Mind Mapping

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  The Mindjet Blog

• There’s a Map for That: 2010 Vancouver Olympics

  Garrett Scott

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:27 am

  We have an exciting new map for you all today. Based on the heels of our Super Bowl map we have created a new visualization for your viewing pleasure. Today’s map is for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. As you can imagine with an event as big as the Olympics the amount of information is quickly overwhelming. However, with this [...]

• MindManager Tip – Add Image Folders to MindManager

  Garrett Scott

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:11 am

  Not all the tips that we Mindjetters have to offer you come from people internally. This particular tip comes from some folks over at the MindManager Enthusiasts LinkedIn group. Sometimes you just want to liven up your maps with some images that you have stored. Thanks to the valuable insights they gave myself and the [...]

• There’s a Map for That: The Super Bowl

  Garrett Scott

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:49 pm

  Everyone knows that if you want to find information on a topic or event as big as the Super Bowl (for us Americans) or the Olympics, it takes lots of research with usually multiple websites. Fortunately that is no longer the case, as building maps can bring all that scattered information into one place. This is [...]

• Say Hello to the NEW MindManager 8 for Mac!

  MichaelDeutch

  26 Jan 2010 | 12:21 am

  Hello World! With all the buzz and excitement around Apple’s announcements this week, we want to make sure you also hear Mindjet’s great news too! The whole Mindjet team is very excited to announce the release of MindManager® 8 for Mac! This new arrival to the MindManager family includes many key features that you have been asking for: Productivity [...]

• Mindjet MindManager Player Explained

  Garrett Scott

  22 Jan 2010 | 4:44 pm

  One of the best new features of Mindjet MindManager is the ability to share your maps in fully functional .PDF’s, otherwise known as a Player file. This gives you the ability to share your map with other people without them owning the product. The video below goes into more than just simply creating and sharing a [...]

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  Mind Mapping Software Blog

• Mind mapping on the iPad: A game changer

  Chuck Frey

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:27 am

  Last week, Apple launched its new iPad tablet, to mixed reaction from the press and the public. But a small group of devoted mind mappers sees something that everyone else doesn’t – the larger screen will make the iPad an awesome device for mind mapping! Craig Scott, the developer of the excellent iThoughts app for the iPhone, recently sent me a message to let me know that he is hard at work developing what should become the first mind mapping application for this promising new computing platform. In his blog on the new iPadMindMap website, Scott says, “I really do believe…

• Improve your productivity with mind map templates

  Chuck Frey

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:55 am

  Most of us have activities that we do on a regular basis – meetings, plans, reports and more – where we need to quickly organize, distill and utilize information in a productive way. Why not speed these repetitive tasks by creating mind map templates to “automate” their production and improve your productivity? A well-designed template gives you a “starting point” or framework with the major topics already created, which spurs your associative brain into action. It also saves you time, because you’re not creating the same map from scratch each time…

• How to get a clear picture of the threats and opportunities that may impact your business

  Chuck Frey

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:04 am

  PEST analysis is a valuable tool for understanding the external macro-environment in which your business operates. It can help you to better understand the range of trends, influences and forces that may represent either threats or opportunities to your firm. PEST stands for Political, Economic, Social and Technological. PEST analysis is an excellent forecasting tool that can help you to forecast key trends and developments in your industry or profession. Typically, the results of a PEST analysis are integrated into an organization’s strategic planning process, to help ensure that it is…

• How to more than double your brain’s output

  Chuck Frey

  29 Jan 2010 | 4:46 am

  It’s tempting to regard mind mapping as yet another right-brained thinking technique that enables us to tap into the creative side of our marvelous brains. But that would be selling it short, according to Tony Buzan and Chris Griffiths, in their new book, Mind Maps for Business: Revolutionise Your Business Thinking and Practice The real reason that mind mapping is so powerful is because it is a whole-brained thinking technique that makes optimal use of both sides of your brain, according to the authors: “When used together, each side of your brain simultaneously reinforces the…

• New Mac version of MindManager 8 quiets the critics

  Chuck Frey

  28 Jan 2010 | 10:32 am

  For some time now, Mac users of MindManager have complained that they feel like the red-headed stepchildren of Mindjet. MindManager 7 for the Mac never offered the same level of functionality as the Windows version. What’s more, after MindManager 8 for Windows was introduced in November, 2008, they had to endure over a year of the developer telling them “we’re working on it.” No more. Earlier this week, Mindjet launched a Mac version of MindManager 8 that users of this visually-oriented operating system can be proud of. This significant upgrade is tightly integrated…

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  The mind-mapping.org Blog

• VUE: New version in view

  Vic

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:42 am

  VUE from Tufts University has just appeared in a new version: 3.0 New data discovery and exploration tools. Import XML documents, RSS feeds and CSV files. New Exploration Tools panel. Automatic zoom feature for selected items. More automation in highlighting specific content. Compatible with Firefox’s Zotero extension. This is free and it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.  Worth a look, as it brings concept mapping and presentation together.  As far as I know, the only other software that does that is the super-slick Prezi. Vic (@VicGee on Twitter) http://www.mind-mapping.org/ The…

• A couple of significant updates for 2010

  Vic

  5 Jan 2010 | 11:59 pm

   Happy New Year!  Gradually catching up – more to go though.  Topicscape Pro The beta version of Topicscape I wrote about last month has now passed out of beta and been formally released as a live version.  2D and 3D views below.  I’m using this and liking it a lot.  Give it a try. Freeplane The alpha version I wrote about last June is now into a more stable release – it’s in beta.  I tried it and had one problem, but that turned out to be an out-of-date graphics driver, so it’s fixed.  Try this one as well and report any bugs to the Freeplane team.  The…

• Up next: MOT, RTIME, Thinking Space update

  Vic

  4 Jan 2010 | 7:36 pm

  New on mind-mapping.org this week: MOT, RTIME and better information about Thinking Space. MOT MOT is an interesting knowledge-modelling tool.  The MOT acronym means “Modelling using Object Types”. A knowledge model is similar to a concept map, except that it is based on a typology of links and knowledge objects.  There’s a MOTPlus, as well.  I have no pricing information for these yet. RTIME RTIME is a software requirements and development lifecycle tool with a MindJet mind mapping front end.  In fact there are two products: RTIME which connects to on-line service and is…

• SimpleDiagrams and VuNotes [updated]

  Vic

  30 Dec 2009 | 12:30 am

  New at the Master List: SimpleDiagrams and VuNotes. SimpleDiagramsThere’s a plethora of diagramming apps – web-based and desktop – I have a couple more waiting to be added.  But SimpleDiagrams is different.  It aims for a neat but definitely hand-drawn look.  It’s written with Adobe Air, so is platform independent, and is a desktop application, unlike most of the newer diagramming apps I’ve seen.  It’s in the early stages of development, and worth keeping an eye on.  Reminds me of the drawings in Dan Roam’s “The Back of the…

