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Hi Miro Heroes :heart_eyes:,  

 

A couple of weeks ago we wrapped up our annual Distributed conference. Amazing energy and so many inspiring, creative, and fun sessions!:tada:

Apart from learning a lot, meeting new people, and feeling fortunate to be part of the process, our team definitely felt more connected than ever. Teamwork has always been at the heart of everything we do here at Miro, and Distributed 2021 made us once again reflect on how important meaningful and supportive team connections are. As we say, “play as a team to win the world!” :pray:

Inspired by all the new knowledge, we decided to learn even more, this time from our amazing Miro community members. Today, we’re kicking off a special edition of the Miro templates contest, called Miroverse Challenge: Team Connection :purple_heart:. This contest is all about reflection and learning. How do you make sure your team members feel connected, supported, and happy? What are the Miro tools you use?

 

In this special edition we will have 3 award categories 🏆:

  • Icebreakers :man_dancing_tone3:

  • Meetings :bulb:

  • Team building :raised_hands:

 

To get inspired, you can check out the Distributed Day 1 and Day 2 recordings and resources.

 

More Challenge Details

 

:calendar: Timing ​​​​​​

  • Submission period: November 16-January 12

  • Voting and judging: January 13-20

  • Winners announced: January 21

 :ballot_box:  Voting and judging

  • Judges' Choice will be awarded by our panel of expert judges. Submissions will be judged on their ease of use, layout, and that special fun factor.

  • People’s Choice will be awarded based on top likes under the comment here in the online community. Make sure to vote for your favorite template by December 20, 23:59 CET . ☝️

:gift:  Prizes for each category

  • Judges’ Choice: iPad, exclusive Miro-branded cover, and an Apple Pencil 

  • People’s Choice: AirPods and exclusive Miro-branded case

  • Miro swag will be awarded to all other participants who will get published on Miroverse :sunglasses:  

  • Winners will be featured on Miroverse and Judges Choice winners will have an opportunity to present their templates at a dedicated Miro event on Linkedin Live to our audience!

 

How to participate

 

:pencil:  To enter, please add a comment to this thread with the following details:

  • Your full name

  • Role and company

  • Mention category: icebreakers, meetings, or team building

  • Miro board embedded with your template (with view access)

  • Instructions on how to use the template

  • Optional: 1-3 minute video overview of your template

:warning:  Entry requirements

  • Your template must be in English, and have been created and designed using Miro.

  • All information must belong to the board owner (We will reject all submissions containing copyright-protected content on board.)

  • Your template must be submitted to Miroverse before the challenge deadline.

  • Optional: share your board on LinkedIn with #Miro @Miro mentioning that you’re taking part in the challenge. Feel free to add an image or a video.

  • By participating in the challenge, you agree that your submission may be published and used for promotional activities by Miro.

 

Judges

  • Community Guest Judge for the Icebreaker category: Facilitator School- an education platform around the topic of online facilitation. They are one of our Miro Experts and teach professionals to be better facilitators through cohort-based courses, custom Miro templates and by curating facilitation resources. 

    See Facilitator School’s Character Mix&Match Icebreaker on Miroverse

  • Community Guest Judge for the Meetings category: Hyper Island- a global learning provider with a school and consulting services that enables individuals and organisations to see, understand and act upon the opportunities created by digital and technological evolution.

    See Hyper Island’s templates on Miroverse

  • Community Guest Judge for the team Building category: @Stefano Mastrogiacomo-  teamwork coach, project mgmt professor and author. He’s the designer of team tools like the Team Alignment Map, the Team Contract, the Fact Finder and the Nonviolent Requests Guide.

    See Stefano’s templates on Miroverse

  • Miroverse team judge: Mariam Danielian manages the content production for Miro templates and oversees publications for the Miroverse templates library. She is inspired by the creativity of Miro users who turn an empty canvas into a universe of their own creation, and she’s passionate about sharing their work with others. 

 

 

Happy collaborating and good luck!  :rocket::heart_eyes:

 

Chocolate Bar Game

In this game your players will be mostly customers while the only a few players will make up the team and PO. It works great for teams of 5 and up, but you may need to make multiple copies for teams over 10. By the end of each round the customers will answer yes or no if they would buy the candy bar.

This game is not so much about chocolate as it is about satisfying customers while under constraints. This game will also get you to empathize with the product owner as well as the customers and create great conversations/analogies around the constraints you may face in your current organization.

Can your team satisfy your customers? Put your product ownership to the test and have some fun with this great game.

Check out the video below for an idea of how to facilitate the game and some of the conversations that it created for us.

 

 

 

  • Your full name - Dave Westgarth

  • Role and company - Digital PM @ DWP

  • Category - icebreakers or team building

  • Miro board embedded with your template - 
     

     

  • Instructions on how to use the template - 

    This template works great as an ice breaker or fun team building activity putting a Miro spin on the popular Guess Who game!

