Discovering the Wonders of Miro
We were introduced to Miro during our first Zoom session for the Discovery project and I was instantly drawn into the simplicity and functionality of it. I signed up straight away and logged in as soon as the session ended.
I quickly saw that the expertly put together Miro board we saw during the session was vastly different to the clunky, fractured board I produced that day. It wasn’t long before I realised that I had some learning to do!
I’m a good learner and I’m reasonably technically competent but the demands of the Discovery project took over and I spent two weeks dipping into Miro and leaving ugly, half created boards all over the home screen. My excitement dipped and I began to wonder how I would ever learn to use it properly.
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Then, this week I logged onto Zoom and listened to Asa from MadLabs explain how to use Miro in wonderfully simple language. I could have hugged him, (don’t worry Asa I won’t invade your personal space if I ever see you face to face).
It is amazingly simple once you know where to look for tools. It has a whole library of expertly created templates that make creating your own boards very easy and placing the frames strategically, means that the exported document makes me look like a design and technical genius.
I’ve since gone on to create a board, using one of the expertly put together templates, for the desk research I did two weeks ago for the CRM system we want to set up for our organisation, Sickle Cell Care Manchester. I transferred data from a spreadsheet into Miro and the difference is spectacular. It’s the same information but oh so much better to look at.
Some webinars feel like a waste of time, but others, like the Miro session, leave me feeling that my life has changed. I know that Miro is going to be one of those platforms that revolutionises the way I communicate ideas, plans, presentations and a whole lot more. I know it’s going to make my working life much easier, and it’s all down to spending 10 minutes listening to Asa’s simple and straightforward explanation of how to use it. Thank you so much Asa.
