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So far I love using the program
What do you like best about the product?
It is very intuitive and pleasant to look at. It is easy to make charts on the spot during a meeting. It is very easy to track all the changes that the different team members made on the charts as well.
I used Miro both as a board owner where I created flows and charts, but There were times I was a participant in group training sessions where Miro was used as a platform for collaboration. It had some handy features like timer, background music (if needed), embedding videos. It is great to see that our training sessions use tools like this and gradually getting away from the dry powerpoint presentations.
I really like that different templates can be dropped to the board at any time, as I do not need to invent the wheel if I want some cool additions to my boards.
I used Miro both as a board owner where I created flows and charts, but There were times I was a participant in group training sessions where Miro was used as a platform for collaboration. It had some handy features like timer, background music (if needed), embedding videos. It is great to see that our training sessions use tools like this and gradually getting away from the dry powerpoint presentations.
I really like that different templates can be dropped to the board at any time, as I do not need to invent the wheel if I want some cool additions to my boards.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are some features which would be a nice addition. The link below refers to one I would like to get implemented.
https://community.miro.com/wish-list-32/highlight-connecting-lines-when-hovering-the-cursor-to-show-how-objects-are-related-2847
As someone who grew up using MS office and tools related to that, I sometimes struggle to find what I am looking for. That is less of a problem with the interface itself, it is still very intuitive, I just need to get used to it.
https://community.miro.com/wish-list-32/highlight-connecting-lines-when-hovering-the-cursor-to-show-how-objects-are-related-2847
As someone who grew up using MS office and tools related to that, I sometimes struggle to find what I am looking for. That is less of a problem with the interface itself, it is still very intuitive, I just need to get used to it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it for brainstorming sessions as well as planning out processes. I am not financially benefitting from Miro. Collaboration between different team members on virtual calls is a great option.
To be honest, I enjoy using other programs such as Powerpoint and Visio, but I find them clanky in group exercises. The ability to have multiple users build something together is great, and the built-in templates are saving me a lot of time.
I am still finding new problems that I could tackle using the program. I did start with simple charts, but now using them for:
- Process planning
- Mapping system architecture
- Redesigning the internal ticketing system
- Creating user journey maps
- Building out Business requirement Documentations
All in all, I think that the tool looks really slick and easy for the eye. Even when the board gets humongous, there are easy ways to navigate across the board. I am not sure if there is a feature to bring all the users at a given point in time to one slide/point on the board if you are doing a presentation and they get sidetracked and wander off.
To be honest, I enjoy using other programs such as Powerpoint and Visio, but I find them clanky in group exercises. The ability to have multiple users build something together is great, and the built-in templates are saving me a lot of time.
I am still finding new problems that I could tackle using the program. I did start with simple charts, but now using them for:
- Process planning
- Mapping system architecture
- Redesigning the internal ticketing system
- Creating user journey maps
- Building out Business requirement Documentations
All in all, I think that the tool looks really slick and easy for the eye. Even when the board gets humongous, there are easy ways to navigate across the board. I am not sure if there is a feature to bring all the users at a given point in time to one slide/point on the board if you are doing a presentation and they get sidetracked and wander off.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try watching the instructional videos. It is a great help to understand the capabilities of the tool. It is not overwhelming but still very informative.
Very good collaboration tool
What do you like best about the product?
A complete team can be working in the same boards/diagrams/template at the same time.
The user interface is very friendly and very flexible. The "post-its" or diagrams in which we are working can be resized to fit best what is needed.
The user interface is very friendly and very flexible. The "post-its" or diagrams in which we are working can be resized to fit best what is needed.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like the fact that I can't copy stuff from other boards and that only some of the shapes are available in the "free" version. I would also like to see easier ways to grab printscreens to share with other people.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Miro to visualize flows in my daily work, to explain the organization of our teams visually, and to run the Scrum ceremonies. The templates available in Miro are useful.
Great whiteboard for preparing my language classes
What do you like best about the product?
Miro (online whiteboard) helps me to prepare my Brazilian Portuguese classes with fun first of all to myself.
Most of the people do not know that to teach is most of the time a lonely process. You are not always surrounded by people and talking.
