Here are the 5 winners of my “amazing mind mapping stories” contest. Thanks to everyone who contributed their stories!

There is a growing tendency of get rich quick scam artists who promise to include a mind map as part of their information products. I don’t like it. Here’s why.

ThinkBuzan, the new organization fronted by mind mapping inventor Tony Buzan, is doing some research into the field of creativity, and would like your help. Using the power of the web, Buzan would like you to take a 20-minute creativity test.

There’s a lot of cool stuff in the works here at the Mind Mapping Software Blog, and I just wanted to give you a taste of what I’ve been working on lately.

ThinkBuzan recently announced that Tony Buzan, the inventor of mind mapping, will be coming to the U.S. in May to host a variety of exclusive talks, training events and accredited courses.

The results are now in on the Most Improved Mind Mapping Survey of 2009. The winner is… well, actually, you’ll have to read the blog post to discover who the winner is, and who appears to be gaining fast on the front-runner!

‘Tis the season to be generous. Please support Robin Capper’s efforts to raise money for the micro-lending non-profit website Kiva by participating in his eBay auction for one licensed copy of MindManager 8.

Vic Gee, author of the Mind Mapping Blog, recently announced a contest that I wish I had thought of: He’s looking for BIG IDEAS that will help to drive exponential growth in the number of people doing mind mapping.

In a recent blog post, Brett Bumeter took Mindjet, the developer or MindManager 7, to task for not keeping pace with users’ changing needs. That, however, is not the focus of this post. Rather, what I’d like to do here is take some of Brett’s key points and issue a challenge to all developers of mind mapping software. I believe that he has identified some real needs here that ought to be addressed by them.

Thank you to all of the visual mappers who submitted entries for the opportunity to win a free copy of my popular e-book, Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software. The stories were so good that it was hard for me to choose just one winner. That’s why I decided to choose three: Lee [...]