Miro - effective and fun collaboration on virtual workshops and team meetings

In my company, we're doing Team Retro's which is a review of where the team is against objectives and to collect input from the team about what went well, and what needs improvement. We also share moments of gratitude and appreciation where everyone takes a post-it and shares what they are thankful for, e.g. great support from a colleague, being able to work from home, etc. This creates a nice and collaborative atmosphere in the team. The Miro board allows everyone to participate in these virtual or hybrid meetings and it makes sure that everyone is heard. It's relatively user-friendly, it only takes 1 or 2 sessions to practice in order to get familiar with the basics. There are a lot of great features which make the virtual meeting smooth and fun to use. I'm only using the board once per quarter, therefore I will not invest more time to learn advanced features and am happy with the basics but there is a lot more to explore for anyone who wants to use the tool on a more frequent basis.

I participated once in an international 3-days workshop which would have usually required 10 or more people to travel to one place. For such longer workshops, it can be very exhausting to follow the discussion actively for 6 hours a day and, of course, it's also a nice part of workshops to meet people face-to-face but in these circumstances, it was a productive way to get things done.