As a teacher you do a lot of research, reading, writing and collecting data in order to make our classes more enjoyable for the students and for ourselves in the long run. We also do not want to get bored talking the same way as in the past 10 years!
I got to know MIRO through Google research during the pandemics in May 2021. As I was giving classes with Zoom and Skype, I tried to make it more enjoyable with images and to give structure to my classes.
Now I am going through my papers, because I am moving out, and I see how much we accumulate with papers. Then I am digitizing my documents and class material and I will use some of it with MIRO.
Most of the people do not know that to teach is most of the time a lonely process. You are not always surrounded by people and talking.
As a teacher you do a lot of research, reading, writing and collecting data in order to make our classes more enjoyable for the students and for ourselves in the long run. We also do not want to get bored talking the same way as in the past 10 years!
I got to know MIRO through Google research during the pandemics in May 2021. As I was giving classes with Zoom and Skype, I tried to make it more enjoyable with images and to give structure to my classes.
Now I am going through my papers, because I am moving out, and I see how much we accumulate with papers. Then I am digitizing my documents and class material and I will use some of it with MIRO.
What do you dislike about the product?
As I am not a full-time employed teacher, I cannot afford the premium version.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Now I am going through my papers, because I am moving out, and I see how much we accumulate with papers. Then I am digitizing my documents and class material and I will use some of it with MIRO.
My meetings are 100x more productive (and fun) with Miro
What do you like best about the product?
I love the templates. They've actually taught me new brainstorming techniques and given me ideas on how to run my meetings. Also, the UI is slick, clean and a joy to use. Much prefer it to Mural.
What do you dislike about the product?
I really want a private workspace! I know you can technically make boards private by not sharing them, but I'd prefer a dedicated space for them. Every time I make a board, I'm thinking "is someone going to stumble upon these shitty half-baked ideas by accident?".
Also, I don't love that I have to be redirected to a browser to see all the templates. When I was browsing the template gallery, I almost missed the CTAs at the bottom: "Discover more Miro templates" and "Explore community templates", which made me think you didn't have any more. Basically, I'd like to see all your categories within the template selector, without having to leave the tab.
Lastly, I don't like that you have to type in peoples' emails if I want to give them editing access to the board. I want to be able to give everyone at the company editing access through the "anyone with the link can..." dropdown. Right now, I can only let people comment or view, which is a bit annoying.
Also, I don't love that I have to be redirected to a browser to see all the templates. When I was browsing the template gallery, I almost missed the CTAs at the bottom: "Discover more Miro templates" and "Explore community templates", which made me think you didn't have any more. Basically, I'd like to see all your categories within the template selector, without having to leave the tab.
Lastly, I don't like that you have to type in peoples' emails if I want to give them editing access to the board. I want to be able to give everyone at the company editing access through the "anyone with the link can..." dropdown. Right now, I can only let people comment or view, which is a bit annoying.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I don’t just use Miro as a dumping ground for existing ideas—I use it to spark entirely new ideas.
I'm new to running brainstorming sessions, so I rely on Miro's templates to inspire me. I'm confident that my meetings and brainstorming sessions would be way less productive without Miro.
Miro also helps me organize my own thoughts and conjure up new ones. I'm not a designer, I'm a writer, so I always assumed my brain digested words better than shapes. But Miro's easy-breezy interface has opened up a new world of visual brainstorming that's never been accessible to me, a non-visual person with zero design skills.
I'm new to running brainstorming sessions, so I rely on Miro's templates to inspire me. I'm confident that my meetings and brainstorming sessions would be way less productive without Miro.
Miro also helps me organize my own thoughts and conjure up new ones. I'm not a designer, I'm a writer, so I always assumed my brain digested words better than shapes. But Miro's easy-breezy interface has opened up a new world of visual brainstorming that's never been accessible to me, a non-visual person with zero design skills.
Great Collaborative Tool for designers and non designers
What do you like best about the product?
The thing that I like the most about Miro is its simplicity. The design is user friendly, which means that colleagues that are not designers, feel comfortable using the tool and are not intimidated at all. It's interface is user friendly and has very cool features like adding tunes or voting.
What do you dislike about the product?
I am struggling to think about what I dislike. I probably would say that normally when you select templates, the preview looks very nice from a design perspective and once it is converted in the Miro board it does not look as pretty.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am enhancing collaboration, promoting transparency in the company and a place that is easy to access.