• Topicscape wants more users for new Beta

  Vic

  3 Dec 2009 | 6:09 am

  Here’s a turnup for the book – 3D Topicscape goes 2D! (in beta so far) I’m a bit late mentioning this.  I’ve written before that I’ve been using Topicscape since its first beta.  I use it every day for organising files for most of my projects and reference notes.  Now, Topicscape have a Beta out that gives a new option for viewing all the information stored in a Topicscape – you can opt to see it in 2D.  And you can flip from 2D to 3D and back again.   I’ve tried it and it’s very cool. Topicscape is not hard to use, but I’ve seen…

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  The Mindmap Blog

• Biggerplate: A Great Place to Get Mindmaps

  Chance Brown

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:02 am

  If you’re looking for ideas to create your own mindmaps, Biggerplate.com is a great place to start. At Biggerplate you can view and download mindmaps created by people from all over the world – for free.  These mindmaps can serve as a starting point in developing your own mindmaps. The Biggerplate mindmap library consists of 3 main categories: Business (currently 615 mindmaps) Education (currently 583 mindmaps) General Use (currently 212 mindmaps) You can also download any of my 20 mindmaps from Biggerplate: 1. The Black Male Handbook Mindmap: How to Overcome the Odds 2. 5 Keys…

• Productivity Videos for MindManager 8 for Mac

  Chance Brown

  2 Feb 2010 | 4:19 pm

  In an earlier post I provided a review of MindManager 8 for Mac highlighting many of the great mindmapping features. Recently, Mindjet created a series of videos to help you make the most of MindManager 8 for Mac. Now is the time to increase your productivity with MindManager 8 for Mac.  These videos show you how. Click on each video to play: Export to Microsoft Word Export to Player Sharing a Map In Topic Hyperlinks Smart Calendar Topics Importing Resources Related posts:Increase Your Productivity with MindManager 8 MindManager 8 Now on the Mac Invest 20 minutes now and save 5-7 hours every…

• Saving Time by Mindmapping

  Chance Brown

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:17 am

  Chuck Frey, Mindmapping Thought Leader and Author of the Mindmapping Software Blog, recently wrote an article entitled “How Mindmapping Software Saves Time”.  This article highlights 9 ways that mindmapping helps you get work done faster: 1. Reach clarity faster on key issues 2. Organize and implement projects 3. Problem solving 4. Meeting management 5. Business writing 6. Executive dashboard 7. Decision making 8. Improve collaboration 9. Ad hoc research For the details on how mindmapping can help you in these areas, click here to read Chuck Frey’s article. As someone who…

• The Mindmap Blog on the App Store

  Chance Brown

  30 Jan 2010 | 3:15 am

  The Mindmap Blog is now an application available for download on Apple’s App Store. My new app let’s you read my blog on an iPod touch or iPhone (and soon iPad).  Additionally, you can read my “tweets” on Twitter directly from the app. See below for a first hand look at my new app: (Click Images to Enlarge) So now when it comes to learning how to leverage mindmapping for education, business and your personal  life: “There’s an App for that.” You can search for my app on iTunes (search “The Mindmap Blog”) and download it to your iPod…

• MindManager 8 Now on the Mac

  Chance Brown

  26 Jan 2010 | 1:05 pm

  Over the past several months I’ve been a part of a small beta testing group for MindManager 8 for Mac, the new mindmapping program from Mindjet made especially for the Mac.  MindManager 8 for Mac was made available to the public today. Because I signed a Non Disclosure Agreement, I could not blog about the program until today. As someone who has been using the beta version for months now, let me simply say it’s an excellent mindmapping program for the Mac! Though I use MindManager 8 for Windows at work, I’ve been using MindManager 8 for Mac at home – as I’m an avid Mac user. …

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  Idea Mapping

• Website and Blog Visits from Russian Surfers is Off the Charts

  jamie nast

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:23 am

  I love to watch statistical trends, and this is one I’ve been monitoring over the last few months. The Idea Mapping book was translated and released in August of 2008 by Russian publisher EKSMO. Over the last few months the number of unique visits to my website and blog from Russia have been the highest number of visits from any other country — especially the website. I have no explanation for this, but sure would like to hear from any fellow Russian Idea Mappers. Send along one of your idea maps and I’ll post it on this blog! Here is the link to purchase the Russian…

• Oak Pointe Church Presents Broadway Musical “Annie”

  jamie nast

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:36 am

  Oak Pointe Church (OPC) produced Godspell in 2009. The proceeds went to Active Faith which is a community service organization that works to improve the quality of life for low-income households. The show was such a success that the directors decided to make this an annual event and call us the Oak Pointe Players. The 2010 production is “Annie”, and I am privileged to be part of the cast again this year. This time the proceeds will go to Living Hope International (LHI). LHI is a Christian non-profit organization in Novi, Michigan building orphanages in Zambia, Africa. Show dates…

• Idea Mapping Workshop Goes to Belgium

  jamie nast

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:25 am

  June 15-16, 2010 will be the dates of the first Idea Mapping (mind mapping) Workshop in the quaint village of Parike, Belgium which is about 40 km from Brussels. Long time mind mapper Johan D’Haeseleer will be the host of this event. You can register for this course by emailing Johan at johan@newshoestoday.com or call him at +32 479 201 726. The venue will be held at the Leerhof.  For people who want to stay at the Leerhof they can book a room through info@leerhof.be. A shuttle for people who want to come by train can be arranged from Geraardsbergen or Brakel. The fee for this special…

• Idea Map 215 – Health

  jamie nast

  29 Jan 2010 | 11:23 am

  In December 2009 I taught a public Idea Mapping Workshop in Palm Beach, FL. One of the participants was Larry Waxman who is the President of Waxman Industries. He taught Idea Mapping to his daughter and then introduced me to her. This is the first Idea Map on this blog from Avigayil Waxman who is a senior in high school. I’ll let her describe her map: “Health is in the center of my mind map because not only is it that name of the subject I am attending but it truly is the central theme of everything on this map. It starts you may say, by the red “why not’s”…

• Phones Ring Off the Hook for Upcoming Idea Mapping Workshop in Jordan

  jamie nast

  26 Jan 2010 | 5:57 am

  Yesterday Forward Training and Consulting LLC put an advertisement in the local Amman newspaper for the two Idea Mapping workshops they are sponsoring (and I am teaching) February 14-15 and 17-18, 2010. As a result the phones were ringing off the hook in Jordan and I also received some emails from businesses in the Middle East also looking for Idea Mapping training events. The early bird discount on this workshop is valid through January 28. Here is the registration information. A course abstract is available here. See you in 19 days! Remember: If you are a project manager and have either…

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  Applications of MindManager

• Using 6 of the MindManager Short Cut Keys in Presentations

  Andrew Wilcox

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:25 am

  This two minute video will show how the following short cut keys work.Using Short Cut Keys in Presentations with MindManagerCtrl-F5 Fit map to screenF3 Centre focused topicF4 Hide all except topic branch in focus Show AllCtrl-F3 Centre map and collapse all topicsCtrl-D Toggle Level of DetailF11 or Ctrl-T Open or Close the Notes Pane Use Ctrl-Shft-PgDn to move to next note Use Ctrl-Shft-PguP to move to previous noteI regularly use these in presentations.Do you have any other favourites?

