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cbailey
cbaileyLucidite
posted in Inspiration

Register for this Thursday's Webinar: How Lucid's top customers use Lucid

Hey Lucid Community!I’m Christopher from Lucid’s Professional Services team, and I’m thrilled to share that later this week, I, along with some of my colleagues, will be showcasing the innovative visual systems that some of our biggest customers have built using Lucid. This webinar will demo advanced use cases, from scenario dashboarding and modeling to process management and architecture diagramming. We hope to leave you inspired and ready to revolutionize your own workflows! Plus, we will share insights on how my team crafted customized solutions to meet the unique needs of our customers. Here are the registration details:How Lucid’s top customers use Lucid Date: March 28, 2024 Time: 11 a.m. MDT (1 p.m. EDT)Register now

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Ria S
Lucid Legend Level 1
1 month ago
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khaleesioflucidchartLucidite
posted in Inspiration

Auto-Number Shapes (Handles Branching)

Hi! I’m a Sr SE at Lucid and wanted to share a way to calculate the step number on your shapes - in a way that handles branching. The way that I do this can be seen in the following video, and I’ll include screenshots below. VIDEO: https://play.goconsensus.com/aa349b532 The formula that I put at the page level - and “Apply to all shapes” - is the following:=if(count(upstream) = 0, 1, if(count(UPSTREAM) = 1, upstream."Step Number" + 1, filter(upstream, x => doesnotcontain(upstreamdeep(x).$id, this.$id))."Step Number" + 1))Note: I choose to call my Property “Step Number” and that formula is the value that I give to it. If you use a different name, update your formula accordingly. Conditional Formatting Rule:  RESULT: 

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Lance
1 month ago
Phillip W
Phillip WLucid support team
posted in Inspiration

Corporate Styling with Lucid

In the realm of corporate branding, color schemes are more than just aesthetic choices; they are powerful tools that convey a company's personality, values, and messaging. From evoking emotions to influencing consumer perceptions, selecting the right color scheme is a strategic decision that can profoundly impact brand recognition and resonance. We understand that here at Lucid and want to provide you with a couple of options to help jumpstart your branded collaboration.  Using the color picker for branded colors:The first thing you’ll want to know how to use is the color fill. Within this toolbar, you can change the color of shapes on the canvas to a custom, branded hex color code. Custom shapes with branded colors:Now that you know how to pick a custom fill, you can pull some process shapes onto the canvas. These will serve as your palette for your custom colors. From there, add one color fill to each shape, creating your palette. Once you’re done, align your shapes in a way you like

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R
2 months ago
Preston C
Preston CLucid product team
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Upcoming webinar: How to create engaging workspaces for distributed teams

On Thursday, March 21, we’re partnering with Avocor—a builder of interactive whiteboards—to share practical tips and best practices for setting up physical workspaces that meet the needs of both onsite and remote employees.Register now and join us to: Learn what types of shared workspaces inspire collaboration and how to use different configurations for different types of meetings. Hear about the benefits of incorporating video and touchscreen whiteboards into every shared workspace and how you can use them to facilitate better meetings.  Find out how Lucid creates a culture of collaboration through a combination of technology, best practices, and workspace setup. See the power of combining technologies with the Avocor Board 65 and Lucidspark integration.Hope to see you there!How to create engaging workspaces for distributed teamsMarch 21, 2024 at 11 a.m. MTRegister now 

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Ria S
Lucid Legend Level 1
2 months ago
knield
knieldLucid support team
posted in Inspiration

4 unique ways to use Lucidspark✨

Lucidspark is a great tool for brainstorming, collaboration, and project management, but it can be more than just an incredible tool for teamwork—it can also be a lot of fun! Here are four unique and fun ways to utilize Lucidspark: Reading tracker 📚-  If you are looking for a great way to keep track of the books you're reading, have read, or want to read, use Lucidspark! You can fully customize a reading tracker to visually see what you’ve read, track reading goals, and insert rewards for reaching these goals. Here is a book-tracking template to get you started!  Vision Board 🕶️ - Vision boards are visual representations of goals to help inspire and motivate you. You can utilize Lucidspark’s features to create a vision board for yourself or as a team activity. Here is a vision board template for team collaboration to get you or your team started on putting together a vision for your goals.  Bingo Card 🏆- Engage your team or students by creating a bingo card! You can use this for a m

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knield
2 months ago
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Nat Bu
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Outlook

Is there a way to link Microsoft Outlook with Lucid?I constantly get people added to an email thread or meeting and it would be great to be able to drag them into an org chart

