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Ashtyn CLucidite

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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.

6 months ago

mmerrillLucidite

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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

7 months ago

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?

7 months ago

mmerrillLucidite

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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

7 months ago

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!

7 months ago

shannonLucidite

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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

7 months ago

mmerrillLucidite

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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

7 months ago

AddieLucid Legend Level 1

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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

7 months ago

Vince B

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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.

8 months ago

mfriedmanLucid Legend Level 1

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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.

8 months ago

Audrey VLucidite

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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

8 months ago

acednalga

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can you translate grap LR into ERD chen notation

graph LRAdmin[admin_id, username, password]Person_with_disability[pwd_id, first_name, middle_name, last_name, dob, age, gender, birth_place, civil_status, blood_type, ph_id, tin_id, religion, contact_number, email_address, province, city_town, address, educational_attainment, employment_status, contact_person, contact_person_no, valid_id, id_number, disability, username, password, status]Senior_Citizen[sc_id, first_name, middle_name, last_name, dob, age, gender, birth_place, civil_status, blood_type, ph_id, tin_id, religion, contact_number, email_address, province, city_town, address, educational_attainment, employment_status, contact_person, contact_person_no, valid_id, id_number, username, password, status]Uploaded_file[file_id, username, file_name, file_directory, file_type]Admin --nAdmin_uploads_file (uploaded_on)--> Uploaded_filePerson_with_disability --1Person_with_disability_has_account--> AdminSenior_Citizen --1Senior_Citizen_has_account--> Admin

8 months ago

collabunicornLucidite

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Love Visual Activities for Ice Breakers and Surveys!

Visual Activities are a fantastic way to not only break the ice at the start of a team collaboration event, but also to grab quick data through an in-meeting survey. The visualization of responses are, in my opinion, more impactful that a bar chart. How are you using Visual Activities?

9 months ago

Morgan TLucid support team

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Share your Lucidchart AI Prompt Flow models! 🤖

With Lucidchart’s AI Prompt Flow extension you can experiment with LLMs (large language models) and improve AI prompts no matter how technically savvy you are (or are not)! You can use the extension to build models of your AI flow with multiple user inputs using sample interactions to help train responses.  When I was learning how to use AI Prompt Flow it was hard to know where to start or what the possibilities were. The most helpful thing for me was seeing example prompts and outputs. Because of that experience we in the Lucid Community want to encourage you to share all the ways you are using AI Prompt Flow to improve your AI prompts!  To kick us off below are a couple examples I created when experimenting and learning how to use the tool. For this first example I used a System Prompt User Prompt and User Variables.   This is the output the AI Prompt Flow created:   For my second example I wanted to see how all the different parts of an AI model work together s

10 months ago

Tayan HLucidite

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What you actually need out of your collaboration tool stack

More and more software solutions come out every day claiming to improve remote and hybrid work whether by making it more accessible or more efficient. Often times these tools only lead to more complexity.  The concept of “the best tool” doesn’t exist in a vacuum; what’s far more important to figure out is what mix of tools will drive collaboration efficiency and impact—not just activity—on your team. Here are three non-negotiables for your collaboration tech stack:  1. Single sources of truth Few things are more frustrating than looking for a critical piece of information and being unable to find it. Teams need to know which pieces of technology in their stack are reliable stores of knowledge for their team and business and which tools assist with other collaboration functions (like ideation productivity or evaluation). 2. Living documentation Work is never linear and cross-functional collaboration is messy; teams often have to go back to the drawing board or bring new

10 months ago

Olivia QLucidite

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6 ways to use Visual Activities to fuel better alignment

Make informed decisions that produce actionable insights with Lucid's Visual Activities! Here are 6 ways to use Visual Activities to fuel stronger alignment and more efficient collaboration. Lead planning sessions  Bring focus and efficiency to the meeting planning process. Effectively set ideas in motion with everyone on board. Strong visuals to accompany activity results will give your team a clear path forward coming out of your planning meeting.  Incorporate Visual Activities in your next planning session to track milestones assess risk and prioritize business initiatives. Prioritize next steps Prioritize ideas and determine actionable next steps. Collaboratively prioritize tasks or order a product backlog to easily get started on any project. Visual Activities naturally keeps a record of what decisions were made so any team member can come back to the board later and gain a clear picture of what was decided on. Unsure of what tasks to start on first? Use th

11 months ago

AddieLucid Legend Level 1

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How are you using Virtual Whiteboarding?

Share your favorite Lucidspark board with the Community by commenting with a photo and description of your work below! Helpful Tip: Become and expert in the fundamentals of virtual whiteboarding with our Whiteboarding Foundations Training Lab.

11 months ago

Dave B

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Not Sure how to proceed

I had an idea at work but I'm unsure how best to develop it. I need to know the best way to quickly create a dynamic graphic map that shows connections between different organizations with filters to show their disparate characteristics.  Im trying to create a resource for nonprofits to know who does what so that if they are at capacity they can refer clients rapidly to another entity.There is a ton of Lucidchart and lucidboard tutorials but what template would be best for this?  My vision is pretty much a tagged filterable directory and when you click on an entity it pops out into more info.  

