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Robert Johnson
Robert JohnsonVolunteer Community Moderator
posted in Inspiration and connection

You can now password protect publicly shared boards :)

Or at least my account can...I was just enabling Guest Editor for a board in my Consultant Plan and there it is: Adding a password to boards for view, comment, and edit - password has to be at least 8 characters. 

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Robert Johnson
2 years ago
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Dimitri AntonopoulosBeginner
posted in Inspiration and connection

Insights gathering and synthesis templates

Hey team I’m looking for templates that can help gather research, insights (qual) and help synthesise during qual research across UX and also Comms and Social Impact scenarios.Does anyone have any links or suggestions?

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2 years ago
Natalie Larino
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Natalie LarinoEvent Coordinator
published in Inspiration and connection

Recap: Stephen Curry Live Q&A

Earlier today, at our annual "virtual" offsite we had a live zoom Q+A with Stephen Curry, whose one of Miro’s investors. It was awesome hearing him share his experience as a leader ~ who knew basketball & tech had so much in common? One of my favorite takeaways was him sharing that a great team is one that holds you accountable, to know your strengths... & as much as you can, spend time working on your weaknesses.No one likes to watch themselves fail, but it prepares you for that next moment. Read a cool blog post with 3 points of wisdom we scored from Stephen Curry at our 2020 virtual offsite.

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Max Harper
2 years ago
Joshua William Davies
Joshua William DaviesMiro Hero
posted in Inspiration and connection

Physical Places in Digital Spaces

I had a great time last week co-facilitating Physical Places in Digital Spaces for the virtual NORAM V-MUG with @Isman Tanuri, and I wanted to share a few resources with the hope others find it useful/thought provoking.  I’ve got a detailed write up of of the idea here (including a demo board and the session recording): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/miro-taxonomy-joshua-%25EC%25A1%25B0%25EC%258A%2588%25EC%2595%2584-davies/?trackingId=J0l%2FWkjXSDmmJxiwB6TnZA%3D%3D Bacially, my section was looking at how we shape spaces/interactions using Miro to adjust what kind of conversations are possible in a workshop, and to help to that more systematically I put together a Miro Taxonomy as below that looks at how we move, how we share, how we gather, and how we interact. It’s by no means perfect, but hopefully is a useful fire starter for ideas on the topic. Definitely click through to the board itself so all the fun embeds work :) Happy to hear feedback/questions below!  Stay healthy & stay

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Marina
Mironeer
2 years ago
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Ilaria DoriaNew Here
posted in Inspiration and connection

Sketchnoting

Hi All,I am using Miro a lot for my work: i love it, and love sketchnoting.Also using the Miro App on Ipad with the apple pencil, I find it a bit limited. For example if i doodle something and I need to select it and move, it is not very handy.Anyone is including sketchnote on Miro? what would you recommend to use? Do you have any video or material to see specifically?Even better if I don’t need an additional tool!Thank youIlaria

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1 year ago
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ProfDYNew Here
posted in Inspiration and connection

Groupwork: separate boards or one board with multiple frames?

I’m planning to use Miro while teaching an online math course this Fall. For the synchronous portion, we will break into groups (using Zoom breakout rooms) and each group will work collaboratively on a worksheet, which I will integrate with Miro. Do you think it’s better to have a single board for that day’s lesson, containing a frame for each group? Or create multiple (identical) boards and give one board to each group? Of course a single board is more streamlined and will help me easily see each group’s progress. But my concerns are (a) the groups peeking at each other’s work rather than devising their own original solutions, and (b) one group accidentally messing up another group’s work.

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mlanders
2 years ago
Kyle Chipman
Kyle ChipmanMiro Hero
posted in Inspiration and connection

Love the New Collaborator Cursor Styling

Just giving a shout out to the new cursor styling. It looks great!Group filtering is also remarkable. It will take out a ton of ctrl + clicks to batch-adjust shapes and connections.

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Marina
Mironeer
2 years ago
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BetsyNew Here
posted in Inspiration and connection

Value Stream mapping - best templates?

Hi- I am new to Miro, yet so far, it is great!  Do you have suggestions for the best template for value stream mapping?  Initially we thought to use flow chart and build out shapes, yet curious if there is a better template similar to shapes/templates that Visio value stream templates have?  Thanks in advance for any ideas!