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rafaalb07
Lucid Legend Level 1
2 months ago
Micala R
Micala RLucidite
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5 common challenges solved by AI

AI can help you solve five of your most common business challenges throughout your entire workflow, including:Getting started on a new project. AI can help you overcome “blank canvas syndrome” by suggesting ideas within seconds, so the momentum at the beginning of a project doesn’t stall.  Synthesizing ideas and deciding next steps. AI can help you make your brainstorming sessions more actionable by sorting ideas into themes, aggregating team feedback, and providing a summary of the session. Building on past learnings. Rather than recreating the wheel for each new project, as mentioned above, AI can provide summaries of working sessions. Plus, if you’re working with LLMs, you can keep a history of past prompts and inputs.                                Creating actionable documentation. AI can help you create documentation easily by auto-generating diagrams for you.  Ensuring stakeholders are up to speed. Stakeholders who miss a meeting can read the AI-generated summary of the working

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Stacey R
2 months ago
Humas1985
Lucid Legend Level 2
Humas1985Lucid Legend Level 2
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Best Practices for Flowchart Design

Lets discuss tips, techniques and best practices for creating effective flowcharts 

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mfriedman
2 months ago
Olivia Q
Olivia QLucidite
posted in Inspiration

5 templates to set (and keep) your 2024 goals

Happy New Year, Lucid Community! We hope 2024 is off to a great start for all of you. A new year is a great time to start fresh with goals, resolutions, and intentions. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite templates to help you set and keep your goals throughout 2024. 💪🏽Yearly resolutions template: Commit to your resolutions by writing them down. Keep all of your goals in one place while staying motivated throughout the year.💥 New Year’s resolutions template: Brainstorm and share New Year’s resolutions with your team.💫 Annual calendar: This all-purpose calendar will help you visualize travel plans, meetings, campaigns, and other scheduled events. View the year as a whole and zoom in to each month when needed.🗓 Daily schedule: Feeling like there’s never enough time in the day? Refocus by mapping out your schedule with this template. Plan out tasks, daily priorities, and when to take breaks.⏰ Gratitude jar activity: Focus on what you’re grateful for by taking a moment to practice g

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Micah
3 months ago
Morgan T
Morgan TLucid support team
posted in Inspiration

Generate a flowchart in Lucidchart with AI! ✨

We are excited to announce that you can now generate a flowchart in Lucidchart using AI! This has been a heavily requested feature, and we can’t wait for you to try it out!I’ve already been having tons of fun playing around with this feature, both with work-related ideas and personal interests. Check out some examples below:For more information, check out our Transform productivity and innovation with Collaborative AI article from the Lucid Help Center.Have you generated a flowchart with AI? Do you have feedback about your experience? Share your ideas, results, and feedback in the comments! *Generating a flowchart using Lucid’s Collaborative AI is currently in beta.*

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Micah
3 months ago
Morgan T
Morgan TLucid support team
posted in Inspiration

Check out the new, fully customizable Primary Toolbar in Lucidspark! 🎉

Exciting news! We have released a new Primary Toolbar experience in Lucidspark (and Team Spaces) that allows you to fully customize which tools appear. Drag tools in and out of the toolbar to optimize your workflow and provide quick access to the tools you use most often. For more details, check out our Welcome to Lucidspark article.Let us know in the comments which tool you are most excited to feature in your customized Primary Toolbar! 

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Micah
3 months ago
xenia cubrac
xenia cubrac
posted in Inspiration

Lucid Certification as a must of IT managers professional development

We are planning to make Lucid Certification as a must of IT managers professional development in the company, so as all the managers have the equal level of Lucid using. 

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hsukesan
3 months ago
Audrey V
Audrey VLucidite
posted in Inspiration

Upcoming webinar: How IT teams use Lucid

I’m sharing some exciting news for IT teams looking to get more value out of Lucid. 💪Next week, we’re hosting a webinar where Lucid’s own IT team will show just how they use Lucid—for everything from brainstorming technical solutions to visualizing complex systems.They’ll share insider tips, favorite features (including our recently-released AI and Visual Activities), and most-used integrations (any Jira users out there? 🤚). Join us to learn how to use Lucid for:Planning projects and roadmaps Hosting postmortems and capturing real-time feedback Collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Facilitating architecture reviewsHere’s all of the info you need to register, and we hope to see you next Thursday!How IT teams use Lucid to solve complex problemsDate: February 15, 2024Time: 11 a.m. MST (1 p.m. EST)Sign up now

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hsukesan
3 months ago
Ashtyn C
Ashtyn CLucidite
posted in Inspiration

Show us how you use Lucid for a specific project, workflow, or activity ✨

💭 Imagine this scenario…Your workplace has suddenly been taken over by a group of time travelers from the 1960s. They view “work” as something that can only be done in an office with ample pen and paper.Before they start making drastic decisions like reallocating the software budget for a new fax machine, they’re willing to learn about the power of visual collaboration.💡 What you must do… Persuade them that Lucid is the key to brainstorming, planning, and delivering results.💬 In your reply:Provide a compelling example of how you use Lucid in your role. Upload at least one screenshot of the corresponding Lucidspark board and/or Lucidchart doc. Come up with a unique tagline to wrap-up your pitch.

