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Helena Brandist
Mironeer
Helena BrandistMironeer
posted in Inspiration and connection

Miroverse Monday: more useful and fun templates!

Happy Miroverse Monday! We would like to welcome 6 new great Miroverse templates!  A great Garden Planning by @Reid Thomas that inspires us to create non-work related templates Garden Planning by Reid Thomas Personality Retrospective  by Henrik Ståhl and It’s Time to Travel! by Azul Villamor are great templates to connect and have fun with your team.   Somos Par UX’s Design Process template and Ergon’s Problem Statement map will help you generate a common understanding with all stakeholders, help the team to be aligned and be productive, and create a common understanding of all project team members.Design Process by Somos PAR UX  Michelle Doyle’s Student Study board is great for students in Higher Education to complete modules and assignments.  Let us know what you think in the comments, submit your own template to Miroverse & stay tuned for more next week!

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Reid Thomas
2 years ago
Max Harper
Max HarperMiro Hero
posted in Inspiration and connection

Visions for the Future: WHAT are you planning?

We talk a lot on this community forum about HOW we plan, vision, design. Miro is perfect for collaborative planning and getting teams and communities rallied around visions of the future. In uncertain times and in a world in need of big action around challenges, I’d love to hear this visionary community’s dreams of the future -- for us to share WHAT we are envisioning.  What are you visioning?Can you share some inspiringly ambitious or virtuous plans? What’s gleaming out there at the far end of your timeline? What new world or product or service is living out there at the end of your Gantt chart?  If you have non-confidential information you can share - please take a moment to share. Here’s what stirred this question up for me recently. A friend of mine is working with a global NGO to launch a massive program to fund forest/mangrove protection and restoration with carbon credit funds. He’s engaged me to help him with org and operations design and planning. Meanwhile I look out my windo

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Marina
Mironeer
2 years ago
Nina Torr
Nina TorrMiro Hero
posted in Inspiration and connection

Exquisite Corpse Exhibition on Miro

Hi everyone!We’re hosting an online exhibition on Miro tomorrow eve at 18h00 CAT.The show is called Exquisite Corpse 5.0 and all the artworks have been created collaboratively by Open Window (a design school in South Africa) students, staff and Alumni. Here is the exhibition landing page.  The board link will be posted at 18h00 CAT sharp. SEE YOU THERE!  

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Patty Dowdy
2 years ago
Isman Tanuri
Isman TanuriMiro Hero
posted in Inspiration and connection

Leveraging Miro as a People Leader

We know Miro as “simply beyond awesome” for virtual collaborative work, such as product development, design thinking and managing work flows. As a facilitator (including yours truly), we’ve used Miro extensively to deliver learning events and workshops. But how about people development? For the people leaders amongst us, working in organisations, have you used Miro to engage and inspire your co-workers? Or as platform to encourage open team conversations? What are your action-oriented leadership moves using Miro?I would love to learn what you’ve done for your team members, and the impact you’ve made using Miro as a people development tool. Here’s some plays that I’ve created and curated from The Facilitative & Visually Engaging Leader that I hope can trigger your own ideas! How might we...ensure diversity in hiring is TRULY practised and leaders are informed How might we….ensure team agreements are inclusive by making both co-workers AND leaders accountable and responsible How migh

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Alexis Luscutoff
2 years ago
Helena Brandist
Mironeer
Helena BrandistMironeer
posted in Inspiration and connection

Inspiring Miroverse templates: Filmmaking, systemic privilege, and getting lost in a desert

Happy Friday  There are so many inspiring templates on Miroverse, and we can't to stop talking about them  Today I would like to highlight 3 templates from different categories:  Filmmakers Storyboard by Persistent Productions is a useful tool for any content creator today. This board merges your shot lists, your film's dialogue and your visual elements all in one place. It puts together a road map for how your film will look when it gets into the edit bay and keeps all of your various teams, whether they are on set all together or you are producing the shoot remotely, on the same page throughout productionFilmmakers Storyboard by Persistent Productions The Privilege Walk (Game) by DesignComputing is a template to carry out remotely a group activity designed to help players talk about and share their understanding of the impact of systemic privilege. This activity is useful as an icebreaker and is also valuable for diverse groups to reveal the effects of systemic privilege in an uneven

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Marina
Mironeer
2 years ago
Jair Halevi
Mironeer
Jair HaleviMironeer
posted in Inspiration and connection

If you are a startup take look how Techstars is using Miro!

