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How to add visual dimension to your mind maps with a background image or color

By Chuck Frey

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Many mind mapping programs enable you to add a background image or pattern to your mind maps. But using this feature can be tricky. Here are some tips to do so effectively.

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How to use icons and symbols to improve the clarity of your mind maps

By Chuck Frey

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Icons and symbols are small visual elements that you can attach to topics in your mind maps, which add meaning and context to them. These miniature images can be used to depict priority, types of activities, tasks, and types of information and ideas.

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Filed Under: Basics Tagged With: icon, legend, symbol

Increase the visual impact of your mind maps with images and color

By Chuck Frey

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Images add visual interest to your mind maps. They can be utilized as the central topic of your map, or attached to other topics, and add a wealth of meaning and context to your maps.

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Filed Under: Basics Tagged With: color, color theory, flickr, google images, image, istockphoto, novamind

5 business applications of right-facing mind maps

By Chuck Frey

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Radial vs. top-down vs. right facing mind maps – how do you decide which type of visual diagram to create? In this special report, I outline five applications where it makes sense to design your mind map with a right-facing orientation.

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An innovative design for a “compass map” diagram

By Chuck Frey

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Want to show a sense of purpose or direction in your mind maps? Then consider creating a “compass map” like this one, inspired by a new nutritional information program launched by global food giant Nestlé.

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Sketchnoting: A closer look with its developer, Mike Rohde

By Chuck Frey

Mike Rohde, author of The Sketchnote Handbook
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Listen to my podcast with Mike Rohde, author of The Sketchbook Handbook. We discuss the thinking behind sketchnoting, why visual thinking is valuable today and creating sketchnotes on tablets.

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20 powerful business uses of graphic recording and facilitation

By Chuck Frey

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Graphic facilitation – drawing out a challenge, situation or process on a whiteboard with simple shapes – is a powerful tool to help teams get things done. Here are 20 powerful business uses of it.

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What do the game of chess, artifacts and mind maps have in common?

By Chuck Frey

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The practice of mind mapping and the game of chess have much in common: Both use visual “artifacts” as instruments to tell us the relationship between the pieces.

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The Sketchnote Handbook: A brilliant new guide to visual note taking

By Chuck Frey

The Sketchnote Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking by Mike Rohde
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The Sketchbook Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking by Mike Rohde was launched last week. This terrific new book is an essential guide to this relatively new branch of visual thinking.

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Mindjet’s redesigned Tasks app for iPhone enhances team project collaboration

By Chuck Frey

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Last week, Mindjet announced the launch of its redesigned Tasks app for the iPhone. It has been overhauled to transform it into a mobile hub to manage projects, tasks and teams in an easy to use and intuitive interface.

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Filed Under: Mobile Mapping Tools Tagged With: collaboration, mindjet tasks, projects, team collaboration

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