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3 months ago
mmerrill
mmerrillLucidite
posted in Inspiration

Valentine's Day icebreakers!

Love or hate the holiday, it’s the season of love. Join in on the fun with festive icebreakers and Valentine’s Day team-building activities you can participate in leading up to the holiday to recognize and express appreciation for others. Here are our best Valentine’s Day templates! 💝1. Valentine’s Day card template 🖍Spread some love (Charlie Brown style!) by sharing this virtual Valentine’s Day card with your team, friends, or family.2. Favorite chocolate icebreaker activity 🍫Valentine’s Day may be controversial, but who doesn’t love the candy?! Cash in on that shared love with this fun chocolate icebreaker activity. Kick-start your meeting by ranking the best chocolates, and engage the whole team as they explain (or defend) their answers.3. Love blossom icebreaker 💐Nothing beats real flowers, but this love blossom icebreaker is a solid alternative. Personalize the template with the names and images of different co-workers, then set a short timer and allow team members to write th

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Micah
3 months ago
C
CJ_ZoomZoom
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Visual Activity - Employee 360

My leader team would like to use LucidSpark for a quick 360 evaluation tool.Idea is to have a series of about 200 strength statements and 50 opportunity statements for people to drag and drop. They would select 2 to 3 strength statements and 2 to 3 opportunities that would viewable to the recipient.  Is this doable and what is the best way to go about it?

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Micah
3 months ago
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khaleesioflucidchartLucidite
posted in Inspiration

Indicate Swimlane On-Hover - Hack for inability to "Freeze" lanes!

Hi! I’m one of the Sr. SE’s at Lucid and I wanted to share a way to workaround the inability to “Freeze” swimlane headers in a doc.  It’s hard to see which lane something is in when you scroll away from the lane headers - but a a handy conditional formatting rule can let you hover over a shape, and see which lane it’s in - check this out! https://play.goconsensus.com/u168f9be8

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K
4 months ago
mmerrill
mmerrillLucidite
posted in Inspiration

8 things you didn't know about Lucidspark

We may be biased, but we feel confident that Lucidspark is the only digital whiteboard you’ll ever need. 💪🏽 Here are a few reasons why that you may not have considered:It’s not just a whiteboard: Lucidspark is malleable enough to fit dozens of use cases, meaning it can fit into different phases of your workflow, from ideation to strategic planning to facilitation and beyond. It’s one of the most established whiteboard applications available: There are many whiteboard solutions available, but none can compete with the 12+ years Lucid has put into building the most intelligent visual collaboration platform on the market. It’s perfect for teams of all sizes: Lucidspark has room for unlimited collaborators, making it the perfect solution for your team—no matter how big (or small) your team is. It has a huge template library: With hundreds of Lucidspark templates at your disposal (and counting), there’s something for essentially every use case out there.  It’s capable of handling highly t

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Ria S
Lucid Legend Level 1
4 months ago
Adam E
Adam ELucidite
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Upcoming VA Webinar: 5 use cases for Visual Activities

Hi, everyone! I’m Adam, senior product manager at Lucid, and I wanted to invite this group to a webinar we have coming up next week: Aligning teams and Encouraging Participation: 5 use cases for Visual Activities.Whether or not you’ve had a chance to try out Visual Activities, some of my colleagues and I will demonstrate several ways you can use this incredible capability, including some especially relevant for product managers and UX designers, such as:Gathering customer feedback and research Gathering team feedback on UX mockups or other solutions Prioritizing potential features or projects by reach, effort, cost, and other facts Leading project retrospectivesAnd that’s just the start. I hope you’ll join us!  👉 Learn more about this event and sign up now!

