Modern and Fun = finally a way to express myself in the presentations.
November 27, 2022

Modern and Fun = finally a way to express myself in the presentations.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Miro

We started using Miro at my company when pandemics hit the world. As opposed to other digital products, I felt that Miro's introduction went pretty smoothly and very quickly became the first choice product to use in everyday collaboration. It was initially intended only for online collaboration but quickly started to be also used for official presentations. Even after slowly going back to the office after the pandemic, miro is used every day in our departments. It appeared very useful for us as we needed a way to collaborate worldwide at the same time. Now, no matter the location, we can work on topics together. So for collaboration, it is the number 1 tool currently. Considering presentations - depending on the type of meeting, people also prepare some more interactive presentations with their audience using miro - something that was not happening before. Exporting functions are easy enough that these presentations can be distributed easily later on.

Pros

  • Online collaboration among many participants.
  • "Fun" functionalities - like emojis, icons etc.
  • Wide range of templates in the Miroverse.
  • Possibility to block some frames and leave others open - control over the board.
  • Functionalities for different occasions - presentations, timing, voting etc.
  • Easy integration of pictures, videos, gifs.
  • Automatic saving.
  • Projects and teams creation is a great way to store all data together.

Cons

  • More choice of text formatting - fonts.
  • Making some of the apps optional to add to my side panel - I don't ever use functions like coding, charts, etc.
  • The "bring all to me" function also has a possibility of restriction - when I bring people to my screen; they should be on my screen until I "release" - otherwise, people start getting lost.
  • More frames - for example including "title" etc.
  • Some way of retrieving data from different days in the past - it happened that I accidentally deleted some comments from people and after closing and opening miro again they were lost and I couldn't retrieve them.
  • When pandemics hit, miro improved our products within the project team. We worked much more efficiently compared to the options of sharing the screen and following what one person is writing, and the others are watching.
  • We got much more feedback from stakeholders using miro compared to the traditional presentations. Including "feedback frames" made it so that stakeholders felt more included and left much more feedback than verbally.
  • As some of us prefer working from home compared to traditional mode, miro made it possible to still feel like part of the team and not miss anything when staying home. Back in the day, working on a project was only possible in the dedicated project rooms where we had mind maps, etc.
  • Miro became a very handy tool to implement agile processes - like lessons learned, retrospectives, etc.
  • A far-fetched idea is also that introduction of miro and conducting presentations in miro changes a bit of a meeting culture in my company. Very often now, after people started using Miroverse, most meetings start with fun warm-up games that look more attractive and are much more encouraging to take part in. Back in the day, no one would start a meeting from a game.
It was definitely good that the implementation of miro was perceived as a necessary means because of the pandemic. Change is still definitely not perceived well by many people, and introducing new tools always comes with a bit of hesitance. But with the mandatory home office, no one questioned the need to introduce an online collaboration tool. The options offered by miro are really clear and very easy to learn. For more old-school enthusiasts, sticky notes are more than enough to collaborate with teams, and for more online geeks, there is plenty of options to choose from. Whenever working with people who are new to Miro, 5 minutes is enough to show the basic options.
We use Miro boards in connection to our Jira boards when dealing with agile projects. I give this rating because it is clear from Miro's side what to do but the option to transfer the data into Jira is still not perfectly clear to me. However, I have only experienced 2 projects so far doing this connection, so maybe once it is becoming more used, it will become clearer.
Miro had hug impact on new and the old projects. New projects are recommended from the start to use miro projects in order to collect their data and collaborate together on the topics. Old projects are slowly transferring from using traditional offline folders to keeping online projects in miro as it is easier to share, and the changes are visible immediately. Compared to the past, using miro shows that every team member is working together on preparing topics and presentations. In the past, each person was working alone and just bringing topics to the group. It really is a great way to connect teams and bond with people. We feel much more team spirit when people are working together and have such exchanges live. It is also a very transparent tool.

Do you think Miro delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Miro's feature set?

Yes

Did Miro live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Miro go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Miro again?

Yes

Miro definitely stands out as a modern and more collaborative tool. All the functions that come with it encourage people to start preparing presentations and sharing information with people in a new, fun way. With its structure and options, it encourages interaction, and it is really clear when presenting in miro that it will not be just a one-person reading presentation, but it is expected that my input will be needed at some point. As it looks different from traditional tools, it also keeps the attention of users as they are curious about new things.
Miro is best suited for whenever people are working in different locations. I experienced working on different locations with miro and without Miro, and a proper moderator can make miro boards very interactive. Whenever interaction is desired, miro should be the first choice. We use it for many different meetings, create our own templates and integrate them into our processes, and it is highly appreciated. The possibility of creating your own projects within a team makes it very easy for teams to store their data, to-do lists, presentations, and feedback in one place. It is also great for less formal presentations; you can include fun elements like graphics, icons, emojis, etc. For more formal presentations and events, I would stick to the basics, as of now, as these are more understood by top management. Due to miro's freedom to have different sizes of frames, it somehow looks a little less professional if a person doesn't stick to the constant frame size.

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