Techstars, the world biggest accelerator in the world in using Miro with their startups.You can read how in this article, curious to learn how other startups are utilising Miro!  Looking forward to your comments!

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Jair Halevi
Mironeer
2 years ago
Helena Brandist
Mironeer
Helena BrandistMironeer
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Miroverse Template Creators: who is behind the Star Wars Retros?

Hi everyone   Every Monday we tell you about all the amazing templates we publish on Miroverse We would now love to introduce the creators behind all the work This week I talked to @DWestgarth, the creator of Star Wars Sith Lord Retrospective, Star Wars Jedi Master Retrospective, NBA Retrospective and more, and asked him about his Miroverse story, template inspirations, and his future template plans   How did you get into Miroverse? I got my first look at Miroverse taking part in the Miro Retrospective template challenge. I was blown away by the number and variety of templates available there as previously I’d used Miro exclusively for retro templates but now find myself looking at everything from org structures to UX assets and tonnes of agile event resources!It’s really helped me diversify the tasks and templates I create on Miro and it’s also a great resource to get my creative hat on and start putting together engaging and useful content for my org and teams.  Why Retro templates?

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Steven Sampson-Jones
2 years ago
Marina
Mironeer
MarinaMironeer
published in Inspiration and connection

Online Offsite: myth or our new reality?

Hiya,  This week we have our annual offsite at Miro!  Usually, offsite is an event when the entire distributed Miro team comes together to a single place to work and have fun together.Due to You-Know-What, this year our offsite (just like in 2020) was transformed into a HUGE virtual event  And this is so cool! We have all-hands sessions, as well as breakout rooms with activities; fireside chats and amazing quizzes, and more.  Do you usually have an offsite at your company? Did/Will you have an offsite this year? If yes, in what format? Do you believe that online events can be as engaging as in-person ones?Please share your thoughts in the comments    The world’s biggest retro at Miro Summer Offsite 2020 

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Marina
Mironeer
2 years ago
Helena Brandist
Mironeer
Helena BrandistMironeer
posted in Inspiration and connection

Miroverse Monday: Covid-19 vaccination workshop, remote team building, and more

Hi everyone  It's Monday which means what we have 6 more amazing Miroverse templates to share with you!  While many of us are getting vaccinated, immPACC Mapping by UBC Innovation Support Unit is more relevant than ever. It is a 2-hour facilitated workshop to help communities explore and improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake by bringing stakeholders together to discuss local improvements through the use of personas. immPACC Mapping by UBC Innovation Support Unit If you’re trying to stay close with your team while working remotely, you should definitely check out Visual Standup by Redstor Product Design @Diana Coetzee , and Remote Onboarding Plan by Kathrin Kohler , as well as The Sunny Side of the Team  by Marina Bocharova The Course Strategic Canvas by Netmind allows a course to be easily designed quickly by considering its most important elements and viewing them simultaneously.  Staffing Week Map by Huware is simple and intuitive and was born after the need of keeping the organization’s w

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Marina
Mironeer
2 years ago
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Jonatan LipskyNew Here
posted in Inspiration and connection

Meeting recording, real case

Hi,I've seen many many tutorial, they are great...But, I am looking for a real workshop video.I wish to see how people interact at real time, not just Miro’s team explaining how it is meant to be.If you have any video/recording of a real user, I'll be glad to get one.Thanks

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Isman Tanuri
2 years ago
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AmyBeginner
posted in Inspiration and connection

Seeking a facilitator for workshops + improved visual look & flow

I am seeking a consultant/ freelancer who can support our foresight workshops on a periodic basis. I realize this is not a job board, but it is difficult to find people who might do this work. (Also was not sure where to post this)Thanks for any recommendations! Amy

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Kiron Bondale
2 years ago
Alan Heckman
Alan HeckmanActive Contributor
posted in Inspiration and connection

What are your top tips for rapidly and smoothly onboarding new participants in a live workshop?

