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Way more than just a virtual whiteboard
What do you like best about the product?
It's a super versatile software. At our company we use it for brainstorming sessions, planning meetings, debriefs, kanban boards to track tasks and progress, collaborating on video scripts, sharing early ideas, documenting user research ... pretty much everything. It's also great for onboarding new empolyees, because all information is there and linked.
The team behind Miro seems to be super dedicated - continuously shipping new features in really short cycles.
The team behind Miro seems to be super dedicated - continuously shipping new features in really short cycles.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of our boards are very big in terms of size and number of elements on them and that makes them slow and not very responsive even when using the dedicted Miro app.
Also: The designer in me wants to be able to add drop shadows and gradients to elements :)
Also: The designer in me wants to be able to add drop shadows and gradients to elements :)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Collaborating got infinitely more easy and convenient with Miro. Sharing powerpoint or keynote files is still quite the hassle in comparision and doesn't offer as much flexibility as Miro's infinte canvas does.
What I really like is how well it works for doing interviews and even remote rapid prototyping sessions with our users and potential customers.
What I really like is how well it works for doing interviews and even remote rapid prototyping sessions with our users and potential customers.
Great for collaboration!
What do you like best about the product?
I love that it's a powerful way to have real-time collaboration with colleagues in a remote setting! We are a fully remote company, and having Miro allows us to simulate whiteboarding and helps us.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do wish that it was easier to align shapes, lines, etc. They don't consistently show when items are lining up, and if you are using a line, it can be challenging to see if it's straight.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are solving real-time collaboration issues, particularly when we need to brainstorm, ideate, or be more creative. We also use it to help map out plans, lean canvases, flows, etc.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would say to go through some of the tutorials at the beginning to get a good sense of how to navigate the product. Then check out the templates! They have been really useful for me in getting started on boards. Also, when using Miro for the first time, be sure to leave time at the beginning of any session to make sure everyone can get in, knows how to use the functions, etc.
The one and only tool for remote workshops and collaboration – wouldn't use anything else anymore
What do you like best about the product?
Best option to brainstorm ideas, collaborate with colleagues, teams, clients. Working with Miro is way better than using classical whiteboards, as they are super flexible, from a small gathering of ideas to complex sketches of context.
We started using Miro during the pandemic, but will stick to it even though we can now go back to the office.
We use it for:
- brainstormings
- retros
- client workshops
- onboardings
- infrastructure documentation
- games and social
We did start off with the competitor Mural, but found Miro to be better in performance, especially with larger groups, to be more flexible, and to have more/better templates.
Besides the whiteboard options (sticky notes on an unlimited board) there are handy features like timer, background music, even video call for collaboration.
We started using Miro during the pandemic, but will stick to it even though we can now go back to the office.
We use it for:
- brainstormings
- retros
- client workshops
- onboardings
- infrastructure documentation
- games and social
We did start off with the competitor Mural, but found Miro to be better in performance, especially with larger groups, to be more flexible, and to have more/better templates.
Besides the whiteboard options (sticky notes on an unlimited board) there are handy features like timer, background music, even video call for collaboration.
What do you dislike about the product?
The sounds available for background music could vary more. It becomes quite repetitive. Integration of Spotify would be superb!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We solve collaboration in a time where we cannot be co-located. It has never been this easy to get together and work digitally. Miro is one of the reasons we will probably always remain a remote-based company.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
No way around it, seriously!
Not a perfect product, but powerful and continuously improved!
What do you like best about the product?
Miro is highly versatile and powerful in terms of features - it is perfect for product management. What really impresses me is, that Miro constantly takes user feedback into consideration and works hard on adding value. I have been using this tool since 2017, when it was still realtimeboard and it has improved A LOT! Also the customer support has always been extremely nice and helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
A lot of usability issues in handling of on board elements (esp. post it's, tags & arrows). Unfortunately Miro does not yet handle very big (a lot of elements) boards very well. It tends to be somewhat slow and laggy at times. Also, if you decide to scale things to different sizes usually it is not very easy to keep the same shape. Tables and graphs are a little too basic in my opinion. The color system should be widened and based on hex colors to personalize properly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
User Research (interviews notes, task modelling, proof of concept testing, affinity mapping etc.), Road Mapping (a lot of great templates!), Prototyping (sufficient libraries for most basic purposes), Workshops (interactive and exclusive organization is really easy like this and a lot of tools and templates make it fun, fun, fun!) - It is remarkable, how for a product manager you can use Miro for so many things! I is one of my favorite tools.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take your time to explore and keep discovering Miro has tons of gems to offer! And really consider to use the desktop version - it runs much faster and is way more stable!