• What will you start, stop, continue & investigate in 2010?

  Andrew Wilcox

  15 Dec 2009 | 12:36 am

  Create your own MindManager map which looks something like this and add topics.

• Using MindManager to Mock Up Web Sites

  Andrew Wilcox

  11 Dec 2009 | 2:30 am

  Last night I went to a 80s party orgainised by the Like Minded Companies, a bunch of businesses that jointly sponsor the event and invite their friends, clients and suppliers. They are always very eclectic evenings. Last nights highlight for me was the discussion with the fiancee of someone I met at a VizThink evening several months. I won't bore you with the details but you might get the gist of the conversation about an information system requirement we discussed from the mock up I prepared with MindManager this morning.Hot SpotsTwo mapsAfrica - A map as the background image. With a…

• MindManager Training Opportunities

  Andrew Wilcox

  4 Dec 2009 | 12:09 am

  In December I am running the following events:Cabre MindManager Master Class09:00 -12:00 9th Dec - Holborn, London, UKClassroom session covering 3 or 4 topics selected by the attendeesFee £146 excluding VAT including refreshmentsCabre MindManager Workshop18:00 - 20:00 15th Dec- Winchester, Hampshire, UKInformal session. 30 mins networking. l hour Q&A. 30 mins cool down!You can join this session on-line via Mindjet's conference tool.Fee £30 inc VAT and a refreshment. Pay by cash, cheque or electronic transfer.Online £30 inc VAT in UK. Excluding VAT elsewhere. Pay via PayPal or Credit…

• One Minute MindManager Tips

  Andrew Wilcox

  25 Nov 2009 | 3:12 pm

  I have created a series (not finished) of One Minute MindManager Tips. The videos:Dragging and Dropping Files from Windows File Explorer to MindManager MapsRemoving the file extension in the Topic text when you do the aboveNumbering your TopicsAligning TopicsAdding an image folder to the Image Library in the Task Pane TabsRemoving the background of a map when printingI hope you find these useful. If there is something you think, you should be able to do in a minute with MindManager and you would like me to show you how. Please add a comment to this blog

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  Litemind

• Deconstructing Creativity: The 4 Roles You Need to Play to be Fully Creative

  Luciano Passuello

  2 Feb 2010 | 4:16 am

  Do you want to be fully creative? To not only have wild ideas, but to actually create and bring remarkable things to life? There are four distinct roles to be performed for the creative process to be as effective as possible. Each one requires that you play different characters, with different mindsets and skills. The roles are: Explorer, Artist, Judge and Warrior. Learn how they help unleash your creativity and how to master the skills each one requires. 1. The Explorer Ideas do not come out of the blue. In order to build them you first need to gather the raw materials: facts, concepts,…

• 50 Ways to Get Your Life in Order

  Luciano Passuello

  12 Jan 2010 | 4:20 am

  This is an article by guest writer Mark Foo, author of The 77 Traits of Highly Successful People. There’s nothing wrong with a little bit of chaos in your life. As Albert Einstein once stated, “Three rules of work: out of clutter find simplicity, from discord find harmony, in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Unexpected challenges are what make us stronger, so don’t avoid them. Keep in mind the following 50 tips and you’ll be able to streamline your life and get back on track in the New Year. Recycle old papers that are filling drawers in your house. If…

• Are you stuck in a rut? Run from the experts!

  Luciano Passuello

  7 Dec 2009 | 8:20 am

  You’re facing a big challenge at work and can’t come up with any innovative ideas. Maybe your business is flagging or a particular area in your personal life has stalled. Either way, you could really use fresh new ideas to spice things up. In situations like these it’s tempting to go seek help from the experts. After all, someone much more knowledgeable should be the best source of ideas, right? Well, maybe not. The Problem with Experts Experts need to specialize. They need to draw boundaries around their subjects so they can narrow their focus and be as effective as…

• Beat Parkinson’s Law and Supercharge Your Productivity

  Luciano Passuello

  16 Nov 2009 | 4:20 am

  Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Even if you are not familiar with its name, I’m sure you’ve fallen prey to Parkinson’s Law countless times… what can we do to escape it? Do You Recognize These Symptoms? We all know the drill: when we have too much time to complete a task, we tend to slack off until the task becomes urgent. Then, when meeting the deadline gets nigh impossible, we become super-productive and miraculously pull it off — getting the job done just in time. The quintessential example of Parkinson’s Law in action is…

• 6 Productivity Principles to Live By (My Personal Productivity Manifesto)

  Luciano Passuello

  27 Oct 2009 | 8:48 am

  Here are six principles I strive to live by. This is my own “personal productivity manifesto”: it summarizes what works for me about personal productivity. Whenever I follow these guidelines, I am at my very best, feeling productive and joyful. If I feel that I am doing things outside these guidelines, I know I can refer to them and quickly get back on track. Since these principles work so well for me, I figured they might work for you, too. Here they are: Principle 6: Devote Time No matter how capable or gifted we may be, it’s an illusion to think we can do it all. As my…

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  Visual mapping

• Mentor Maps for Problem Solving

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:08 am

  I recently discovered a very interesting video about how to use a mind mapping software for problem solving, in this case with FreeMind, an Open Source Mind Mapping Software . The author of this video, Thomas Teepe is Doctor in Mathematics, he have studied Genetic Algorithm and he is a Mind Mapper. Thomas writes in a very interesting blog called Problem, Strategies and Solutions.His method for  problems solving consists in using  a Mentor Map that will guide us in order to create a complete and holistic overview of the problem, using management techniques like SWOT Analysis and so…

• 10 things to know about the brain

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:52 am

  I recommend reading this very interesting article about the brain and based on Research.

• Presentation : Visual Thing and the Writing Process

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:37 am

  Visual Thinking & The Writing ProcessView more presentations from Ryan Coleman | Freelance Information Designer & Facilitator.