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Kiron Bondale
1 year 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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1 year ago
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Alex ChristensonNew Here
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Best Miro approach for Screenwriting?

Hello friends, I was turned on to Miro by hearing on a Podcast that a tv writers room used it to track their story outline. After starting my own account, I see vast potential, but am a little lost on what functions would be best suited, so looking for some suggestions. Basically what would be nice, would be to have a ‘index card’ system… or maybe more of a linear timeline thing, where you can add scenes, rearrange them, and if you pull one out - they all slide down to cover the hole. Any ides or links to tutorials would be helpful! Alex

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Lindsey Meredith
Mironeer
2 years ago
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Angela KochNew Here
posted in Inspiration and connection

Replacing PowerPoint with a Miro board

I am running a webinar in a few days and the plan is to use Miro to share content rather than PowerPoint. Its a rather large group so there won't be any participant inputs on the board (I know this is the whole point of Miro). Any thoughts on what the risks of this approach might be?? 

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Robert Johnson
2 years ago
Marina
Mironeer
MarinaMironeer
published in Inspiration and connection

Share your fav Spotify playlist 🎶TGIF

Howdy  This week Spotify has been officially launched in Russia! Yay  I am a music fan. Really! I listen to music anytime, anywhere  Here is my top list of Spotify playlists for work: Lo-Fi Beats Deep Focus Your Coffee Break Let’s see what Miro Pioneers listen to relax, focus, and be productive. Or maybe you prefer silence to concentrate? 🎶 Share your opinion in the comments, and attach links to your favourite playlists.  

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Robert Johnson
1 year ago
Steve Appling
Steve ApplingBeginner
posted in Inspiration and connection

How to do - Fist of Five Voting

A common technique used in many agile meetings is Fist of Five voting, where everyone raises their hand showing 0-5 fingers indicating a range of agreement.  How do you do this well using Miro?  One of the most important parts of this technique is to identify who has low confidence so that you may start a discussion.  I can put 6 cards in a region and use the voting feature, but the Miro voting feature seems completely anonymous, so I would have to get the low voters to speak up to identify themselves.  Does anyone have another technique to vote and more easily start the right conversations?

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

COVID-19-ready In-person Workshops using Miro

Cooler than cool! In reality, sticky notes and flip charts can possibly be transmission tools! As facilitators and trainers, what can you do to be prepared for COVID-19 prevention once you head back to classrooms? Use a Miro board in the classroom and keep the conversations inclusive and opinions diverse. The image above explains itself. This is an Agile Marketing training workshop conducted by 2 of my close partners based in Holland. While this may be de rigueur way of working for some of you, I personally never thought of this even though I had trained my partners on using Miro for online facilitation! What's missing is perhaps (and for bigger classes) individual screens for each group that can become "group flip charts". It will be interesting to see how this can be configured in a classroom to accommodate Miro screens. Read my original post on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ismantanuri_miro-onlinefacilitation-onlinetraining-activity-6688282629231521792-erAE PS. photo

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Simon.Harris
2 years ago
Dariha Erketaeva
Dariha ErketaevaBeginner
posted in Inspiration and connection

Could Miro community be built on Miro itself?

Hi @Marina and fellows, I’m wondering if the Miro community could be built on Miro itself? Curious to hear your and others’ thoughts on this. 

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Martina Crnkovic
2 years ago
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NatalieBNew Here
posted in Inspiration and connection

Where can I see what is planned on the roadmap for Miro?

Hello, I’m wondering what features are planned in the short and medium term for Miro? If we get the product, what new things will be released soon that we can take advantage of, on top of all of the current functionality? Also are there any other integration points with Azure DevOps or Sharepoint planned at all? Many thanks Natalie

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Simon.Harris
2 years ago
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MitchellNew Here
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Does anyone have a simple newbie guest user guide sheet or short presentation?

i am running a workshop with non-techie managers.  does anyone have a cheat-sheet or short presentation to tell them all they need to participate in brainstorming, inserting text onto frameworks, and stickie creation/movement?  and zooming in/out to find items. 