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Ria S
Lucid Legend Level 1
4 months ago
shannon
shannonLucidite
posted in Inspiration

Upcoming webinar: 5 use cases for Visual Activities

Hey there, Lucid community! I wanted to invite you all to an exciting webinar that’s happening next week.You may remember that, last year, we launched a new capability called Visual Activities. ✨These interactive activities allow you to gather team or customer feedback and then turn that data into actionable insights. (If you haven’t seen how cool this capability is, check out the video below!)We have seen so many ways Visual Activities can be used within teams, and during this webinar, we will share those use cases live, including:Increasing engagement during meetings Fostering team connection Getting input on and developing project plans Making decisions quicklyHere’s all of the info you need to register, and we hope to see you next Thursday!Aligning teams and encouraging participation: 5 use cases for Visual ActivitiesDate: January 18, 2024Time: 11 a.m. MST (1 p.m. EST)👉 Sign up now  

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hsukesan
4 months ago
mmerrill
mmerrillLucidite
posted in Inspiration

Lucid hacks to make your meetings more productive

If you associate Lucid with diagramming only, you might be underutilizing one of the most powerful productivity tools in your arsenal. 🔨Lucid supports nimble, efficient work for any team at any stage of a project, from planning and ideation to building and evaluation. And when teams need to meet to drive these functions, they turn to Lucid to make their meetings more productive so they can see and build the future faster.Here are some simple hacks you can do in Lucid to save time so you can collaborate more efficiently with your team during meetings.Hack #1: 🎥Record a video to provide contextEstimated time savings: 15-30 minutesTry Lucid’s integration with Loom to record a short video you attach to your visual agenda or brainstorming board. Give people context on how to navigate the board and leave ideas and input, or share a prompt you want them to respond to.Use Loom to make, embed, or play video recordings in your Lucid documents and long-winded email or unnecessary meetings.Hack

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mmerrill
4 months ago
Addie
AddieLucid community team
posted in Inspiration

Getting Started with Lucidchart & Lucidspark

Should I use Lucidchart or Lucidspark? ❔ Lucidchart is a collaborative diagramming tool for creating process maps org charts network diagrams cloud infrastructure diagrams project timelines and more. Lucidspark is a whiteboarding tool for ideation and brainstorming sessions (agile planning facilitating workshops voting quickly organizing ideas etc). Both tools work together but Lucidpark is best for quickly capturing ideas and Lucidchart is best for formally documenting a process.    Quick overviews & guides 💭 Quickly dive in to our most popular features with these Help Center articles: Lucidchart: Get started with Lucidchart Collaborate in Lucidchart Work with shapes in Lucidchart Lucidspark: Get started with Lucidspark Facilitator Tools Convert Ideas to Sticky Notes Become a diagramming expert by diving in to the Lucid training platform Lucid Labs! Diagramming Foundations with Lucidchart Whiteboarding Foundations with Lucidspark   Videos 🎥 If you’re look

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Micah
4 months ago
Vince B
Vince B
posted in Inspiration

How is everyone using their Lucid Certifications?

Happy Monday, All!Through process of using Lucid I have obtained Lucid certifications. LucidLabs offers a variety of badges/certifications that provide hands on demonstrations of how to use their software.How are you using your Lucid certification in your job? What is your favorite this about Lucid certifications?My answers are that I have learned how to master the usage of frames in Lucidspark. My favorite part of Lucid certifications is that the tutorials are intuitive and provide real value.   

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Ria S
Lucid Legend Level 1
4 months ago
mfriedman
mfriedman
posted in Inspiration

Ever Since Learning with Lucid

Learning more about Lucid through the Community and the Training Labs has paid off in full! We have been able to go back to our project teams with the recent knowledge gained, and share much more effective ways to utilize the tool efficiently. Colors and shapes were fairly well understood, but having greater insight into linkages / integrations / connectivity is a game changer. We can not only link external references to Lucid, but also reference Lucid diagramming in the external project builds we perform. It has also brought a colleague and I closer, in consistent discussion of the Lucid capabilities more so than ever before. 

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mfriedman
4 months ago
Audrey V
Audrey VLucidite
posted in Inspiration

3 of our favorite ways to use Lucid for product planning 💡

At Lucid, our R&D teams know first-hand that launching new products and features requires thorough preparation, clear communication, and plenty of cross-departmental collaboration.Here are just a few powerful ways we’ve found that Lucid helps in the product planning process:#1: Centralize product requirement informationWith Lucid, you can easily capture product requirements from other departments or from your customers in one central space. We love the product requirement feedback template for this!Within one board, you can work together to record everything from user personas to goals and success metrics. Take advantage of Facilitator Tools if you’re working live, or share the board asynchronously using Frames and Paths to direct your collaborators’ attention. By using Lucid to capture product requirements, we can embed links, add comments, tag teammates, and create a visual record. #2: Visualize the release timelineWe also recommend using Lucid to visualize the timeline of your r

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Audrey V
5 months ago
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