A new book, Mind Mapping with FreeMind, aims to help people get started managing common visual thinking tasks using the popular shareware mind mapping program.
New ConceptDraw MINDMAP/Evernote applet falls short
I was recently excited to learn that CS Odessa has released an app in its Solution Park called Note Exchange that enables users of ConceptDraw MINDMAP program to send part or all of their mind maps to Evernote – my favorite writing platform and personal information capture tool. Unfortunately, it fell short of my expectations.
Effective graphic facilitation offers an important lesson for mind mappers
If you want to create visuals that communicate clearly, then you must use elements such as lines, shapes and colors consistently, warns graphic facilitator Brandy Agerbeck. While she is talking about an important principle of graphic facilitation – recording the important points of a meeting on large sheets of paper with colored markers – the same principle applies to mind maps.
A video demonstration of Mindjet 11’s new auto-calculation feature
One of the most intriguing new features of the new Mindjet 11 is its new auto-calculation feature, which makes it possible to do forecasting and project resource management in a simple, visual way that a spreadsheet just can’t equal. In this latest Mind Mapping Insider report, I provide a video review of this new Mindjet 11 feature, and explain some practical ways in which it can be used.
Mindjet offers unified pricing for its mind mapping platform; not everyone is pleased
Several weeks ago, Mindjet announced that it has integrated all of its desktop, web, mobile and desktop mind mapping and collaboration products into a single offering, with a per-user subscription fee to cover its entire tool set. Not all of its users are happy about this move.
A little-known but powerful visual approach to solving your biggest challenges
A “force field analysis” is a little-known but powerful creative problem-solving technique that can help you to deconstruct your current challenge into its strengths and weaknesses in – and to focus on those that will help you ensure a successful outcome.
Mind Mapping Software Product Showcase highlights new and notable tools
The Mind Mapping Software Product Showcase is a new e-newsletter that is designed to alert you to new and notable mind mapping products and services.
Mind map analysis: Leadership characteristics map
The subject of my new mind map analysis falls short by trying to cram too much information into too little space. The result is a map that doesn’t communicate its meaning clearly.
How to create a “board of directors” to help you solve problems and generate creative solutions
When it comes to thinking creatively, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut. Our ideas tend to fall into the same predictable categories, despite our efforts to the contrary. How can you jump-start your thinking in some new, creative directions? One way is to form your own personal “board of directors.”
The creation of the world – envisioned as a mind map
Here’s a bit of Friday fun: The creation story from the book of Genesis in the Bible, envisioned as a mind map – complete with some cool project management features!
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