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Kiron Bondale
2 years ago
Max Harper
Max HarperMiro Hero
posted in Inspiration and connection

Diagramming Power-Up: Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks for Diagramming: Shapes & Lines   I feel your pain. You can see the whole complex system in your mind… but your hand just can’t get it out into Miro fast enough. Miro is brilliant at making diagramming easy and powerful, but some of the coolest features to help this aren’t immediately obvious. Here’s a round-up of some of my favorite tips and tricks. Did I miss some that you like? LMK    Happy diagramming    Diagramming Tips and Tricks:  Shape and Line Magic The world is but a network of networks.  Let’s grapple with these complex systems with ease and style.  Here’s some of my favorite tips and tricks to build networks, systems, processes quickly and attractively. You may want to increase the playback speed - that’s as fast as my brain-mouth-miro-hand could work      Easily Re-style and Clean up your Diagram for Presentation:  A clean consistent diagram is like a grammar and spell-checked memo or report.  Don’t let poor present-ability get in the w

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Max Harper
2 years ago
mlanders
mlandersExperienced Community Member
posted in Inspiration and connection

Possible presentation mode with movement via frames in frame mode

Hello, if you are in frame mode and the frames are not so close together then you can get a nearly prezi-like presentation. I haven’t got set frames into details of pictures but with doing this the effects could be even better than in my result. Michael

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Robert Johnson
6 days ago
Marina
Mironeer
MarinaMironeer
published in Inspiration and connection

Show Us Your Pets! 🐱🐶🐍TGIF

It’s time  We’ve already started sharing photos of our pets in different topics (for example, here is @Kiron Bondale’s puppy  ). Let’s collect all of them in one thread! Leave a comment with a photo, write a name of your pet. Funny stories are welcome    As for myself, I used to live with the cat Listik (a Russian word for a ‘leaf’). My story is not really funny: one day I became allergic to cats and dogs and rabbits (maybe somebody else), and I had to find a new family for my amazing, playful, tender, beloved cat. I can’t express my love to him! But we had to split up   

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Marina
Mironeer
2 years ago
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JulesBeginner
posted in Inspiration and connection

Are there designers here that are getting paid to create custom Miro templates?

Hello, I am a designer/trainer trying to translate some of my training icebreakers into online activites. They are (were) very tangible play activites and at the moment can’t happen. I have been building them in Miro now for a few weeks and adore the platform. It is so easy to design a learning environement that is as intiuative and engaging as physical. As my heart is in designing environments I am getting very excited about designing Miro work/play spaces for people. But, after a day of research I can’t really find individuals that are doing this? So, I am curious if there are people charging for designing Miro boards? or if not why not? Maybe to many free templates out there? Anyway, I would love to hear from you and see what you think? I am working on a lovely template to put on the Miroverse soon. Jules

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Andrej Balaz
Mironeer
1 year ago
Kiron Bondale
Kiron BondaleVolunteer Community Moderator
posted in Inspiration and connection

Cool group filtering feature, but what is a drow :-) ?

Not sure if this feature has been rolled out to everyone yet or not, but the new selected object filtering capability is pretty cool. The ability to select a large number of objects and then just pick the specific type of object which you want to remain selected is very useful. However, I have just one question… what do Dark Elves (“Drows”) from Dungeons & Dragons have to do with Miro  ?  

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Marina
Mironeer
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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1 year ago
Kyle.C
Kyle.CActive Contributor
posted in Inspiration and connection

Wireframe Project Website & App

Hey community! I’ve recently started a new project to plan out a potential offering and I wanted to share how I’ve used wireframes to visualize some early concepts. Making use of both the website browser and mobile device wireframes together. I’d love to see more uses of wireframes to learn how other teams plan digital layouts. Also happy to answer any questions about my use    Webpage Browser and Mobile Device Wireframe Mockup Example 

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Kyle.C
2 years ago
Marina
Mironeer
MarinaMironeer
posted in Inspiration and connection

Trip planning, new apartment design and other unusual Miro use cases 🎡

Hi there, Do you use Miro outside work?  We already have examples of creating games on the board  drawing  writing a novel  I’ve heard people use Miro to create moodboards, plan their trips, brainstorm on the design of a new apartment, plan a dream wedding… Please share your examples in the comments! Attach screenshots of your boards if possible 

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Olena Avramenko
Mironeer
2 years ago
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