Inspiration

Recently, I’ve been exploring some of the major anxieties that startup companies have. Now, I am led to the question that I think a lot of us have answers to…   When starting a new project, what causes the most friction?   I’m in the tech industry (mobile apps), which means things keep changing and keeping up with new devices and software makes my job harder. On the other hand, it is the reason I have a job and I love what I do! More specifically, I use Miro to keep organized when I need to manage a change in app logic or update software from one version to the next.   But some teams in my office don’t want to use Miro! Which can cause FRICTION!

Remote work and WFH is certainly growing as countries keep safe from COVID19. A lot of folks are new to working from home. I also know that a lot of Miro users have been doing this for years! So for those seasoned experts out there… How do you “switch on” to begin your work day? How do you “switch off” at the end of your work day?   Personally I don’t like working from home because I have a hard time staying focused. So I need to keep routine to “switch on” and start my work day. Get dressed in my work-casual clothes, designate a specific work area, open the computer and turn on a podcast. Switching off at the end of the day has always been easy. Once I clock out and physically close the laptop, my brain knows exactly how to divide work from home life     

Hi Everyone, Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a nice week 🙂 I myself have admittedly NOT gotten the hang of working from home. I feel a bit guilty as we’re on like day 84 of quarantine where I am in California and I still feel like I haven’t nailed down a solid working routine. For me, I just get so easily distracted throughout the day - my work days sometimes go as late as 8 or 9pm to make up for the feeling of not being as productive or as focused as I’d like to be during the day. What has helped you guys stay focus? Any tips and tricks would be very appreciated!

A lesser known feature that is worth sharing, and one that I only recently stumbled upon by accident, is that it is possible to copy objects from one frame to another in a way that the pasted objects will end up in the exact same location as the originals.A common use case for this is that you want to add a logo to each frame for a presentation and want the logo to be in the exact same location, e.g., so their location remains static during a presentation.Note: In order for this to work exactly as expected, all frames would be the exact same size – both height and width. This is required because of how the feature works (it looks at the location of the copied object relevant to the parent/source frame, and then places it in the same x/y location in the destination frame(s). I will demo this later.How to do itSelect one or more objects in a frame Copy them Select all of the destination frames (use can use Ctrl/Cmd-click to multi select) And then paste using Ctrl/Cmd-V.Here it is in acti

Hello awesome Miro Community.  I wanted to relay a problem I am having around creating and maintaining a Table of Contents (TOC) on my boards. After seeing @Jeremy Pollack in the NORAM VMUG: 05 create links from one object to another, I immediately thought it would be amazing to create references on my larger, more complex boards in the form on a TOC.  When the team loads the board, the view centers on the TOC and folks can navigate easily to the area of the board they want to work in (or to a different board altogether). Then, in major or key areas of the board, I can create a “Return to TOC” link and now my team can jump around with ease.  My initial proof of concept using this method worked amazingly well, so I am confident there is an elegant solution here. The issue that has come up is that once you have linked to an object or group of objects on the board, if you change that object, the link is no longer valid, and the TOC stops working as intended. On the board I was working on,

Hey everyone 👋We’ve just built something many teams have been asking for - a Miro integration with Businessmap (Kanbanize)!It lets you connect your workflow from discovery to delivery:✅ Import Businessmap cards into Miro as editable App Cards ✅ Update details in Miro and sync changes back automatically ✅ Create new Businessmap cards directly from your Miro board ✅ Keep data in syncIt’s currently in open beta, and we’d love to get feedback from real teams who use both tools (like product orgs, PMOs, and agile coaches).If you’d like early access, just drop a comment below and I’ll reach out personally!We’re especially interested in hearing:How your team uses Miro + Businessmap today What would make this integration perfect for your workflowThanks in advance! 

Howdy! Since I’m accountable for several teams, I find it very crucial to plan thoroughly. It helps me to execute on a top-level and collect all the ideas / upcoming projects in one place. When I started to work at Miro, there were no cards at all, but I wanted somehow to use an agile philosophy in my day-to-day work, so I ended up with quite a primitive yet useful ‘Kanban Calendar’:   Do you have anything similar in your bins? What kind of approach do you use in achieving the same goal? Would love to learn from you if I can improve my Frankenstein

Hi folks! I just want to quickly draw your attention to a few new apps in the Miro Marketplace by Miro Labs that you may find useful: Bookmarks: https://miro.com/marketplace/bookmarks/Create shared bookmarks of board items / locations that you often need to revisit. [Demo video] Saved Selections: https://miro.com/marketplace/saved-selections/Snapshot and name complex selections of board items to reload later. [Demo video]Avataaars: https://miro.com/marketplace/avataaars/Enliven your workshops and presentations with your own custom avatars. [Demo video] Feedback is very welcome, either here, or using the Submit feedback icon in each app. Thanks! Thor.