Miro is the ultimate mirror of my thoughts
What do you like best about the product?
It is simple and the interface allows me to manipulate the objects as if it was on paper infront of me. Once you get used to the basic commands, it immediately becomes a great space to create and collate my thoughts
What do you dislike about the product?
Miro does not have many things I dislike. I want to edit docs or PDFs inside miro when I add them to the board (if this feature is not already there). Some of the templates do not always behave as good as I want them to, but I must say, they have improved so much since I first started using them, and I think this is not something major, just me being picky
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps me collate ideas, draw designs, collaborate designs, and plan tasks. A copy of my brain memory banks :D
I use Miro every day for all of these tasks and what is unique about it is that it allows the space for designs to be so close to where we draw and record ideas.
I use Miro every day for all of these tasks and what is unique about it is that it allows the space for designs to be so close to where we draw and record ideas.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Just use it and spend some time playing with it to learn and learn the keyboard controls. I promise it will speed up productivity. it is the best of these tools
A great tool to draw diagrams and flows with your team
What do you like best about the product?
It works really smoothly, including when there are several people collaborating in real-time. It's easy to use and start with and comes with some predefined items and templates to start working with a team just by sharing a link. The rest of the team can join by logging, or also in anonymous mode.
Another feature I find really useful is to "follow" a person, so the canvas is always following the presenter´s mouse cursor.
Finally, the last feature on the most liked group is the marketplace of apps Miro can integrate with. It's easy to find a lot of tools you're already using, if not all of them.
Another feature I find really useful is to "follow" a person, so the canvas is always following the presenter´s mouse cursor.
Finally, the last feature on the most liked group is the marketplace of apps Miro can integrate with. It's easy to find a lot of tools you're already using, if not all of them.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes we need more specific visual items to use in the diagrams without having to upload an image, but I guess they cannot provide all possible use cases.
There's a Zapier integration, but I miss an Integromat one to automate with my current work apps.
There's a Zapier integration, but I miss an Integromat one to automate with my current work apps.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were looking for a tool to use in our video conferences to share ideas and make flow diagrams, and Miro accomplished it. With this tool, we can analyze what we want to do, propose a diagram of the solution, discuss and modify, and finally decide the solution and export it to our documentation system. So the main benefit is that we can replace more easy our office meetings with a video call.
Another problem we solved with Miro is the brainstorming meetings. When we need to think about pending work to improve our application, for example, we find it easy to open a canvas, start to add notes, and then decide which ones we want to start working with, and the other remain there for the next session.
Another problem we solved with Miro is the brainstorming meetings. When we need to think about pending work to improve our application, for example, we find it easy to open a canvas, start to add notes, and then decide which ones we want to start working with, and the other remain there for the next session.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
There's a free plan, so the best idea is just to register and try it for one or two sessions. Soon you'll decide if it fits your needs.
Working remotely or in person, Miro is an ideal platform for collaboration
What do you like best about the product?
Incredibly easy to use with an intuitive interface. Can use it on any platform or device with ease and even posted it as a tab within MS Teams. Works great with a tablet for sketching with teammates. Being able to seei where everyone is hovering their mouse is incredibly helpful and have even used it for voting on ideas (cursors all hovering around what grabs the most attention). Love that uploaded images are downlodable. Website address instantly convert to a small preview, which adds to the visual interest of the board. Great to see changes made by others highlighted upon launcing.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes taxes the computers processor, kicking up the fan. When the CPU is taxed, it also causes some challenges with selecting items and screen refresh - might be a bit memory/processor intensive, especially when running concurrently with a Zoom or other video conferencing session.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Miro has been great for sharing work progress (pinup of designs/drawings). Also use it for brainstorming sessions with the "sticky-notes" just as our team would in person. It's also been incredibly valuable for marking up work/redlining, and storyboarding presentations and publications. Benefits? Keeping everything in one accessible place. And, in the future when returing to the office, it doesn't take up physical space!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's totally free to sign up and try it. There is nothing to loose. Also, if you work with a university or other academic institution, an education account is free forever for faculty!