• A drawing tip from "Beyond Words"

  17 Jan 2010 | 6:02 am

   Image Source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/andryshuzain/118971151/  If you are worried about not being able to draw images quickly enough,one way to start is to pencil them lightly beforehand and then draw with a marker in real time. This will give you confidence in working in real time and also provide the support you need at the beginning. It also gets you drawing the images. Sooner or later, you will leave the pencil drawings just as you left training wheels while learning to ride a bike.Milly R.Sonneman in Beyond Words, a Guide to Drawing Out Ideas

• SimpleDiagrams : A Brand New Software for Visual Thinking

  9 Jan 2010 | 3:27 am

  I recently discovered a new Software dedicated to visual thinking. It’s downloadable for free here http://www.simplediagrams.com.  This software is very light, working under Adobe Air and then indifferently on Mac, Windows or Linux.As  using it , I was thinking about  Dan Roam’s excellent book “The Back of the Napkin” that explains how to use Visual Thinking with simple pictures for solving problems or clarifyning complex situations . And it is exactly what SimpleDiagrams does : it helps using simple shapes, in a hand-drawn style in order to explain processes,…

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  IQ Matrix Blog

• Developing Resilient Willpower

  Adam Sicinski

  20 Jan 2010 | 5:26 am

  Free DownloadIQ Matrix GalleryMasterMind MatrixFAQ Introduction Every now and then you will come across unique individuals who have an insatiable desire and strength to persist despite the obstacles that stand in their way. No matter what happens to them they just keep moving forward with unshakable confidence and self-belief. These individuals seem to have no limitations and no weaknesses, in fact, they seem somewhat superhuman. However, the truth is they are just like you and me. They have fears, limiting habits and quirky behaviors that make them uniquely human. Nevertheless, they accept…

• Habit of Thinking Big!

  Adam Sicinski

  21 Dec 2009 | 7:11 pm

  | Free Download | IQ Matrix Gallery | MasterMind Matrix | FAQ | Introduction The one major factor that separates the most successful people from the rest begins with a single ‘thought‘. Over years this single ‘thought‘ is analyzed, criticized and condemned by others. People believe that this ‘thought‘ is impossible, improbably and undeniably unimaginable. They say that the ‘thought‘ is unorthodox and bordering on crazy.  And so this single ‘thought‘ must overcome great obstacles, setbacks, problems and difficulties before it can…

• 7 New Premium IQ Matrixes

  Adam Sicinski

  13 Dec 2009 | 11:33 pm

  We would like to announce the release of 7 New Premium IQ Matrix Mind Maps that will help you take charge of limiting emotions, debilitating habits and unhelpful patterns of thinking. Each Mind Map has been developed with overlapping content that reveals hidden connections between our emotions, habits and thinking styles. In addition, these Mind Maps unlock critical segments and components of the MasterMind Matrix Chart and thusly enable a deeper understanding of the primary psychological forces behind all successful life endeavors. Unhelpful Thinking Styles Psychological Rules Beating…

• The Luck Factor: Attracting Good Fortune

  Adam Sicinski

  17 Nov 2009 | 9:31 pm

  Free DownloadIQ Matrix GalleryMasterMind MatrixFAQ Introduction It is said that Lucky things ALWAYS happen to Lucky people. Furthermore, it is said that you are either born Lucky or you’re NOT. Luck therefore is either a part of who you are or simply “apart” from who you are, and there is nothing you can do about it. This perception of Luck was obviously formulated by those riddled with what they would call “Bad Luck”, and is therefore not a result of anything that we can consciously control. Or is it? Even though attracting Luck into our lives is something that…

• Life Coaching Mistakes

  Adam Sicinski

  19 Oct 2009 | 6:19 am

  Free DownloadIQ Matrix GalleryMasterMind MatrixFAQ Introduction Working as a Life Coach for several years I have learned from personal experience and observed the many mistakes that are made within my industry. These mistakes often destroy the Coaching dynamics between the Life Coach and Client and they can literally push people away from Coaching all together. Many of these mistakes are rather obvious and can be avoided rather easily, while others are very subtle in nature, however their impact on the process of Life Coaching cannot be underestimated. This blog post and accompanying Mind Map…

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  Peace of Mind

• Mind Maps for Business

  14 Jan 2010 | 12:31 pm

  Published just before Christmas, this new book from Tony Buzan and collaborator Chris Griffiths claims to show "you how to develop superior capabilities in all core business areas – from project management and selling, right through to leadership". I'm waiting for my copy but would love to hear from you if you have read the book.  What did you make of it?  What new insights did you glean?  How relevant is the book to business?  How practical is the advice?   Technorati Tags: Tony Buzan, mind maps, mind mapping

• 1-1 Graphic Planning

  7 Jan 2010 | 1:41 am

  Facilitation is often applied to groups – hence the name group facilitation. However the techniques and skills may be applied with equal success when working with a single individual. This applies especially to graphic facilitation and the use of visual mapping techniques. A common task is to support a manager who is planning a project or other initiative. The first step is to have some initial discussions for the facilitator to understand the background and the objectives. The facilitator then prepares a graphic template for use during the planning session. The template is typically large,…

• 3 Steps to Workshop Heaven

  20 Dec 2009 | 2:02 am

  A critical skill needed by groups is to be able to rationalise ideas generated by individuals into a set of key ideas that representing the group consensus. A simple technique is the Post_It “brainstorm”. The technique is seen as a bit “old hat” by some but maybe this is more of a “fashion statement” as it is still a powerful tool. The technique has three simple steps. The first step involves individuals working on their own noting their ideas on Post-Its – one idea per Post-It. When ready they stick their Post-Its onto a flip chart and review them as a group. Duplicates are…

• Visualising the Workshop Plan

  5 Dec 2009 | 1:58 am

  It is of course common sense and good practice to brief workshop attendees on the plan for the day. This may take the form of a list of steps and is often presented as such. However practical, a simple list is neither memorable nor suggestive of an overall approach.   To overcome these problems why not present the steps graphically and let the image reinforce how the workshop might flow. There are many metaphors to draw from (excuse the pun) – the example here combines several – a path to be followed, a goal to be achieved (scaling the peak) and a happy outcome (chequered flag and a…

• New Take on 6 Thinking Hats

  12 Nov 2009 | 1:31 am

  There is continuing interest in Edward de Bono’s famous technique for structuring responses and reactions to ideas. In meetings or workshops it is often employed to evaluate an idea or proposal from different viewpoints. Typically the meeting will be divided into sessions, each with a unique focus. De Bono’s 6 different coloured hats provide the focus for each session, each coloured hat symbolising a specific perspective. In summary these are: White hat: neutral; fact or information driven; trends; no opinions; gaps in knowledge Red hat: intuition or gut reactions; feelings; emotional…

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  Eric Blue's Blog

• Weekly Lifestream for February 4th

  ericblue76

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:21 pm

  Published Weekly Lifestream for January 28th. Shared The Easiest Way to Build your First iPhone App | Nettuts+. RT @EmergentCulture: RT Ever wonder what the hell (lol) the differences are in the christian denominations? http://bit.ly/6amMS2 [ericblue] Shared The Scale of the Universe. Shared Planets. RT @philosophytweet: Beware the barrenness of a busy life.-Socrates [ericblue] RT @jackiegerstein: The Scale of the Universe http://bit.ly/7oJKqJ [ericblue] RT @jonbischke: "… the penny has cost approximately 1.8 cents and the nickel approximately 9 cents to produce."…

• Weekly Lifestream for January 28th

  ericblue76

  28 Jan 2010 | 4:22 pm

  Published Weekly Lifestream for January 21st. RT @GeorgeDvorsky RT @xenijardin:America now recognizes corporations as people but we sneer @ ethical vegans who believe animals have rights [ericblue] If we now recognize corporations as people, are we ok that many are classified as psycho/sociopaths? http://tinyurl.com/n2aso [ericblue] Absolutely amazing origami - single sheet of paper - http://www.picm.co.tv/2010/01/single-sheet-of-paper.html [ericblue] Shared How wireframing makes your website designs better. Using mind maps to help write my yearly performance reviews. It’s actually…

• Relax With Some Rain and White Noise

  ericblue76

  24 Jan 2010 | 3:17 pm

  This week I stumbled across two similar sites that provide some pleasant auditory distraction through a simple web interface. The first site SimplyNoise offers up some white, brown, and pink noise to help drown out distractions.  And the second site RainyMood plays a gentle 30-minute loop of rain to help you relax and wash your stress away.    