Hey everyone! We just had an amazing live virtual event called Remote Facilitation Best Practices. We shared best-in-class advice, resources and best practices on how to prepare and facilitate remote work sessions, from meetings to workshops.    Here’s the Miro Board from yesterday’s event :   

Hey dear Lean-Agilists!Just wanted to share a Miroverse template I published yesterday:Build Measure Learn! Build-measure-learn (BML) is a process of building a product, measuring consumer metrics, and learning from them to better respond to customer needs and improve the product for the ultimate sustainability of the company.It is one of the central principles of Lean Startup – a startup method pioneered by Eric Ries.The purpose of the template is to keep track on what’s in the different phases of the BML cycle. It basically replaces the traditional linear Kanban board (cards can be used instead of sticky notes in order to add more information).Anyone who has experience working according to Lean UX principles might recognize the cyclical concept – in Lean UX, it’s called Think-make-check. I will probably do a TMC template as well in the future. 😊Let me know what you think!

OMG, a meeting starts in five minutes, and I haven’t created a board for it yet!  It happens to the best of us! Tell us about the situation when you had to get ready for the meeting and create a Miro board for it in no time. By the way, there’s a brand new course in the Miro Academy - Meeting ready in 5 minutes. This is where you can learn how to architect a board that will drive alignment and outcomes - all in less than 5 minutes. 

I wrote this story on Medium titled “5 IT Management Words That Should Be Banned Forever.” In essence, it’s about the kind of impact the use of some common management words might have on an organization in general and the agility of product development teams in particular. What are your thoughts on this topic? Are there any words you refrain from using? Or words you try to use extra often because it helps enable a certain mindset?

I recently stumbled upon this very interesting piece by Mark Parnell on Medium about consistency in design.In short, consistency is not and cannot be the sole criterion of good design. Building a consistent design system is important, but over-zealous quests for consistency can be at the expense of other aspects of design.I really like the Google icon redesign example of a case where consistency is actually counter-productive:Funny ‘cause it’s true. What are your thoughts on this topic?

 🌟📣 Welcome to the June Miroverse community roundup! 🌈☀️ This first summer month, along with being Pride month, has brought a wave of trendy topics to our vibrant Community Gallery. 🏖️🌈We're thrilled to announce that last month, you, our incredible community, submitted over 100 templates to Miroverse, adding even more value and inspiration to our ever-growing gallery! 🎉🎨 With every new template, we continue to foster a community of creativity and collaboration.Let’s celebrate the remarkable achievements of our community throughout this month. 🚀💫 From stunning templates to impactful contributions, below is a recap of the incredible accomplishments that have shaped our Miroverse community in June. 🌟✨ Tyler Latshaw | Most Copied Miroverse Creator 🚀 🏖️👀 Looks like June has been all about beach vibes and vacation excitement in your online meeting rooms! 🌴⛱️ Thanks to @Tyler Latshaw's amazing Beach Retrospective template, you were able to turn these topics into a productive wor

For our November Miro APAC VMUG workshop we had the awesome @NurulFathiyah lead us through an incredible Amazing Race style session: a board with various activities and clues, and teams spread in separate Zoom breakouts racing around the virtual world.Watching what unfolded was awe inspiring, and expanded what I personally thought was possible using a few simple structures and tools combined with Nurul's awesome facilitation.Feedback was great:"One of the things I really loved this was at some stages all the teams had the same task in the same city and then at other times we went to different places. Plus there were elements of choice too. ""I’ve never seen the programme was based on but the game made sense anyway, which shows how well it was designed and explained.""Awesome and especially unique experience! This offered a good idea of how this could improve collaboration across remote team members. Kudos!""I sure had fun going "backpacking around the world" ! This Miro Board is really

