In 2006, Tony Buzan’s company decided to launch its own mind mapping program – iMindMap – with an aim of creating a software environment that would more closely mimic the process of creating hand drawn maps. In 2007, iMindMap 2 was released, and it shows tremendous promise. It delivers on the promise of creating a [...]
In a recent VizThink webinar, David Sibbett, a graphical facilitator and founder of The Grove Consultants International, shared three key powerful benefits that visual mapping provides when used to record and display the ideas discussed in a business meeting. While his comments were specifically focused on the richly detailed, large scale, hand drawn visualizations he [...]
Tom Crawford, CEO of VizThink, reports that the full guide for the VizThink Conference (January 27-29, 2008 in San Francisco, Calif.) is now online. Tom’s opening comments in the brochure set the stage for what this unique event is all about: "VizThink ’08 is all about exposure and experience with a wide variety of visual [...]
The developers of i2Brain, a software program that provides basic mind mapping functionality plus alternate (tabular) views of your map’s contents, have released a new version of the program. Here’s what’s new and improved in version 3.1: You can now adjust the width of topic links You can use drag and drop to create and [...]
Alberto Martinez recently launched the Mindmapping Everywhere blog, in which he demonstrates how he works with visual maps. The topics so far are very informative, as shown by these examples: Guidelines for mind mapping styles Mind mapping meetings Mind mapping business scorecard Welcome to the community of mind mapping bloggers, Alberto! We’re expecting great things [...]
As mind mapping grows in importance as a key tool for business, it’s not surprising that people are starting to emerge who coach executives on how to use it effectively. Kyle McFarlin is a visual strategy expert. Through his consultancy, Visual Strategist, he advises entrepreneurs, C-level (CEO, CFO, CMO, etc.) executives and work teams on [...]
Mappio, a site that started life as a way to create visual maps from a text-based outline, relaunched itself in December as a repository for MindManager and FreeMind maps. Maps are searchable by title and keyword tags, and you can also view a set of featured mind maps. The developer, Alexander Uslontsev, recently told me [...]
