What's your experience with virtual whiteboard tools for remote or hybrid collaboration? Any recommendations?
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CIO in Software2 years ago
I have used Zoom for white boarding - This is still being adopted by whole teams. This facility is relatively new and people are not used to it. We are thinking of this being taken up by leadership team first for adoption. People will copy once they see the impact. Senior Director Enterprise Applications in Software2 years ago
Our teams use Jira and Confluence to pass story points around work handoff items to each other but we do not use a virtual whiteboard. Instead, we hold a townhall meeting and allow folks to ask general questions ahead of the meeting. Director in Manufacturing2 years ago
We are fully Teams. It’s been working well but you really need to invest in developing your presentation and collaboration skills. Things like pausing to ensure people participate. I find the soft skills are most important. The software choices, I preferred Skype. And WebEx has better presentation tools, Q&A, and polling or quiz tools. I’d go with which tool works for you economically and technically. Then invest in learning the tool in and out with a focus on your own personal presentation and collaboration skills. Pause for input. Always have something shared on the screen. Draw people out and into the discussion if you don’t hear them.IT Director in Travel and Hospitality2 years ago
I'm a big advocate of Miro for whiteboarding. It's free to use (paid options are available for Enterprise), intuitive, feature-rich and very user friendly. It's completely synchronous, and with both a web browser UI and an app (you can use either), it's incredibly powerful. They have a huge variety of templates to use, it's far more than just a whiteboard; SWOT, Fishbone, 5-why, brainstorm etc. are all there, you are spoilt for choice when facilitating - but you can keep it simple if needed.
I'm keen to try Team's new whiteboard feature, but Miro is such an established player and so usable, it would be hard to dethrone it!
IT Strategist in Government2 years ago
I find that for many users the bulk of virtual whiteboard functionality is still confusing and the whole notion of using a mouse instead of a marker is a big turn off. We need to realize that we are used to see and practice "non-virtual" white boards in the classrooms since SK or Elementary school. Once the new generation starts seeing and using virtual whiteboards everywhere, the rate of adoption will drastically increase.In our organization we use Microsoft tools and they are as good as any other brand in my opinion. The majority of users will adapt to any UI given proper basic training and practice.