Earlier this week, I published my first video clip on YouTube, a 2-1/2 minute overview of what’s available in my new e-book, Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software Second Edition. It was produced using an application called Camtasia, which enables you to do a video capture of whatever is on your computer screen, […]

If you’re looking for a comprehensive list of mind mapping-related links, then look no farther than Eric Hebert’s new article, 99 Mind Mapping Resources, Tools and Tips, which does a great job of summarizing the relevant software programs, news pages, resource sites, mind map examples, articles, blogs, books, e-books and more. Wow!

A new mind mapping community has formed on social networking website Ning. This small but growing group is a place where you can: Network with other users of mind mapping software Chat with users about mind mapping software tips and tricks Discover new mind mapping use cases Share your own discoveries in the mind mapping […]

The latest issue of Mindjet’s monthly e-newsletter features a fascinating Q&A interview with Steve W. Martin, author of the “Heavy Hitter” series of books and sales training materials, on how he recommends that salespeople use visual mapping in their work. The bottom line this: while most sales tools (ERP, data science, forecasting and sales lead […]

Gideon King, the founder of NovaMind, has written a book entitled the Teacher’s Guide to Mind Mapping: The Research,Theory, and Practical Use of Mind Mapping in Primary, Secondary,Tertiary and Business Education. He reports that it should be available in about 3 weeks. For more details on this new resource, please visit this web page. It […]

As pages within large public wikis – such as Wikipedia – become more complex, you may be finding it harder to find exactly what you’re looking for. Fortunately, Felix Nyffeneger has developed an innovative solution: to present an overview of the page’s contents in the form of a mind map. He calls this intriguing new […]

Kyle McFarlin, the Visual Strategist, has put together a set of MindManager templates for managing the various roles of your life – visually, of course – for free! Here’s what the whole package includes: A mind map framework from which you can manage your personal and professional life. A files and folders framework to store […]

Jamie Nast, author of the excellent book, Idea Mapping, recently launched a page on Squidoo. It contains information about her book, recommended books from Amazon.com and examples of hand-drawn mind maps collected from the Flickr image hosting service. I’m sure she’ll be adding more resources to it in the weeks and months ahead.

Jerry Gasche at the Mindserve Group reports in his blog that his firm will soon publish an e-book on visual process mapping, using Inspiration. It has been written by Jerry L. Talley, an expert on strategic problem solving. Watch Jerry’s blog for more details. This should be a very interesting resource, because Inspiration offers a […]

According to the surveys of users of mind mapping software that I have conducted, one of the biggest needs that many of you have is to see examples of successful software-produced mind maps, and to understand what makes them work. In other words, many of you are looking for case histories that illustrate some of […]