One of the biggest benefits of mind mapping software is that it’s a significant productivity booster for the people who use it. According to respondents of my Mind Mapping Software User Survey, users said they average a 30% increase in their ability to get work done.
But what does this actually mean? Here are some of the real-world applications of mind mapping software where it can deliver a potentially big increase in your productivity, visualized in an infographic:
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- Capture and organize your ideas
- Develop strategies and action plans
- Turn plans into priorities and time-bound tasks
- Create and manage a to-do list
- Visually classify information, quickly and easily
- Outline reports, presentations and other types of content longer-form content
- Create a dashboard for one click access to your most important information
- Collaborate with others on plans and ideas
- Define problems and brainstorm potential solutions
- Prioritize information
- Research, knowledge capture and organization
- Take meeting notes
- Meeting planning and management
- Bring clarity out of complexity
- Streamline knowledge management
- Profile a key customer’s needs
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