     

    RULES

     

    1. Divide into 2 equal teams one for the red tray and one for blue

     

    2. As a team secretly select a face card and place beneath the Target Card (using PgDn)

     

    3. Alternate turns asking one question that can be answered yes or no

     

    4. Eliminate appropriate face cards using the blocker cards to screen out incorrect face cards

     

    5. Keep taking turns asking questions until someone thinks they can guess who is on the opponent's Target Card

     

    6. When you are ready to guess who is on the Mystery Card, make your guess on your turn instead of asking a question. You cannot ask a question and guess on the same turn.

    If you guess wrong, you lose the game!

    If you guess right, you win the game!

     

    BONUS CHALLENGE - For extra difficulty select an extra Target Face cards and try to work out who your opponent has selected using "both" and "either" questions to eliminate potential matches!

    I hope this is a fun exercise in your team and drives engagement and conversations!

  • @Vincent Schnor (a Company Board by @Netzwerkknoten)
  • Agile Coach & Organisational Consultant @Netzwerkknoten
  • Category: Team Building
  • Instructions are in Miroverse & on the board
  • Title: Open Space Remote Edition
  • Link: https://miro.com/miroverse/open-space-remote-edition/

 

  • @Vincent Schnor (a Company Board by @Netzwerkknoten)
  • Agile Coach & Organisational Consultant @Netzwerkknoten
  • Category: Team Building
  • Instructions are in Miroverse & on the board
  • Title: Hybrid Culture Canvas
  • Link: https://miro.com/miroverse/hybrid-culture-canvas/

 

  • Your full name: Romy Oceane Smith

  • Role and company: Scrum Master, Stint

  • Mention category: team building, Icebreakers

  • Miro board embedded with your template (with view access): 

     

  • Instructions (included in the template)


3 minute Video (

Icebreaker Islands, Online Whiteboard for Visual Collaboration - 10 January 2022 - Watch Video

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Instructions:
 

What?

The ‘Icebreaker Islands’ template is all about team building. It ties 6 icebreakers together into a single game that can be played in a single social event or over a series of weeks.

It was created to build team bonding exercises into your teams’ process. 

 

Who?

  • Any team (ideally sized 4 - 8*)

This is particularly beneficial for:

  •  Relatively ‘new’ teams;

  •  Teams in need of stronger interpersonal connections;

  •  Hybrid or Remote teams with a strong culture but who need to maintain it (remotely).

 

When?

  • This was designed to be built into a recurring weekly or fortnightly team meeting. For example, a project check-in, virtual ‘drinks’ or even a team retrospective.

  • It could also be played as a single game. For example, to introduce colleagues from across teams in a virtual company social event.

 

How Does it Work?

  • Your journey begins at ‘arrivals’; where you and your team will play the first of 6 challenges.

  • You will then travel across all of the ‘Icebreaker Islands’, discovering a different icebreaker at each one.

  • Once the first 5 challenges are complete, you will reach your final destination: the ‘mystery island’, where ‘X marks the spot’ & you play the final challenge.

P.S. Thanks for running the competition. I always have a lot of fun using miro-based-meetings to achieve my goals for the teams; however, the high standard of templates from across the miro community really made me challenge my miro skills and level up my formatting. 

Your full name: Eline Charles

Role and company: Founder, Check The Process

Mention category: icebreakers

Miro board embedded with your template (with view access):

 

Instructions:

Pick a fish, any fish! It's simple

Choose a fishing rod and answer the question. Keep the fish safe in the tank afterwards, you might like to play again. Want to change the questions? Just unlock the brown patio and move it to adjust the text.

 

  • Your full name - Daria Rudnik

  • Role and company - Daria Rudnik Coaching & Consulting, owner

  • Mention category: icebreakers, meetings, or team building - Team building

  • Miro board embedded with your template (with view access) https://miro.com/miroverse/team-new-years-resolutions-f0gq8lfsgxpbfs1u/

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  • Instructions on how to use the template - on the board

  • Optional: 1-3 minute video overview of your template - on the board

  • Your full name - Daria Rudnik

  • Role and company - Daria Rudnik Coaching & Consulting, owner

  • Mention category: icebreakers, meetings, or team building - Team building

  • Miro board embedded with your template (with view access) https://miro.com/miroverse/team-purpose-workshop/

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  • Instructions on how to use the template - on the board

  • Optional: 1-3 minute video overview of your template - 

     

Hi @Christophe GESCHÉ Indeed, we only accept templates in English at the moment. If you already have a template, would you be interested in translating it into English? That would be great :grinning:

  • Your template must be in English.

    :disappointed:

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