Like many of you, I am using Miro for live online participatory workshop events. Almost all of the people attending my events are brand new to Miro, and by far the most difficult part of the workshop is getting them over that first hurdle of learning how to use the tool well enough to participate. Half of the difficulty is teaching them what they should avoid doing by accident!   This is much more difficult for people who are not digital natives, and in larger groups it is almost guaranteed that at least one participant will be lost and frustrated. What have you tried? What worked best?

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2 years ago
Diana Coetzee
Diana CoetzeeBeginner
posted in Inspiration and connection

We love Miro!

A very big THANK YOU for such a great tool you guys have created for us! We use Miro all day, every day in collab sessions, daily planning- and standup meetings, creating visualizations, team structures, brainstorms and just generally having FUN as we connect with co-workers online! You make our work a joy! Here is an example of our daily standup board, each team mate has an avatar, shows what they’ve done yesterday, what they’re planning on for today, a daily gif and song of the day and then a show & tell section where we showcase our work and struggles and triumphs.Here's to many more adventures on Miro – we love you guys! 

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Colleen Curtis
2 years ago
Helena Brandist
Mironeer
Helena BrandistMironeer
posted in Inspiration and connection

Miroverse Monday: Welcome to Our New Weekly Update!

Hi everyone, some news from the Miroverse here  Since not too long ago we began publishing Miroverse templates weekly and are very excited about it. From now on, we will be sharing the inspiring work Miro users share with us   Please give a warm welcome to our 8 new amazing templates this week: This week, we got 3 new Retro templates, two of which would particularly appeal to action film fans.Star Wars Sith Lord Retrospective and An Olympic Retrospective by @DWestgarth The Avengers Retrospective by Michel Veloso  Company Organization Chart by @Reid Thomas is a great tool to help you visualise corporate structures Tools to Build Stronger Cross-functional Teams by Dorris can be used as a tool to create alignment on project goals and a tool to give feedback to your team mates Content Modeling by Nikoo Yahyazadeh breaks down your content into pieces (content types) and defines the relationships between those pieces of content. It also helps to structure your content and make it more reusab

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Helena Brandist
Mironeer
2 years ago
Reid Thomas
Reid ThomasMiro Hero
posted in Inspiration and connection

My Miro garden

I, along with two friends, have a rooftop garden in the heart of Montreal. As you may know Montreal is not known for its long or reliable growing seasons, this being said organization is everything. This summer we are in has not been the best year for our garden, three different people had completely different goals about what to grow where and when. This resulted in a late start to the season and some plants not finding their way into the larger beds we built for them :( These sad tomato times have lead us to rethink the system, to say the least. One thing that set us back this spring was how all three of us showed up with a map of our ideal garden on a piece of paper and this led to us having to waste planting season arguing with each other. Last week we sat down next to our respective computers, opened Zoom and designed our next garden in Miro. We were able to plan it to a tee, it is to scale, we know how many pots we need, exactly how much soil we need, where the sun will be at dif

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Marina
Mironeer
2 years ago
mlanders
mlandersExperienced Community Member
posted in Inspiration and connection

Clusterizer in combination with Unsplash & Iconfinder & Stickies (German Example)

Hello, in my last coaching-session I used the Clusterizer in combination with my favorite tools Unsplash / Iconfinder / Stickies    Michael

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Alexis Luscutoff
2 years ago
Don McIntyre
Don McIntyreContributor
posted in Inspiration and connection

Music theory board...

I do a little guitar and bass teaching in my spare time and have thought of using Miro for communicating music theory to students - would be a great teaching environment overall, particularly in terms of students asking questions / working together on pitch/harmony etc Can’t see any suitable templates so far - am I missing something?

