Miro
An infinite shared canvas for teams to think and plan together
What it is
About Miro
Miro provides a virtual whiteboard where distributed teams can co-create diagrams, sticky-note brainstorms, user journey maps, and system diagrams in real time. It's widely used in design, product, and engineering teams for workshops, retrospectives, research synthesis, and early-stage architecture or UX thinking, and includes templates for common facilitation formats.
What you can do with it
Capabilities
Run remote brainstorming sessions and design workshops
Build user journey maps, affinity diagrams and mind maps
Sketch system architecture or software design diagrams
Facilitate retrospectives and stakeholder workshops with templates
Embed and comment on external files for review
How to learn it
Learning Resources
Miroverse template library and Miro Academy (free courses)
Official Miro YouTube channel walkthroughs
Practise by running a personal project retro or mind-map
Facilitation guides on Miro's blog for workshop design
Pro Tip
Lock template frames and use timer/voting widgets during live workshops — it keeps large groups focused and stops the board turning into chaos.
Skills that use this tool
Roles that use this tool