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Uncover actionable ideas by brainstorming with Trello, no matter where you’re located
A productive brainstorm helps your team identify innovative ideas and make decisions. Using Trello as a virtual whiteboard gets the creativity flowing. Whether you’re working in the same place or remotely, you can turn disruptive ideas into actionable projects.
How to structure a better brainstorm with Trello
Collaboration is the easy part with boards, lists, and cards - Trello’s tools for brainstorming
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Spark innovative ideas, quickly
Trello is the virtual (white)board for you and your team to use to brainstorm solutions or generate new ideas. It’s easy to get started – simply create a board and add cards as ideas flow. Give context to ideas with descriptions and attachments.
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Capture, organize, and prioritize
Brainstorming can happen async with comments and by tagging teammates. Everyone has a say; vote on a card to bring the best ideas to the top. Create a list to catalog the rest for further review.
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Put your ideas to work
Keep the momentum after your brainstorming session – assign next steps, add owners, and due dates to explore what you’ve surfaced. No bad ideas and none go to waste.
Trello for Brainstorming
Trello + your favorite tools
Trello has 200+ integrations with the tools you know and love. Integrate the tools your team already uses with Trello to keep your work organized and in one place. Try a Trello Power-Up to connect all of your team’s (other) favorite apps to your boards.
No need to start from scratch. Use one of our customizable templates.
Jumpstart your board with a well-proven template designed by our team. Customize it for yours.
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Distributed Team Brainstorming
Not only is the board instantly ready to be the digital whiteboard for your brainstorm, it will guide you through the Disrupt Technique for getting unstuck and finding big ideas.
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Innovation Weeks
From Trello’s engineers to your team, a staple for planning those periods of time dedicated to exploring new products, features, and business models.
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Design Sprint
Prototype and test new ideas quickly, getting customer feedback and taking early concepts to the next stage of development.
Join over 2,000,000 teams worldwide that are using Trello to get more done.
Join over 2,000,000 teams worldwide that are using Trello to get more done.
Insight on ideation
Read the Trello blog to find ways to improve efficiency, productivity, and collaboration.
3 Ways Trello will change how your remote team brainstorms
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The relationship between team reflection and planning
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