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2 years ago
Alexis Luscutoff
Alexis LuscutoffExperienced Community Member
posted in Inspiration and connection

Why do you keep coming back?

Hi folks! For those of you who I haven’t met, I am the new community lead at Miro. It’s great to be here!As our team works to make a fantastic community program, we need your feedback! My question for you is: How did you first get involved with the Miro community & what keeps you coming back?Thanks for your input!   

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Alexis Luscutoff
2 years ago
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3sConsultantBeginner
posted in Inspiration and connection

Agile Gaming Exercise

Any usage of MIRO for Agile Gaming exercise?

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Mishal
2 years ago
Marina
Mironeer
MarinaMironeer
posted in Inspiration and connection

Name one thing you think our community does well & one thing we could improve

Hey Miro Heroes! We want to make sure you love this community and feel comfortable here As we move forward and develop community programs, we really need to hear from you to inform our strategy and improve your overall experience with Miro Community.  Please take a moment to name one thing you think our community does well and one thing we could improve. Share your thoughts in the thread  

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Mishal
2 years ago
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Dale OwenNew Here
posted in Inspiration and connection

Has anyone ever created a reading list Miro board? Any examples?

So we are keen on creating a list of educational and informative material that the whole product design team can contribute to and take value from. This could be books, online resources and also courses. A Trello list is our first option, or a spreadsheet. But I was wondering if anyone had created a board in Miro in an intuitive way that could accommodate a collaborative reading list? It’s a basic one, but keen to see how creative others have been!

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2 years ago
Marina
Mironeer
MarinaMironeer
posted in Inspiration and connection

What is your favourite Miro feature?

What is your favourite Miro feature? Suggest your ideas and give a Like to upvote your peers' replies  For example, my fav is Visual Notes. I’ve always wanted an advanced text tool on the board, and it works perfectly for my to-do list 

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Mishal
2 years ago
Barbara Sedlack
Barbara SedlackBeginner
posted in Inspiration and connection

Have you used Miro for employee recognition/appreciation during virtual meetings?

Every month, our larger department team has a virtual team meeting. We wanted to introduce Miro as a way of injecting some interactivity into the meeting. One idea we had was to incorporate some sort of employee recognition into it so I was wondering what ideas the community had.Have you ever run activities that incorporate employee recognition or appreciation?Things to consider:There will probably be anywhere from 65-80 people attending, all virtually through Teams. Most have never used Miro and many likely haven’t used an online whiteboard. The meeting is an hour but we can count on some department updates and Q&A, so the activity should only be 30-45 minutes.

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Mishal
2 years ago
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Hannah James LouwerseNew Here
posted in Inspiration and connection

Dyspraxia and Miro

Hi, I recently ran a workshop over Miro, which involved a lot of people putting sticky notes on a matrix. It turn into a beautiful colourful mess, which was exactly what I was looking for.  However, at the end of the session the host of the workshop told me that someone had sent them a direct message saying that they could not participate because they had dyspraxia and struggled with all the colours and moving parts. I was therefore wondering if anyone else had experienced this and whether they had any tips to make their Miro boards more inclusive and accommodating to those who have dyspraxia.  

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2 years ago
Isman Tanuri
Isman TanuriMiro Hero
posted in Inspiration and connection

"Miro is the new website"

I’m very sure many of us in this community are business owners or work for organisations with a website presence. I too have one that I built and manage for my consultancy.However, based on my experience (and I assume for my potential clients too), trying to get a good overview of a business or an organisation can be a little painful: lots of clicking around and lots of nested information while trying to piece together a coherent big picture. Often times we also resort to sending “one sheet profile PDF” of our business (or CV/resume for job candidates) to whomever may be interested. However, anything longer than 2-3 pages can be a negative for a prospect or a hiring person.What if there’s a way to present all this information on ONE interactive page? One big picture view that gives a wholesome perspective. Presenting my hack: using Miro to tell my company’s story! #miromarketingEverything that we can do and deliver is presented in this Miro board. A use case: While some prospects maybe

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Vinish Garg
2 years ago
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