Hi there,I’d love to hear some creative ways for how to keep people’s attention/focus during a workshop, whilst giving them enough “quiet” and individual time to work on an activity. So for example…..while setting people free to brainstorm for 10 minutes, I worry that given too much time, some people may drift off to do other work (check email, go get a coffee, etc). Particularly in this virtual space, where we’re not all together in a room. I want to give people enough time/space to work, but not risk losing their overall attention?Any facilitation tips on ways to do this?  Many thanks,Adam

One of the reasons I use Miro is to consolidate information from multiple sources into one view... which is what I did with the Distributed 2021 agenda from the official site.I took screenshots of all the sessions and put them onto a Miro board. If anyone wants a copy of it, justopen the board click on the board name (top-left) and use the Duplicate.** WARNING ** This is board is NOT an official agenda - any changes to the agenda wont’ be reflected in the board!https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lpkHp2A=/ If I made an mistakes, please let me know and I will update then ASAP.

Hey Miro Community,    Can you believe it has only been one month since our launch of the Miro Online Community?!  Many thanks to each and every one of you for sharing your expertise, asking questions, helping your peers and becoming more and more successful with Miro.    So, it’s time for our first results!  As of today, we have 1100 registered members, 285 topics created and 625 replies! These are some amazing milestones for our growing online community and we couldn’t have done this without all of you.   What are the most popular categories so far? Ask the Community (aka Miro How-tos) Wish List  Developer Forum  Most popular discussions: Thread for teachers 🎓 Miro for minor tasks  Current project in Miro  Go check them out!    As you know, this platform was launched for you. You can’t even imagine how happy we are at Miro when we see that you connect, collaborate, and co-create here in the community. We are proud of you!  So, who has been the most active during this mo

Hi Lovely Miro Peeps :) I have been trying to use Miro to manage my PhD Research and spotted a couple of threads that are about a year old now so I wondered if anyone has also been trying to do this recently and might like to chat ?  

Hello Community I’m pretty sure you’ve seen the following threads:Exquisite Corpse Exhibition on Miro Open Window Student Showcase on Miro Online Exhibition and Walkabout on MiroEver wondered what’s the story behind these online exhibitions? We did! That’s why we decided to talk with @Nina Torr, an artist, illustrator, lecturer, and our first community templates challenge winner.  Read on to learn more about Nina, Miro exhibitions, student art projects, and incredible boards.   First things first! Please introduce yourself Hi, I’m Nina Torr, I’m an illustrator/artist from Pretoria, South Africa. I teach illustration at Open Window School of Visual Communication where I also run the campus gallery space, NOW Gallery.I completed a BFA in Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design in New York in 2010 and a Masters in Fine Arts at the University of Johannesburg in 2020.  Tell us more about how you use MiroI use Miro for online classes and exhibitions. For classes, I create a project for each co

Hello there, Anybody can share how you use Miro as a UX Researcher?  Next month Miro’s Researcher @Eduardo Gomez Ruiz will give a webinar on “Getting the most out of Miro as a UX Researcher”, and he’d like to show some examples from different companies to make it feel more real. If you’re interested and you could make a version of sections of your Miro board that obscures the details of the project and focuses on the format that other researchers could borrow, that would be great! Ideally, with a quote or a few notes into the HOW, PROCESS, or BENEFITS. Screenshots also work! Does not need to be fancy or super visually appealing. Our goal for the conference is not to show the tool but rather explore the ways to maximize the value for a researcher, which may entail how you engage stakeholders with your research process or findings, how you do the analysis or capture notes, how you present the findings, etc.   If you want to be featured explicitly during the talk (optional), please also s

Hey everyone! Happy Friday 😊   I don’t know about you but lately I’ve been having soooo many video conferencing calls. Back to back. One zoom call to a google hangout to a FaceTime and so on and so on. I completely understand that during this time we’re all trying to stay connected and can feel isolated just being at home but I’ve almost hit a breaking point.    How are all of you handling this? Any tips and tricks?     

A great story by a UX Researcher at Uber where she shares ten important lessons she learned while working for the company: Think globally Assess and prioritize Get out there (get into the user’s context) Get creative with your methods Bring stakeholders into the field Experiment with new methods of sharing insights Collaborate cross-functionally Expect the unexpected Reflect, recover…and then act Never “I”, always “we” What would you add to the list? Speaking about cross-functional collaboration, which teams do you usually work with?