An indispensable, unique, workflow-essential diagramming tool
What do you like best about the product?
Miro is a best-in-class tool for collaborative whiteboarding. As a software product manager, I use this tool extensively for analyzing business logic, transactional flows, technical architecture, and process maps. It can also be used for lightweight wireframing. Miro has had an incredible impact on my ability to communicate creative ideas to teammates from across functions – engineering, design, and operations/business. It's just really indispensable and I recommend it for all product managers.
What do you dislike about the product?
My only downside is that Miro's user experience for announcing new features in-product is a tad aggressive (a modal that comes up over the whiteboard). I wish it were more in the background.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Clarifying data models; clarifying business logic; clarifying system and software architecture design; user journey and user persona mapping; thinking through edge cases.
Without MIRO there would be no remote culture
What do you like best about the product?
There are so many things; where do I start? I love that MIRO allows you to collaborate virtually with anyone on your team. It lets us "get in front of a whiteboard" and put all our thoughts out there for planning sessions. I also love that the mobile app is so robust! It is so easy to work on the go. Well done to the engineering/product teams. MIRO is fun.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be nice to archive some old boards. Not necessarily delete them but archive them in case we want to reference them at a later time. Other than that, I really am loving my experience!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are doing everything in MIRO to execute the vision of our startup. Everything from marketing, product development, business strategy, value alignment, team bonding, etc. is in MIRO.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Create projects early on because it helps the team stay organized.
Incredible product for a range of uses
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate the flexibility of Miro - both in terms of its use (from individual brainstorming to sharing interactive slides) and in terms of its tools (sticky notes, shapes, text, arrow types, etc.) With the various tools available, Miro makes it easy to see the most important ones and not get lost in the clutter. They are responsive to their customers and are constantly adding trainings and tools.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can sometimes be difficult to onboard folks who are not familiar with using online interactive tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Miro has helped us organize our thinking about complex projects, map processes with clients, reflect on our own processes, and keep track of loose ideas in a structured way.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out for a few different uses to familiarize yourself with the tools. Keep challenging yourself to try one new thing.
Still the most useful tool I use!
What do you like best about the product?
How intuitive it is. I love the different ways that you can present information and share information.
I've used it for work - for collaboration AND for personal stuff with house renovations etc. It does take a bit of getting used to in terms of controls (especially if you started on a Mac and then move to Windows but they keep updating the controls so it's definitely got better).
There's something about Mural that I don't quite like and haven't taken to tbh.
I've used it for work - for collaboration AND for personal stuff with house renovations etc. It does take a bit of getting used to in terms of controls (especially if you started on a Mac and then move to Windows but they keep updating the controls so it's definitely got better).
There's something about Mural that I don't quite like and haven't taken to tbh.
What do you dislike about the product?
Probably that it's geared towards Mac users first and Windows users second (just with the use of a trackpad etc).
Maybe some better testing on different devices and set-ups .
Maybe some better testing on different devices and set-ups .
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Collaboration for sure. Collating information in one place that isn't a word document or hidden file somewhere.
Really like being able to add people to a board and having them be able to see the information.
Really like being able to add people to a board and having them be able to see the information.
In a time of remote teams and meetings, this is a must have.
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use, relatively simple to understand for new starters, this tool includes an interactive whiteboard, sticky notes, possibilities for presentation, interactive discussions (with camera), voting on topics, timing, and so much more. It is, IMHO, a fantastic tool for team meetings as well as decision makings. I use it for teaching as well as for interactive workshops, usually in combination with a tool like Zoom, MS Teams, or others.
What do you dislike about the product?
A standard, quick video explaining how to use the tool would be useful for first-time users. I have created my own to explain it, but I'm sure the Miro team could do a better one :-)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For some 25 years, I have been lecturing and facilitating workshops in public. When I started, we used sheets of plastic and an overhead projector, then we moved on to tools like PowerPoint and others. Today, since the 2020 pandemic, we live in a world where more (everything?) needs to be done online - this means that flipcharts, whiteboards, and face-to-face interaction has dropped off and needs to be replaced with something providing the same facilities as being in the same conference room. That is where Miro comes in, bringing team work firmly into the next phase of life.
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