During my recent audio interview with Roger C. Parker, author of the Published & Profitable Blog and book writing and publishing guru extraordinaire, he shared a cool little mind mapping trick that helps him to stay focused when writing a book.
How mind mapping “shakes things up” and helps you to pull ahead while others are still pulling back from uncertainty.
During the past month or so, Gideon King at NovaMind has been detailing the features that will be coming soon in NovaMind 5 for Mac OS X. As expected, this innovative new release pushes the envelope in numerous areas in terms of functionality, and makes the most of the highly visual Mac interface.
Earlier this week, Mindjet announced that it will release the newest version of its flagship mind mapping program, MindManager 9, in early August. Here’s a summary of what’s new in MindManager 9, and why it’s important to you as a business user of mind mapping software.
Mind mapping applications – particularly those that are web-based – offer some awesome potential for large-scale, real-time collaboration. Here are two stories from Spinscape that illustrate what’s already possible.
Twitter is a great place to build a network of people who share common interests, to help each other find answers to pressing questions, commiserate or simply chat about life. Here’s a simple but powerful way to use mind mapping software to help you build more effective Twitter relationships.
The best mind maps do a number of things very well: They provide just enough information, well-organized in an easy-to-understand sequence. They use images, icons and symbols creatively and sparingly to add meaning and context to the map. They help the reader by using topic borders to draw your eye to the most important content in the map. And they use color to add visual interest. In this new Effective Mind Maps report, I analyze a terrific mind map that summarizes several presentations of a business development expert that does all of this and more.
One of my favorite features of modern mind mapping software is the ability to “focus in” on one branch of your mind map. In this new Mind Mapping Insider video, I demonstrate how 6 popular programs have implemented it.
Here is a mind map of 50 fascinating web content ideas that can help to build buzz for you as a thought leader.
Mind mapping is an awesome way to take notes at a conference, during a class or to summarize the key points of any speaker. I suspect that many people don’t try it, however, because they’re afraid they won’t be able to do it successfully in an actual production situation. Here are some tips to overcome your fears.