• Question to the Readers: Interest in Weekly Life Stream Feeds?

  ericblue76

  22 Jan 2010 | 3:54 pm

  Ever since I started using Twitter, I think it’s safe to say that my blog posts (and even my own consumption of other RSS feeds) has slightly decreased. Now, that’s not to say that I don’t have some stellar upcoming posts planned but the frequency has been less. To sort of ‘fill in the gaps’ I thought it might be interesting to supplement my usual monthly posts with my weekly LifeStream updates (del.icio.us saves, twitter updates, etc.). Now the question…. Do you find these weekly posts useful?    

• Weekly Lifestream for January 21st

  ericblue76

  21 Jan 2010 | 4:21 pm

  Published Weekly Lifestream for January 14th. Thinking that Pat Robertson may have as much credibility at this point as this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJML0tOqYTY [ericblue] sorry, i had to do it [ericblue] 25 Famous Thinkers and Their Inspiring Daily Rituals http://tinyurl.com/y9oqqd3 [ericblue] RT @BetsC: RT @brainpicker AMC makes a ton of B-movie classics available to watch online http://ow.ly/Tf4a [ericblue] RT @stuartdavis: RT Dolphins being killed again in Japan: http://bit.ly/5jOMFN (via @teeniedakini) [ericblue] Listened to Like Me - Goe. Listened to Ecological - Soniq…

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  MindMapSwitch

• 2 Important Techniques Towards a More Rewarding Mind Map

  3 Feb 2010 | 2:14 am

  A couple of weeks ago I talked about the types of mind maps that I am going to be focusing on for 2010. Since writing this I've have discovered a couple of revelations about my mind mapping. Mind Mapping is Fun Okay, it's might seem a silly reason to mind map, but if you're not happy doing something, then why do it? When I first started mind mapping, it was always for fun. When mind mapping ideas, books or personal reviews, it was always fun and it was always for me. A couple of years ago I started using mind mapping to manage my software projects. What started out as a great idea quickly…

• Mind Mapping Links for January 2010

  1 Feb 2010 | 5:09 am

  2010 has started and with it, dreams of a better year. Here's my favourite articles from January. The mind mapping software blog kicks us off with two great articles. The first article looks at how mind mapping software saves time. Lots of good points here, but some of these can also apply to paper mind mapping as well. The second article focuses on a form of mind mapping I have struggled with since I started using mind mapping software. Starting a new project mind map is never easy, but the 10 steps to a killer project mind map article should keep you on the right track. Every day is…

• How to Mind Map Your Weekly Review

  27 Jan 2010 | 11:38 pm

  While tweeting about my weekly mind map, Niall Daly asked me on Twitter how I mind map my weekly review. Today I am going to show you! Mind mapping your weekly review is a great way to reflect on the previous week and prepare yourself for the week ahead. The best part is it only takes a few minutes of your time. I tend to split my weekly review mind map in half down the middle of the page: The left half is where I reflect on the past week. The right half is where I prepare for the week ahead. I always start with reflecting on the previous week. It's give me an idea of areas or projects…

• Mind Map Your Shortcut Keys To Work Smarter and Faster

  21 Jan 2010 | 12:53 am

  I've been using Google’s Gmail application for a few years now, but up until a few weeks ago I didn’t realise how much time I had been wasting. Since I had started using Gmail, I had been using the mouse to shuffle emails about. Not very productive when you consider that using the shortcut keys can be much faster than fiddling about with a mouse. In an effort to spend less time in my inbox, I decided I would learn the shortcut keys so that I could process my emails faster. So what was I going to use to remember all these shortcut keys? Mind mapping of course! Mind…

• My Mind Map Unfocus for 2010

  13 Jan 2010 | 3:55 am

  Last week I mentioned my mind mapping focus for 2010. These were uses of mind maps that I was going to explicitly focus on for the year. This also means however that I am not going to be using mind maps in other areas. Blasphemy? Well, no. As a long time user of mind maps, I've used mind mapping for lots of different things. Some uses of mind maps have stuck with me and are used  just about every day. Others though I have struggled with. Rather than struggle on with using mind maps for these purposes, I have decided to cut the cord and stop using mind maps in these areas. These are the…

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  Mind Map Inspiration

• Organisation Mind Map

  Paul

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:12 am

  If someone named a dozen things you own could you find them? Would you go straight to them or search for days? If you can pass this test is it your brilliant memory or brilliant systems or both that allowed you to relocate the items? Combining the organisation of your environment with a De-clutter is a wonderful exercise. De-cluttering items you no longer need and creating systems of retrieval for the items remaining is a huge de-stressor. Might not guarantee you find everything, every time, yet it will reduce the hassle of finding things. I’m nearly there; I keep at it – and you? I hope…

• What is Negativity?

  Paul

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:43 am

  Here is a mind map summary capturing a few personal observations and explorations of the question: What is Negativity? Negativity, I feel, is a stopper or blocker, be it in thought or action. Once you become aware of negativity it tends to lessen, such as noticing a negative thought; instantly the thought, because you have observed it, has less impact. Unobserved negative thinking can lead you to a spiral or accumulation of more negativity; almost as if contagious. Often negativity leads to a final statement, such as an acceptance of defeat “because” and the reasons then come easily. Here…

• Working less achieves more

  Paul

  2 Feb 2010 | 11:43 pm

  A few predictions for 2510. Five hundred years from now the concept of work will be a distant historical phenomenon. Pictures of coal covered miners will look like images from the 1800’s. Burning yourself out will be unheard of. Productivity will soar. Motivation will be the norm. Work will merge with life – no work/life balance just life; still working yet with an entirely new outlook. People will follow their passion and live to exist, to enjoy life, be thankful for life, enjoy the planet and everything it offers. People will follow their interests and talents and develop the skills…

