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Whittney C
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

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Whittney C
1 year ago
Whittney C
Whittney CLucidite
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How Okta uses Lucidchart for success

When we met with Okta – the San Francisco-based identity management cloud software company – to learn about how they use Lucidchart in their day-to-day work our team was pleased to discover how deeply they value visualizations. Okta uses Lucidchart to create all types of visualizations. From wireframes to timelines to sequence diagrams Okta’s teams rely on Lucidchart to communicate the complexities of security software to their clients. Dan Marma a sales architect at Okta explained how “Lucidchart diagrams inspire confidence with the customer so they can say ‘Hey these guys have done this before. These diagrams look good. They make sense. They’re readable. What we’re doing is no longer this confusing thing.’ Remove that element of confusion and people feel better about their decision." Not only does Okta create custom templates to encourage the use of visualizations but they also take advantage of the extensive shape libraries available on Lucidchart. Specifically they use the UM

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Whittney C
1 year ago
Whittney C
Whittney CLucidite
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Use a Mind Map to plan a Marketing Campaign

Lucidchart’s flexible mind mapping feature empowers you to organize your ideas through visualizations.First import and existing text outline to start or use keyboard shortcuts and create a mind map as you brainstorm. Mind maps allow you to keep an organized record as your creativity flows.This template demonstrates how mind maps can also help you organize the various components that make up a comprehensive digital marketing campaign.Large marketing campaigns – and most business projects – require collaboration across various teams. Yet sometimes it’s hard to remember all the departments teams and stakeholders especially at the beginning of a project. This template demonstrates how mind maps help you break down daunting projects or tasks to better understand each individual component.Let’s say you need to plan a budget for your new business venture. You’ve secured investors and feel excited to begin but you’re still unsure how to divide the business budget between departments. Instead o

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Whittney C
1 year ago
Addie
Lucid Legend Level 1
AddieLucid Legend Level 1
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Improve Hybrid Workflow with Lucid

One of the most important questions everyone is asking today is: how can I effectively collaborate with my team manage projects and run meetings in a hybrid work environment? We’ve got you! Learn How visual collaboration helps you connect in a hybrid work environment.    Lucid will help you: Collaborate with your team synchronously and asynchronously. Learn How 5 companies used the Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite to transform remote collaboration and check out our Best team collaboration tools. Become an expert at Asynchronous collaborative project management for hybrid teams Learn best practices to strengthen hybrid teams and collaboration with our Hybrid Teams + Collaboration Quick Guide Manage projects expertly. Lucid is powerfully integrated with all of your favorite productivity tools to create a seamless workflow. Learn how to use Lucidspark for Microsoft Teams with this 4 minute video. Learn How to facilitate decision-making with a hybrid team Discover

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Addie
Lucid Legend Level 1
1 year ago
Addie
Lucid Legend Level 1
AddieLucid Legend Level 1
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Achieve Team Alignment with Lucid

Team alignment ensures that every member of a team is working towards a common goal with a shared understanding of the objectives priorities and responsibilities. It is the key to creating a cohesive and high-performing team that can achieve its goals efficiently and effectively.    Team alignment can provide: Improve communication: When team members are aligned they communicate better with each other avoiding misunderstandings and improving collaboration. Increase productivity: When everyone on the team is working towards a shared goal there is less duplication of effort and the team can work together to find more efficient ways to achieve their objectives. Enhance morale: When team members are aligned they feel more invested in their work and are more likely to feel a sense of ownership and pride in their accomplishments. Foster innovation: When team members are aligned they can work together to generate new ideas and approaches that can lead to better outcomes. Lucid has

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Addie
Lucid Legend Level 1
1 year ago
Micah
MicahLucid community team
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Difference between a Hotspot, Action, and Link Preview 💥

Adding interactivity to your diagrams is a great way to engage your viewers, add depth and context to your documentation, and supplement your visuals with actionable next steps. Lucidchart makes this easy with several different tools—want to know which option is best for you? Read on to learn the differences between Hotspots, Actions, and Link Previews how they behave and how to use them effectively.  ActionsWith Actions, you can link to an external website or email, a page within the current Lucidchart document, or a different Lucidchart document. You can also use Actions to toggle layers and add conditional formatting rules. For a complete description of each of these options, please refer to the Add an Action or link to a shape in Lucidchart article from the Lucidchart Help Center.Actions can be applied to most objects and text in two ways. The first is via the Actions menu in the toolbar at the top of the editor.The second is from within the right-click menu by selecting “Add Actio

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Micah
1 year ago
Micah
MicahLucid community team
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Using layers and actions to create a button in your Lucidchart diagram

Visualization is often most effective when it is simple and clean but sometimes elements of your diagrams might need a bit of extra detail or context. By creating a button in your diagram you and other viewers can easily click it to reveal that additional information then quickly hide it again to keep the diagram clear and easy to understand. For example I’ve used Lucidchart to create an office floor plan in which there is additional employee information corresponding to each seat assignment. This diagram can then serve as a resource for others in the office to understand more information about your workplace and the people who work there. Below I’ve created a seating area of an office floor plan including desks chairs and computer setups. Now I want to turn each chair object into a button which upon clicking will reveal additional information about the employee who sits there. After creating the floor plan the next step is to create the corresponding Layers for each chair object. In t

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Micah
2 years ago
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