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• Note Taking: A Beginner's Guide to Mind Mapping Meetings

  Published: August 13, 2007, 10:06 am

  Tags: Feature, Meetings, Mind Mapping, Note Taking, Top

  read through the article: Mind mapping is a free flowing tool. There are no rights or wrongs to the process. Many people recommend using many different colored pens and drawing pictures. This may or may not be for you—yet anyway. The important thing is just to start. You can refine your mind mapping method as you go. Mind mapping is

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• Self Improvement: Map Your Accomplishments to Stay Motivated

  Published: October 6, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Mind Map, Mind Mapping, Motivation, Self Improvement, Top

  Similar to the process of mind mapping, making a life-map simply includes your life achievements rather than brainstorming an idea. You can make it as basic or as detailed as you want; once you're finished, it might be a good idea to hang it up where you can glance at it any time you need to get yourself out of a funk. Make a Life-map of

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• Use Exploratree to Plan A Project or Idea [Thinking]

  Published: October 28, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Mind Map, Mind Mapping, Planning, Thinking

  Plan a project or map an idea with Exploratree, a free online library of "thinking guides" you can either print out or use online. Templates include the Futures Wheel pictured above, thinking boxes, compare and contrast, and a lot more. Each template is customizable; you can also use them to collaborate on projects with other people. Exploratree

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• Map Tasks with Mind42 [Mind Mapping]

  Published: October 28, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Mind Mapping, Top, Web Applications

  your mind-mapping tasks and ideas with Mind42, an innovative mind-mapping web application that runs inside your browser. Mind42 is easy to use and quite intuitive; you can tweak your map using simple keyboard shortcuts and customization options, plus, you have the option of publishing your map or collaborating with other people to make your

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• Free Visual Mind Mapping Idea Generator & Organizer

  Published: December 28, 2007, 12:44 am

  Tags: Art Business, Artists Resources, Artist Resources, Brainstorming, Idea Generator, Idea Indexing, Mind Mapping

  I have been using free edition of The Personal Brain for some time. It has become an integral part of my planning, brainstorming and idea indexing for all the things I'm interested in. I find having a visual reference is an excellent means of helping me keep the things I want and need to do organized. Here's an example of one I put together in

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• Text2MindMap Turns Indents into Ideas [Mind Mapping]

  Published: May 30, 2008, 9:10 am

  Tags: Maps, Mind Map, Mind Mapping, Organization, Top, Web Applications, Web Utility, Webapp

  heard about the power of mind mapping from studious co-workers or, say, a certain blog, but never had the drive to jump in and start sketching. Text2MindMap, a free visualization web app, makes turning your ideas into node-based maps as easy as hitting Tab. Type or paste text into an input box, using indents to break up your ideas into

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• MindMeister Creates Mind Maps via Email [Mind Maps]

  Published: June 12, 2008, 10:30 am

  Tags: Mind Maps, Email, Mind Mapping, Top

  Send the email to your mind map address, and it magically appears in your account soon after. For example, the mind map produced by the email above looks like this: What's neat is that MindMeister provides two email addresses: one to create new maps, and another to add nodes to your default map. If your new to the concept of mind mapping,

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• Dia Does Powerful Diagrams and Flowcharts [Featured Download]

  Published: June 16, 2008, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Featured Download, Diagrams, Downloads, Flowcharts, Linux, Mind Mapping, Windows

  Windows/Linux only: Open-source application Dia is a robust flowchart and diagram tool. Like a free version of Microsoft Visio, Dia provides you with all the tools you need to create anything from a simple flowchart to a powerful and complex diagram, and files can be saved in many formats, including a Visio Drawing-compatible VDX filetype. Dia is

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• Boost Your Brainstorming Session with MindMeister [Mind Maps]

  Published: July 14, 2008, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Mind Maps, Brainstorming, Collaboration, Collaboration Tools, Creativity, Diagrams, Email, Feature, Geek To Live, Mind Mapping, Note Taking, Note Taking, Productivity, Social Networking, Top, Webapps

  set of ideas, you want a mind map. Web-based mind mapping tool MindMeister offers a simple interface to create mind maps collaboratively or on the go. We've mentioned a few mind mapping apps in the past, and showed you how to mind map meetings as an alternative to linear note-taking. But if you haven't tried mind mapping yet, MindMeister is a

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