• Problem Minus Ego Equals Solution

  Paul

  31 Jan 2010 | 11:55 pm

  I’m inspired by companies and individuals who display a 100% solution orientated approach; committed to not only finding answers they also implement them. Problems can be challenges to overcome or they can stop you in your tracks. Some problems are so longstanding that they can be seen as irreversible or too large to contend with. I find it embarrassing that people are still starving and living in poverty on this planet; embarrassing because it simply does not need to be the case. I have a long-term vision; a dream: I wish to see World Peace on this planet so that problems worldwide can be…

• You are 100% Responsible for Peace

  Paul

  28 Jan 2010 | 11:49 pm

  You know firsthand that you cannot believe all your thoughts, so do you really expect the World to do what you “think” it should do? Is it easier to ask what is right for you? Changing the whole World is not easy. Changing you is very easy. The moment you want to change you can. You are 100% responsible for changing you. Only you can change you. You are 100% responsible for Peace. Consider what you radiate. You can change your World instantly. Take responsibility for your 360° ten feet of space and let others do the same and the whole World can change. Change you – and you change the…

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  Mindmapping everywhere

• Mindmapping in lawsuits

  30 Jan 2010 | 5:56 am

  Many times we think mindmapping is a engineers or technical people´s issue, but as it is defined it could universally applicable. In this particular case, I will utilize mindmapping in a situation with my house´s constructor, whom I sue due to some malfunctions in my house. So for extension it could be applicable to some lawyer´s issues. This map (made using Mindjet Mind Manager 8) compiles all the different failures existing in the house, so once the expert technician assigned by the court come, I will have all the issues to be showed at hand.

• A White Paper about Notetaking

  23 Jan 2010 | 10:15 am

  When I was working in the previous post, I was required by some friends of mine about getting deeper in notetaking using mindmapping, that was the reason, which took me to prepare this White Paper ("a non-pretentious White Paper") about this particular stuff.Currently I think it is by far the most common mindmapping application, unless in my particular case. Moreover most part of my professional time I am involved in meetings.I hope you find this document useful for your personal and professional life!!!Access to White Paper on Notetaking.

• Notetaking

  14 Jan 2010 | 12:32 pm

  I have come across several mindmaps made during lectures, presentations and so no in the last years.I always draw mindmaps in every meeting, my most important problem is what to show on the blog that for my company, should not be done (I always work with my mindpping for my coming orders, strategic projects, people management and so on).Important points in notetaking:1.- Focus on the key ideas/concepts.2.- Visualize and draw these key ideas/concepts.3.- Force relationships among ideas/concepts.Why mindmapping is important in notetaking?1.- Focuses you in the key concepts.2.- Makes it easier…

• Boosting the blog, asking for your help

  10 Jan 2010 | 7:38 am

  Regarding Web 2.0 my most important resolution is to boost the blog, to help people taking the most out of mindmapping, to have young people taking advantage of a new and exciting way to improve learning and memorizing processes. In this boosting process there is an issue out of my control, it is your opinion, your ideas, your doubts, your experiences… everything that can help other people to move on in this fascinating world. So, please, I encourage you to say openly how you think we must progress with the blog. From my side I must say I will post on regular basis to show what I am doing…

• TV series

  3 Jan 2010 | 8:35 am

  Etiquetas de Technorati: series,tv One of my most favorite hobbies is watching TV series in their original language. I made a map (by XMind) about my favorite series, the proprietary companies and links to the TV series main pages.

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  MindMeister Blog

• MeisterTip #4 – Printing Maps

  Dan

  3 Feb 2010 | 8:06 am

  Printing large mind maps in a way in which they’re still readable has always been a bit tedious. Recently our support team has seen a flood of requests asking for help with the MindMeister print feature – especially when maps have become rather large – so we decided to post this step-by-step guide in the MeisterTips series. The occasion might arise when you’d like to print a large map, but don’t want to shrink it down to a 8.5 x 11 (or A4), thereby making it unreadable. The solution? Break out the scotch tape, and get ready to print your map on multiple pages! To do…

• MindMeister User Survey 2010

  Dan

  29 Jan 2010 | 4:35 am

  Update: 4 February 2010 – Many thanks to all of you who participated in our customer survey. The survey is now closed, and we will be announcing the winners of the Amazon vouchers early next week. Here at MindMeister we’re constantly conversing with industry experts from across a wide range of disciplines, not only introducing them to what MindMeister can do for them, but also gathering their feedback. And while these conversations have yielded a number of valuable insights, they’re still one-to-one conversations. To this end, we thought we’d bring the conversation to you, and see…

• Make More Money and Live Your Passion: Become a Cre8tor

  guest post

  21 Jan 2010 | 7:47 am

  [Editors Note: This is a guest post by Robert Pagliarini, prolific user of MindMeister and author of The Other 8 Hours, the U.S. #1 national bestselling personal finance book. Robert has made numerous national television appearances including 20/20, Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, and ABC Morning News. He's also been featured in print with articles published in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, and Money Magazine.] Your financial life has a certain trajectory—similar to a train on a track. There will be twists and turns, but you can easily determine where you will end up if…

• MeisterTip #3 – Adding Tasks

  Dan

  12 Jan 2010 | 6:52 am

  One of the primary benefits of using mind maps in collaborative mode is to, quite literally, have everyone on the same page. And while this is a great way to get projects moving, if no one is taking ownership of these items, the map serves only as a data collection point, not a plan of action. Assigning tasks is the perfect solution for making your mind map a road to project success. There are two unique ways to assign tasks within a MindMeister mind map, either manually or through our WunderTask feature. Manually assigning tasks can be used when you have only one or two action items to…

• Happy Holidays from MindMeister – 15% discount

  Dan

  18 Dec 2009 | 5:10 am

  Happy Holidays fellow MindMeisters! We’ve been working hard to get a number of improvements out before years’ end, and now it’s time to kick back just a bit and enjoy the holidays. The only thing missing now is our (by now almost too obligatory) holiday promotion: From now until the end of 2009, we’re offering a 15% discount on all Premium Account upgrades and purchases. Remember, Premium account holders have access to: Integrated live chat File attachments An unlimited amount of mindmaps Exports in a kinds of formats And much more…. To share in the holiday cheer, upgrade your…

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  Manage Life

• Sound Understanding

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:01 pm

  Making sense of sounds into meaning requires a different mental effort as compared to reading. Out of sounds, the mind tries to assemble the pieces and make sense of what is being said. The main challenge is that the sounds are often fleeting. One can always re-read the printed page as many times as he or she wants but one cannot ask the speaker to repeat as many times as one wants. Replaying the passages in the audio book may not really allow one to absorb as readily as one would want. Oftentimes, writing down notes or making a visual picture ala mind maps will aid in understanding a spoken…

• Winter Weather

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:44 am

  It is the most unique and strange winter this year most people would say. Nearby ski resorts claim that it’s the best time to ski as they have the best snow in 20 years.‘The snow is different here than in Colorado,’ said a Charlotte lady on the phone who moved here recently. She did not like the local weather because of the recent rain.I never met her in person but she had a delightful voice. All the ladies in the South have a very seductive, sweet little girl voice that’s hard to resist. I wonder how these ladies can have that distinctive and sweet tilt like one of those little…

