get an understanding of both core-elements and an overview of the complexities of the project, and pick out the bits that are relevant to them.
Yeah, cannod reccomend this enough.
What do you dislike about the product?
If there was anything to dislike is the cost. But it's worth it! You pay for a yearly subscription and after that per seat on the board.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The problems we are solving has to do with the various levels of large scale exhibition-productions. Without Miro it is difficult to get a grasp of the complexity and many levels of understanding, but in Miro you could do a quick sketch on a board to explain your meaning. Just like picking up a pen and paper to explain an idea in 3D quickly. This is essencial in our workplace.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would reccomend people in the museumworld to have a go at using Miro as a collaborative tool. It is so vísual so it serves the purpose really well when you ar working with visual production.
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