Multi-country workshops and complex adaptive research planning made possible
What do you like best about the product?
- It's so easy to create frames and stickies
- The templates are improving all the time
- You can 'follow' someone as they move around the board
- The url links take you straight to the miro boards
- It's colourful - which makes your ideas feel like they have life
- I might end up doing away with the powerpoint and that would be good, because miro is much faster to create things on
- The templates are improving all the time
- You can 'follow' someone as they move around the board
- The url links take you straight to the miro boards
- It's colourful - which makes your ideas feel like they have life
- I might end up doing away with the powerpoint and that would be good, because miro is much faster to create things on
What do you dislike about the product?
- I have multiple accounts on miro on different research projects, with different organisations and haven't found a way of managing that yet
- sometimes when i want to move around it picks up individual items and moves those. i don't always get that bit right
- sometimes when i want to move around it picks up individual items and moves those. i don't always get that bit right
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- co-working simultaneously and asynchronrously
- planning multi-year research programmes (with contingencies) in just two hours!
- very fast brainstorming
- presenting ideas to others
- planning multi-year research programmes (with contingencies) in just two hours!
- very fast brainstorming
- presenting ideas to others
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Watch the video. Have a play. Drag and drop a document into it or an excel spreadsheet - that is cool! Use it to brainstorm. Use it to document workshops so you have a visual display. It's great when you want to work on something at the same time - you each pile the board with stickies simultaneously and then do the analysis and organising together. It makes the collaboration process soooo fast.
Miro
What do you like best about the product?
the template and the fact that i can change the base template as i like
What do you dislike about the product?
if i have to put many items i have to arrange each one and there isn't a feature like "grid"
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
i'm a facilitator and with miro i runned my courses in the lockdown so for me was a way to work.
it's easy to explain to my customer and very nice to see, so for it's easy to propose for my workshop
it's easy to explain to my customer and very nice to see, so for it's easy to propose for my workshop
Miro is essential for digital collaboration
What do you like best about the product?
The unrestricted environment to create in is the best part. From small brainstorming sessions to building out an in-depth and involved workshop for a large group, complete with breakout sessions and slideshows, Miro can handle it all.
The integrations are also incredibly helpful. The ability to import files from google drive and tasks from Asana during our team's brainstorming sessions have allowed us to capture ideas that have been scattered across platforms and engage with them in more creative ways.
The integrations are also incredibly helpful. The ability to import files from google drive and tasks from Asana during our team's brainstorming sessions have allowed us to capture ideas that have been scattered across platforms and engage with them in more creative ways.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a bit of a learning curve, particularly for folks that may be less tech-savvy. While Miro has many learning resources available, having to go through them before folks feel comfortable enough with the platform to engage with it can delay them from fully engaging.
I also really wish that Miro had the ability to draw shapes with the pen tool then fill them in with a paint bucket tool. There have been more than a few occasions where I'd love to be able to create simple illustrations, and end up having to do so in Illustrator, exporting it, then uploading it to Miro.
I also really wish that Miro had the ability to draw shapes with the pen tool then fill them in with a paint bucket tool. There have been more than a few occasions where I'd love to be able to create simple illustrations, and end up having to do so in Illustrator, exporting it, then uploading it to Miro.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our work in restorative justice relies on human connection and relationships, and we've used Miro to engage and connect in different ways than the video conferencing that we've all become too familiar with. For example, we've hosted virtual restorative justice circles through Miro, along with countless activities for check-ins and icebreakers.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I find that the best way to move past the initial learning curve is to dive in and play with the program. Many features are very intuitive, particularly if you're comfortable using common keyboard shortcuts, but It can take some practice to feel confident.
Also, take advantage of all of the templates available in the Miroverse!
Also, take advantage of all of the templates available in the Miroverse!
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