Think about your whiteboard in your funeral home: the hero of your office wall. Old faithful.
It’s been there for years, maybe even decades, helping you keep information organized.
But let’s be honest, as cases change and details pile up, you’ve probably asked yourself: Is there an easier way to keep everyone on the same page, without the constant erase, rewrite, repeat?
The good news? Technology has evolved, and there’s a new tool on the block: the digital whiteboard.
It’s like your old whiteboard, but smarter.
So, which one is best for you?
Let’s take a closer look at how physical and digital whiteboards compare across five key areas.
If you’re a longtime physical whiteboard user, you likely have a reliable color-coded system, and a drawer full of Expo markers to match.
And while this helps you customize the way you display information, your options are limited. Want to change the layout of the board? Time to erase everything and start from scratch. And if your color palette is missing a marker or two…good luck keeping things organized.
Digital Whiteboards offer flexibility and customization on a new level. With Passare, you can customize colors, labels, icons, and case views to fit your workflow. You can even set up smart rules that automatically color-code based on case details, so your team stays organized without lifting a finger.
Handwritten updates are easy to read, until someone’s chicken scratch turns finding a case detail into a wild goose chase (we all have that one coworker…or maybe you are that coworker).
And as the board fills up, updates get squeezed into corners and edges, making it harder to do a quick scan for case updates.
Digital Whiteboards keep everything easy to read. In Passare, you can filter and sort to find exactly what you need. Color-coding and icons make it easy to spot key details at a glance, helping your team make faster, more informed decisions.
Once you have all your case information written perfectly on the board, it’s easy to find what you need.
But what happens when your info needs to be updated?
Updates mean erasing, rewriting, and hoping you don’t smudge something important in the process. And with cases constantly changing, that cycle gets old fast.
Between updating case information and double-checking for errors, you can easily spend too much extra time making updates to your physical whiteboard. Digital whiteboards can save you time all the way around. In Passare, updates to your Whiteboard happen automatically as details change within a case. Plus, you can edit information in a case without ever leaving your whiteboard.
No manual data entry. Just quick, accurate updates.
Manual updates leave room for error. If your whiteboard says one thing and your software says another, it can lead to confusion, or worse, miscommunication with a family.
With digital Whiteboards, you can be sure that all the case information listed is accurate and up to date. It’s like a single source of truth.
Whether you update the board or the case itself, everything stays in sync. This not only reduces your risk of errors but also keeps you from having to make updates on your physical whiteboard and your software.
Raise your hand if you’ve ever texted a picture of the whiteboard to your coworker…
A physical whiteboard is great…when you’re standing right in front of it. But when you leave the office, you can't reference or change your whiteboard until you get back to the funeral home. That means relying on memory to track updates, which isn’t ideal when you’re juggling a dozen other things. (No judgment - you shouldn’t have to remember everything!)
Digital Whiteboards can go wherever you go. With Passare, if you can access the platform, you can access your Whiteboard. And since updates and changes happen in real time, you can view the most accurate information whether you’re at your desk, on the road, or checking in from home.
Your physical whiteboard has served you well, but it may be time to retire the Expo markers.
Digital Whiteboards in Passare offers smarter customization, faster updates, and real-time access so your team can stay aligned wherever they are.
And once you make the switch, you’ll have space to hang more art on your newly vacant wall. 😆
Learn more about Passare Whiteboards in these resources:
The top 3 perks of digital Whiteboards
Digital Whiteboards 101: Tools, tips, and tricks
Or see Whiteboards, along with more time-saving features, in a demo of Passare.