While reading some blog posts recently, I became reacquainted with “Mind Mapping for Marketers and Writers,” an excellent report by Roger C. Parker that I first learned about several years ago. In it, he shares some valuable tips and techniques for utilizing mind mapping software to help you organize your questions for interviews, your topics […]

It’s always great to see software developers using innovative means to get their message out to the world. The latest example is a 4-minute video demonstration of how to use ConceptDraw MINDMAP 4 for educational applications on YouTube. Although part of it looks like a commercial, it does contain some instructive content. Video is a […]

Mindjet announced last week that it has re-launched its Mindjet Labs website, which has "evolved from a place where MindManager experts and partners went to find solution possibilities to a place where customers go to find out how to make their usage of MindManager most effective." Envisioned as a home for "hands-on" information about getting […]

During the month of August, I conducted a survey of business users of mind mapping software. My goals were to learn what executives are doing with mind mapping software, how it benefits them and what’s keeping it from being more widely used in business. The results were outstanding: over 500 people filled out the survey. […]

My mind mapping software survey is now officially closed; over 500 people responded. A big thank you to all of you who filled out the survey, and to those bloggers who promoted this research to their readers! I’m now in the process of writing a report that details the survey results, which I hope to […]

Martin Silcock, a very active participant in the MindManager Yahoo User Group, has launched a MindManager Users Wiki (collaborative workspace – see definition) where users of the popular mind mapping software can collaboratively develop a comprehensive knowledgebase devoted it. There’s not too much content here so far, but if you have something to contribute, why […]

I’m sure that some of you have seen Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address – a moving speech from U.S. history that is a marvel of brevity and impact – converted into a PowerPoint presentation. Created by Peter Norvig, his goal in creating it was to demonstrate how this visual presentation medium can often obscure rather than […]

Thanks to Hobart Swan’s reference in the Mindjet Blog, I’ve just learned of the intriguing EGO (electronic graphics organizer) project. This is a research project headed by Leigh Zeitz of the University of Northern Iowa and Lynne Anderson of the University of Oregon. Their goal is to advance the use of electronic graphic organizers for […]

Blogger Eric Mack and Gyronix principal Nick Duffill are collaborating on a new series of podcasts, entitled Mind Mapping for Results. The first installment is now available for download from Eric’s blog, and is focused on how to utilize Gyronix’s popular ResultsManager application with MindManager. The basic focus of this podcast is that Eric wants […]

Kyle McFarland from The Underlying Blog likes to write about mind mapping and information visualization, and recently had some nice things to say about my e-book, Power Tools & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software: "I’ve noticed a lot of people are interested in how to build better, more sophisticated sets of map infrastructure. To that […]