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Best Online Collaborative Tools

The best online collaborative tools are becoming more and more part of our every-day world as people find ways to become even more productive, either at work or for their personal projects.

This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of online tools, but rather some suggestions from fellow facilitators, trainers and students. I primarily use these tools in my Design Thinking workshops, so they are organised for now in the four stages of the Double Diamond Design Model.

As much as I hope all of the links are correct, some may be broken and I’ll try to fix and adjust as times goes by. Otherwise, click on any of the links below.

Best Online Collaborative Tools

These two work for every phase of Design Thinking

Miro  (I admit it, my favourite)

Mural

Tools for the Discover phase

SurveyMonkey  surveys

TypeForm  surveys

Zoom and similar video conference tools

Tools for the Define phase

MakeMyPersona – good persona builder

Smaply – superb for creating customer journeys

Tools for the Develop phase

IdeaFlip – online sticky notes

Lucidchart – good for customer journeys

SessionLab  good tool to design workshops

Stormboard – good digital online whiteboard

Tools for the Deliver phase

Boords – storyboarding software for videos

HotJar – visual tool to collate feedback for prototyping

InVision – online whiteboard, excellent for prototyping

Marvel – prototyping tool loved by many

Sketch – good overall tool, but with excellent prototyping offerings

Are there others you’ve used and prefer?  Please add your recommendations below. 

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