• On Paranoia

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:24 pm

  Yesterday I had a short meeting with my boss because my efficiency rate for the previous month was below par. It was a civil discussion and I admitted that I needed to do some improvements. I think it also raised my point that I am open to new work or project. But I realized I made a mistake in my time sheet entries last month although I thought that it was a subconscious urge to make my desire known of my availability for other projects. Normally this episode would have made me anxious and tense if I were in Asia. But I did not feel the usual stress because the environment here is much more…

• Writing Therapy

  2 Feb 2010 | 3:07 pm

  I started to write in my youth mainly due to a psychological urge. It was an urge to settle thoughts, de-stress and achieve some sort of psychological benefit. Numerous articles state that writing provides psychological benefits like reduce stress and strengthen immune systems. I had stumbled into this avenue because I felt early on the advantage it gave to my mental and emotional state. I guess it was also an outcrop of my reading as I love to read. So I guess it was a love for words that drove me to write; the love of a perfect sentence or paragraph and the ability to achieve that…

• Deconstruction

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:24 pm

  I watched a documentary on philosopher Jacques Derrida, author of the deconstruction philosophy. An interesting person though sometimes reading this type of work gives me a headache. He is a controversial figure based on the material in Wikipedia. But there are other articles that praise him. Looking at his performance in the documentary, one would think there is a misunderstanding on his work. Otherwise, controversy possible due to professional competition. His reputation is such that he is considered one of more significant philosophers of this century. The French are keen on intellectual…

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  Assistive Technology

• Canson to Launch PaperShow for Mac at MacWorld 2010

  6 Feb 2010 | 6:31 am

  For the past year I have been using PaperShow extensively when I teach, do presentations, and for webinars. It has been a really indispensable tool and I carry PaperShow in my bag wherever I go. Because of PaperShow's ease of use and portability I can walk into any room and within seconds have a digital flipchart ready to go, to share and capture ideas. I have written about my experiences with PaperShow on this blog for the past year and from day one have asked Canson "when will we see PaperShow for the Mac?" Well that day is finally coming and I am happy to share with you that Canson will…

• An Interview with Audrey Dalton from CodeBaby Part 2

  2 Feb 2010 | 11:12 am

  Part 2 of Interview with Audrey DaltonBSF: Can you share some examples for us as to how eLearning Designers are taking advantage of CodeBaby for their services or products?Services:We offer a very generous support policy for 18% of your final single license price.Includes:✓ 1 year of free updates including major version changes✓ Priority phone and email support + 12 hours of application assistance on customer projectsLots of designers take advantage of custom services through clothing changes, character changes, and even completely new characters. We have clients that ask for doctors,…

• An Interview with Audrey Dalton from CodeBaby Part 1

  2 Feb 2010 | 10:14 am

  I had the pleasure of meeting Audrey Dalton, Product Marketing Director at CodeBaby during the DevLearn 09 Conference and had a chance to sit down and talk to her about her role and the CodeBaby platform for eLearning.BSF: Hello Audrey, can you share with us your position and tell us a little background information about CodeBaby and the company?AD: Responsible for all product marketing functions for the eLearning product line: Product Release Planning and Marketing, Demand generation, MarCom, Tradeshow & Event Planning, Online Community Relations, Curriculum Design, and Corporate…

• Totally Tubular with iPevo Bluetooth Speakers

  23 Jan 2010 | 11:19 am

  The number of new Bluetooth devices that roll out each and every week is astonishing. If you want to keep you can go to the official Bluetooth Site and check out all of the new products. Since doing the iPevo Point 2 View Webcam review, iPevo was kind enough to send me the iPevo Tubular Wireless Speakers to review, which takes advantage of Bluetooth, to stream the audio from your iPhone, IPod Touch, BlackeBerry or your PC to their speakers. I have to tell you when Bluetooth was first introduced I was not a real fan. I'm sure many of you spent countless hours as I did trying to pair up your…

• Collaborating Web 2.0 Style

  23 Jan 2010 | 8:26 am

  Since reviewing Tazzle IT I have had numerous conversations with Bruce Haendel about Tazzle IT and the whole mobile phone market. I have enjoyed getting to know Bruce and we have had some great conversations about marketing, technology, and BlackBerry's. Just the other night I connected with Bruce over Skype and some how we got into a conversation about how he could quickly inform others about his new and innovative product called Tazzle IT. I showed him some of the video demos that I have put together and he asked me what it would take to put something like that together. After some…

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  Reforming Project Management

• What Is Going on with Toyota

  Hal

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:38 pm

• Friction-Free Collaboration

  Hal

  10 Oct 2009 | 1:34 pm

  Image via CrunchBase I've just arrived at the PMI Global Congress 2009 in Orlando, FL. Tomorrow AM a number of us who are members of the PMI New Media Council will be speaking in a panel on social media and its impacts on the discipline of project management. Among other things, I'll be talking about my company's experience using Yammer. Our experience has been good. More on that later. It's great seeing a smiling colleague's faceOur company works with architects, engineers and construction firms along with the clients of those firms. We're a small consultancy…just 12 people all working…

• Lean Projects Are Defined by Lean Behaviors

  Hal

  18 Aug 2009 | 7:19 pm

  Image via Wikipedia Ifollow numerous blogs, news groups and twitter posts on lean. I've noticed a change in the last few months from talking about lean tools to talking about lean behaviors. It's a refreshing change. Toyota made a shift early this century in the way they spoke about their approach. In essence, they started speaking about the Toyota Way vs. the Toyota Production System. Under the TPS, the two pillars were Just-in-Time production and Jidoka (autonomation). Now they speak about the two pillars of continuous improvement and respect for people. It's a shift from tools to tool…

• Use Near-Misses to Learn about Construction Safety

  Hal

  18 Jun 2009 | 7:52 pm

  Image by Elliot Moore via Flickr Ihaven't written about construction safety in awhile. I used to write about it every Thursday. I just read an ENR editorial Analyzing Near-Misses Is Key to An Effective Safety Plan. It reminded me of how far we need to go in construction. Our industry kills about 1300 people in the US every year. Thousands of others are seriously injured. Yet, there are far more dangerous industries where people are not getting hurt at anywheres near the construction rates. Alcoa has made amazing strides to create an injuring-free workplace in their smelters. Dupont's chemical…

• Time to Re-Th!nk Improvement

  Hal

  15 Jun 2009 | 1:10 pm

  So much of our attention in the lean community is on continuous improvement. Normally that is interpreted as "process improvement". In the project world processes are often incidental to the work we are doing to fulfill the promise of the project. In other words, the value stream goes through a series of tasks like writing software code, documenting a feature, refactoring, etc., none of which follow a repeatable step-by-step process. Architecture and construction projects are similar. The process stuff is supporting the value stream. When we make so-called improvements to process we are…

