Need a tool to hold your annual calendar planning over Zoom? Look no further, try Jamboard by Google.
In March the MP DOC held our Annual Calendar Planning Session. Obviously, we had to do this over Zoom, not in-person. Normally we hang paper calendars on the wall, walk around with stick notes, and place all the proposed events on the wall calendars. This year, we tried a tool that was new to all of us. We used Jamboard by Google. It worked very well.
If you are convinced & want to borrow our template, go here: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1yUHhQlDLB2w0nzaF6rDuWAOCWZrau6PI5ccsGTyrGAY/viewer?f=0
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This year we are trying out a virtual whiteboard tool called Jamboard. It is a free tool from Google. Think of it as a specialized version of Google Documents or Google Slides; up to 50 people can be working in the tool simultaneously & it can have up to 20 pages or sheets or frames. Before the planning session, we prepopulated the Jamboard with the next 19 monthly calendars. We also created sticky notes for all the events we normally host each year. As we place a copy of each sticky note on the various months, we go back to page 1 and rotate the original sticky note by 90 degrees so everyone knows what has and has not been placed, as well as we retain a complete list of all the events for the year on page 1. We tried this for the first time on Tuesday 3/9, it worked very well. We recommend Jamboard as a virtual whiteboard for annual calendar planning.
Take a look at an example Jamboard here. https://jamboard.google.com/d/1yUHhQlDLB2w0nzaF6rDuWAOCWZrau6PI5ccsGTyrGAY/edit?usp=sharing If you like it, make a copy, store the copy on your G-Drive, and get started with your annual calendar planning.
We briefly considered Miro, but quickly chose Jamboard without any extensive testing. https://www.softwareadvice.com/ca/whiteboard/jamboard-profile/vs/miro/ Also a 3rd choice could be Mural https://mcgraw.princeton.edu/file/3951/download?token=YIkgTP_A