Full details are now available on this blog for the upcoming IQ Visual Mapping Conference, including descriptions of all the speakers’ topics, speaker bios, information about the software exhibits and demonstrations, the agenda and hotel and travel information. Plus, I’ve included a special incentive for those of you who register within the next week.
Meditative mind mapping
A big hat tip to Sean D’Souza for alerting me to this hilarious cartoon, entitled “meditative mind mapping.”
How visual mapping can be an antidote to project paralysis
Dave Gray’s new book, Marks and Meaning, delves quite deeply into the business uses of visual information. In the process, he describes some common problems that many of us face. A case in point: The paralysis that is often caused by information overload, and the detrimental effect this can have on decision-making.
10 reasons why mind mapping software should be the foundation of your personal productivity system
Mind mapping software can significantly improve your effectiveness, so much so that you really ought to consider making it a key tool in your personal productivity arsenal. Here are 10 reasons why you should incorporate this technology into your workflow.
How to use successive approximation to improve your visual maps
Last week, I told you about Dave Gray’s fascinating new book about visual thinking, Marks and Meaning. Today, I’d live to dig a bit deeper, taking a closer look at a concept from it called “successive approximation” that can help you to become a better visual mapper.
VizThink idea mapping webinar is now online
Two weeks ago, Jamie Nast and I were co-presenters on a webinar conducted by VizThink, the online visual thinking community. A video and MP3 audio file of our presentation is now available from the VizThink blog.
Mind mapping’s pivotal role in business productivity: An interview with Michael Tipper
Productivity expert Michael Tipper shares his thoughts on how mind mapping fits into today’s business world, how it helps today’s information worker to manage information overload, and why mind mapping isn’t taken more seriously as a productivity tool by businesses.
SnagIt Output for MindManager lets you add screen shots to your map with one click
TechSmith, the developer of the popular SnagIt screen capture program, recently announced a new accessory that enables you to perform a screen capture and then send it to a MindManager map with a single click.
10 advantages of mind mapping software vs. hand-drawn maps
Hand-drawn mind maps have a rich history and are widely used today, thanks to the pioneering work of people like Tony Buzan, who has written many books and speaks widely on the subject. They are a powerful, colorful and memorable way to represent ideas and information. But they only scratch the surface of what’s possible with today’s mind mapping software. Here are 10 unique capabilities that mind mapping software offers, on top of the advantages of hand-drawn visual maps.
PersonalBrain v4.5 introduces enhanced visualization, searching and editing features
TheBrain Technologies has just released PersonalBrain version 4.5 as a free upgrade to existing users of PersonalBrain 4.0. This new version of the powerful visual mapping program features an enhanced database backend that now permits users to create Brain files of unlimited size, and has also been optimized for greater speed. It also offers a number of other important enhancements.