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  Thinking & organizing

• Modeling the field of medicine in 3D

  26 Jan 2010 | 12:07 am

  There's a lot of activity now in mind maps in the medical field. I've been gathering and organizing some of the prolific sites and making Topicscapes from them, then used TopicSight to put them on line in read-only form for anyone top explore. This is what I've done so far:University of Dundee AllergyCases More are on the way.Click to see a Topicscape loaded into your browser. The first time you visit, please give the software time to download - subsequent visits will be much faster. Another one, a really large one, is based on Peter Jones' collection of links organized according to the…

• Version 2.0 of Free 3D Topicscape Student Edition released

  3 Jan 2010 | 1:30 am

  With enhancements to make the Student Edition even easier to use, and bring in some benefits first offered in Topicscape Pro 2.0, Topicscape SE has now reached version 2.-- A new demo shows how multi-parent topics work-- There's dynamic help for the newly-introduced Halo menu-- The 2D search results and history list now swings out from the left side when in use, and stows back when not-- A panel swings out from the right side to help you make customization choices-- Topic groups now have footprints to make grouping even more apparent-- Menus can now be operated by hotkeys-- There are more…

• We're up and running with Topicscape Pro 2.5 - Beta ended

  16 Dec 2009 | 7:09 am

  Go to the main download to grab the 3D Topicscape Pro 2.5 live installerThe illustrated “What’s New” page has details of a couple of additional capabilities that weren’t mentioned in the Beta What’s new. For Pro 2.0 users, this is a free upgrade. Pro 1.0 users can upgrade to all this goodness for a modest US$29.99. If you accidentally load a Pro 1 license into Pro 2, Topicscape will fail to load some components and won’t run.With the release of 2.5, we have decided to simplify the Help system. Topicscape Pro itself now contains a 20-page Help, but the main help is part-way through…

• 3D Topicscape: New Beta for download

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:28 am

  If you're a Topicscape Pro Beta user, you can download a new installer with various fixes now. Please first login then download. You can go here for more information.Argey

• The 2D - 3D switch for Topicscape mind maps : Now in Beta

  9 Nov 2009 | 12:41 am

  After months of quietly beavering away, 3D-Scape has announced the availability of a Beta version of Topicscape Pro that adds a 2D option to Topicscape for users new to 3D or for organizing smaller, simpler bodies of information.Now Topicscape is even further ahead of the pack of software for mastering information overload visually.You can apply to be a Beta User to try out this new approach to organizing information. If you have no login information, please give us some information about your PC via the application for Beta User form (to help us support you better), and if your computer…

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  Roy's Mind Mapping Blog

• Integrating browser and Topicscape Box

  admin

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:50 pm

  During installation of the latest Topicscape Pro (v.2.6 that we just loaded up on line) you will see a new option.  One of the panels asks if you want to install two buttons in your Browser toolbar (Internet Explorer or Firefox).  Here they are: Press the ‘S’ button: The Topicscape Box will open very briefly and close again.  It will then contain a shortcut to the page you are viewing.  Press the ‘M’ button: The Topicscape Box will open and use Topicscape’s method to make an Internet Archive (.mht) file in the Box.  As with Topicscape and Topicscape…

• WikIT, the mind mapping wiki in 3D

  admin

  28 Jan 2010 | 1:20 am

  OK now we’re getting there.  Here is the mind mapping wiki in 3D Hover over a topic, and if it has a link, you’ll see an ‘open link’ button.  Click that to open the appropriate article in WikIT. This is Topicscape WebView and it’s getting better all the time with user feedback, like the request to open web pages more easily. You can fly, zoom, search and re-center the landscape on a different topic, just as with Topicscape itself. There’s WebView Help here: http://www.topicscape.com/topicscape-wiki/index.php?title=WebView_Help but for an even shorter…

• University of Dundee medical mind map links

  admin

  25 Jan 2010 | 11:36 pm

  University of Dundee medical mind maps links in 3D information landscape on-line.  The first time you visit, please give the program time to download. These Dundee Uni mind maps cannot be linked to directly, or downloaded, but a read-only viewer for the software needed can be accessed from a link at the same site and this allows the mind maps to be explored dynamically.  This Topicscape WebView shows what is available but you will have to go to the web site to view the maps themselves.  The structure in the 3D WebView reflects the way the maps are organized at that site. Roy

• AllergyCases.org in a 3D Topicscape

  admin

  25 Jan 2010 | 10:21 pm

  The medical mind maps source Allergy Cases has maps about allergies and immunology.  Links to all the allergycases.org mind maps can now be found organized in an on-line 3D Topicscape. Roy

• Back to Hodges’ Health Career Model – in 3D

  admin

  23 Jan 2010 | 7:11 am

  I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago.  Now that I have permission from Peter Jones to use the lists on his pages of links organized according to Hodges’ Health Career Model, I can announce that it is on-line and live in the form of a read-only Topicscape.  You can search (just type) and visit the pages (links are in the details panel – just click).  Links to the four main pages of links in the Hodges’ Health Career Model site are in the four main topic cones: Intrapersonal, Political, Science, Sociology. Give it time to load the Topicscape software first time.  Subsequent…

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  NovaMind Connect

• Novamind and 'Step In/Out' Functionality

  Martin Cooney

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:41 pm

  Like a few other mindmapping software, Novamind really needs the ability for a mindmapper to be able to 'Step Into' a Child Branch as if it were the Centre Topic. Once finished, 'Step Out' again to full mode. Allows Focus, concentration, less steps, good for teams, more productivity and all that points to a better result for the MindMapMind Map: Step in Inspection

• EMF: Calcium Efflux

  Kathleen Sundmark

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:20 am

  Electromagnetic fields -- particularly low frequencies and high frequencies modulated at low frequencies -- affect calcium physiology in living tissue in important ways. This map offers overviews of these effects with links to presentations, articles and a selection of informative studies.Mind Map: Calcium Efflux and EMF: Learning From Andrew Goldsworthy, Carl Blackman and others...

• Las lengua románicas penisulares: su desarrollo

  Manuel Rino

  7 Feb 2010 | 8:42 am

  Nacimiento de las lenguas románicas en la Península Ibérica: condicionantes culturales, políticos y sociales.Mind Map: Nacimiento y desarrollo de las lenguas románicas: condicionantes culturales, políticos y sociales

• Note de synthèse

  Jean-Pierre THELEN

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:26 am

  D'après l'article de Salma OTMANI: "Rédiger une note de synthèse avec la démarche heuristique", paru sur le site Mapping Experts en février 2010. Texte original à l'adresse suivante: http://www.mapping-experts.fr/Rediger-une-note-de-synthese-avec-la-demarche-heuristique_a179.html Dernière mise à jour le 09/02/2010Mind Map: Note de synthèse

• Declaration of Independence

  Mandy Williams

  4 Feb 2010 | 11:22 pm

  School Project for my daughterMind Map: memorizing the declaration of independence