Thinking Dimensions, a consulting firm that promotes the KEPNERandFOURIE methodology of problem solving and decision making, offers a MindManager Pro 7 add-in called the ThinkingWorks Wizard that helps users to make better busines decisions using this proprietary process. Utilizing a pop-up dialog box, the wizard walks users through a four-step process that consists of: Stating […]
New idea input tools launched by MindMeister
MindMeister recently announced the availability of several new "Geistesblitz" widgets that enable users to quickly insert ideas into a MindMeister map. Initially, the developer of the popular web-based mind mapping tool offered widgets for the Mac OS Dashboard and Windows Vista, but recently added them for the following platforms: Yahoo Widgets iGoogle iPhone MindMeister also […]
How a ‘dashboard’ map supercharged the productivity of a team of project leaders
Jamie Nast, writing in her Idea Mapping Blog, recently shared a case history of a group of 35 IT project leaders, who would meet weekly to review the major IT projects happening within their organization. Each week, a team of 4 people spent 2 days compiling an 85-page status document. By the time the IT […]
How to manage the gray areas with mind mapping software
According to the surveys I’ve done of mind mapping software users, its biggest benefit is helping them to achieve clarity in expressing their ideas and information. The latest issue of Mindjet’s monthly e-newsletter contains an interview with Jerry Manas, author of the book, Managing the Gray Areas, that reinforces this idea. Here are some key […]
Exploratree offers visual thinking guides
Exploratree is a new website that offers an impressive selection of free visual thinking guides. While not mind maps, they are marvelous tools for visual thinking and mapping of information and ideas. Think of thinking guides as blank templates that you can fill in with your ideas and information. You can download them for free, […]
Branding your mind maps for greater impact
Marketing guru Roger C. Parker recently published a great series of tips in his Design to Sell Blog on how entrepreneurs and marketing people can utilize more of the design capabilities of MindManager 7.0 to create visual maps that uniquely reflect their firm’s image. While Roger’s tips are specific to MindManager, you can add your […]
Review: iMindMap 2.0 delivers an organic visual mapping experience, plus many business features
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 […]
3 benefits of visual mapping in meetings
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 […]
Full VizThink conference guide now online
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 […]
New version of i2Brain features numerous small improvements
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 […]
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