1 year ago

Micala RLucidite

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3 out-of-the-box templates for creative brainstorming

Imagine this: Your team has to come up with new campaign ideas. You gather the team together and start a timer but the ideas don’t flow.  It might be time to shake things up. Here are three brainstorming templates that can help revitalize your brainstorming sessions and lead to fresh ideas.  1. World explorer The world explorer template encourages your team to think expansively about different aspects of a company industry or subject that are different from their own to come up with new ideas. Investigating how other fields are problem-solving can inspire your team to come up with new ways to address their challenges. 2. 6:1 idea tool The 6:1 idea tool template is a fun way to narrow down many ideas to just the very best ones. Each team member starts by doing their own brainstorming. Then team members meet in pairs to share those ideas and agree on the best idea. The pair then brings that idea to the larger team. 3. Random words brainstorming Random word brainstorming is wh

1 year ago

Tayan HLucidite

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3 ways Lucid helps you make decisions 🧐

Have you ever felt indecisive? *everyone raises a hand* ✋ We've all struggled to make the right decision at the right time and that's often because we didn't have the tools or resources we needed. Lucid is an incredible antidote to this common pain point! Visualizing your decision-making process in a collaborative environment makes all the difference when it comes to making choices quickly and strategically. Let's jump into three specific ways Lucid helps teams make decisions with confidence! 1. Centralizes vital resources Creating documentation in Lucid naturally forms an innovation repository—a centralized place for ideas. Innovation repositories come with a long list of advantages but one of the most noteworthy is that your business now has a single source of truth. This prevents searching through numerous tools and resources to inform your decisions and speeds up the process altogether as a result.  Want to create a home for your team's documentation? Then you have t

1 year ago

Whittney CLucidite

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Onboarding Process Template

Lucid makes everything easier including onboarding and hiring! Check out this easy-to-use onboarding flow that helps you and the new hire visualize the onboarding experience.  Click here for a copy of this template! How have you used Lucid to streamline a process? Feel free to share screenshots or ideas in the comments  below.

1 year ago

Audrey VLucidite

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3 Team Spaces Tips (With Examples) To Maximize Collaboration 🤝

Earlier this year we introduced Team Spaces as a key capability of the Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite. Team Spaces is a virtual home base that brings together the resources that teams need to initiate work coordinate progress and stay aligned from start to finish. Now we want to share our best tips for setting up and using your team’s space to maximize collaboration! Tip 1: Include a team resources section One of the most valuable sections to include in your space is a spot that houses all team resources and documentation. By linking to resources directly in your space you ensure everyone has immediate access to the most up-to-date information.  Wondering what to include? Make a list of information everyone on the team needs to access frequently—and be sure to ask for your team’s input. Some common examples include agile boards project or brand guidelines team research or process documentation.   Tip 2: Document team goals and timelines in your space Your space should

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1 year ago

Whittney CLucidite

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Breakout Boards with Lucidspark

These days we’ve all had to get a little creative when collaborating at work. With many people working remotely your team may rely heavily on video conferencing software. The good news is you can host your Lucidspark breakout sessions alongside video conferencing. Let’s walk through the how-to. Here’s the scenario. Your team is logged on to a video conference meeting and it’s time for the brainstorming session to start. You instruct everyone to open the Main Board in Lucidspark. First let’s get everyone into the right Breakout Board. As soon as you start the breakout session a panel appears for all participants. You tell each individual to join a Breakout Board before moving on to the next step of assigning them to the relevant video conference breakout room. Here's what the panel looks like to participants: Now you’re ready to start the video conference breakout rooms. With everyone in their Lucidspark Breakout Boards you assign each participant to a corresponding video confere

1 year ago

AddieLucid Legend Level 1

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Create a Mind Map of Lines

Using basic shapes and simple styling features you can build a mind map out of lines in Lucidchart to brainstorm about a topic or explore a question! The Benefits of a Mind Map of Lines: in addition to being cool to look at mind maps made out of lines allow you to have more control over the shape and arrangement of your ideas. When you create a mind map out of lines the lines themselves represent the different branches of your concept map rather than merely serving as a way to connect an idea to its parent node. You can use the lines and their styling properties (eg. color thickness style and path) to visually display meta-information about your ideas. In this example line color is used to differentiate between the children of the central node of the mind map. Line path and arrangement is used to cluster related children branches together and line thickness is used to show the relative importance of different children branches. Build Your Own Mind Map of Lines! You can easily create y

1 year ago

Whittney CLucidite

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Before & After: Aesthetic Diagramming Tips

Once you finish building your perfect Lucidchart document (you’ve  visualized processes added custom shapes and even linked data) there are two final steps before you’re ready to showcase your document to others: Make your document beautiful. Present your document directly on Lucidchart with Presentation Mode. Read on for a detailed guide on how to make your diagram aesthetically pleasing so that it is ready to be shared with the world. Design matters. See for yourself: which of these flowcharts would you prefer to follow? The one on the right immediately catches and keeps my attention – what about you? Both diagrams contain the same information but the second diagram uses color and other styling features to make its content attractive and easy to follow. Win win! We’ve collected a few sneaky tricks to help you transform your document from a black and white compilation of shapes to an intelligently designed aesthetically pleasing presentation. Check them out! 1.) Color color an

1 year ago

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