The Mindmap Blog

Biggerplate Reaches 30,000 Member Milestone!

Chance Brown — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:32:29 +0000

Congratulations to Biggerplate.com for reaching 30,000 members in record time! Biggerplate.com is the premier mind map library and mapping community on the Internet.

Liam Hughes, founder of Biggerplate, told me “Membership has more than doubled since we rebuilt the new website in March of last year.” He added, “We are seeing an average of 300 users register with us each week. Considering the size of other mapping user groups, this is pretty huge. We expect to surpass 40,000 members by the end of the year, but we are aiming for 50,000.”

The great thing about Biggerplate is you can share mindmaps as well as download mindmaps from other users. And because the site covers so many topics you are bound to find a map that interests you.

I encourage you to go to Biggerplate and upload a mindmap today. Also search the site and download maps that interest you. You are also welcome to download any of my maps on Biggerplate.com.

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The Emotional Intelligence Map

Chance Brown — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:35:36 +0000

Emotional Intelligence or “EQ” is critical for effective personal and business relationships. There is a lot of research on emotional intelligence and how it perhaps more than anything influences your success in life.

Explore the map below for an understanding of Emotional Intelligence as well as specific competencies that can help you improve your internal and external emotional intelligence.

(Click map to enlarge)

You can also download this map at Biggerplate.com.

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The Business Acumen Map: Seeing the Big Picture by Kevin Cope

Chance Brown — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:21:58 +0000

Recently, I read a great book on building your business acumen. The book is called “Seeing the Big Picture: Business Acumen to Build Your Credibility, Career, and Company”. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the key drivers of any business. Whether you are talking about Apple, Inc. or a small business, this book will help you understand how companies work and what leaders of companies focus on.

I’ve created a map of the book to give you a high level understanding of what’s covered in the book. Additionally, if you decide to purchase the book, the map is a great way to capture your notes on the various chapters.

This is what the map looks like (click to enlarge):

You can download this map from Biggerplate.com.

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The Mindjet Videos Map: Maximizing Collaborative Work Management

Chance Brown — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:53:45 +0000

Recently, I attended the Mindjet “Get Connected Week” Event (March 20-22, 2012). This three-day webinar event featured in-depth overviews of MindManager, Mindjet Connect and Mindjet Connect SP. Mindjet’s UK team did a great job of organizing content and delivering very effective 30-minute presentations. All sessions were recorded.

In case you missed the event, I created a map with links to the recordings. This map will get you up to speed on all the presentations. You can download the map at Biggerplate.com.

The map looks like this (click map to enlarge):

With the Mindjet Videos Map you can learn exactly how to leverage the various Mindjet software products to increase individual and team productivity.

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Mindjet Webinar Series: Learn about the Power of Mapping and Cloud Collaboration

Chance Brown — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:52:03 +0000

The effectiveness and competitiveness of any company comes down to how its people work together. Take any successful company and you will find it is successful because of the quality of team execution. That is, how teams work together to solve problems efficiently and effectively.

There is a process being used by high performing teams all over the world to help them execute on business strategy. The process is called visual mapping. Visual Mapping enables you to “see” and understand the dimensions of a problem and then dynamically solve it. An extension of visual mapping is a process called collaborative work management.

Mindjet, a leader in collaborative work management, has developed a specific set of software tools and an overall plaform for enabling teams to collaborate and execute on business strategy. A lot of people around the world already use these tools everyday. If you want to increase your productivity and team effectiveness, I strongly encourage you to attend the upcoming Mindjet Webinar Series. Click here to register.

Below is the schedule for the three-day event:

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My Productivity Dashboard: Mapping with Microsoft Outlook

Chance Brown — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:56:53 +0000

Everyday when I come into work I open up a visual map with links to documents, folders, and websites. This saves me a lot of time not having to use Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer to locate documents, folders, and websites.

Another tool I integrate into my mapping is Microsoft Outlook. A great feature of MindManager 2012 (my mapping program of choice) is the Microsoft Outlook integration.

Here are the standard queries you can add to your map (you can also customize your own queries):

Here’s what Outlook integration in a map looks like (click to enlarge):

If I had a task in Outlook that said “Finish Blog Post” for today and it was 50% complete, it would look like this in Outlook (click to enlarge):

To sync this information with your map, simply select the map topic then right-click the Outlook icon or press F5:

The task then shows up on your map like this (click to enlarge):

You can download this map to start managing your Outlook information in a visual map. Download the map at Biggerplate.com.

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Mindjet Connect Action: Collaborative Project Management

Chance Brown — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:23:08 +0000

Recently I did a post on leveraging project charters for effective project management. However, after your project charter is in place and the team begins working on the project it is sometimes difficult to keep everything organized.

A great tool for managing the project once it gets started is Mindjet Connect Action.

With teams often geographically dispersed, you need an effective way to manage all the project tasks and ensure you execute on the goals of the project. Mindjet Connect Action helps you do that.

I’ve created a map highlighting the key features of Mindjet Connect Action. You can download this map from Biggerplate.com. The map also contains detailed steps for using Mindjet Connect Action (via notes throughout the map).

Here’s a screenshot of the map (click to enlarge):

Quick Overview of Mindjet Connect Action (formerly CoHuman)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjAxrvowbdI

In-Depth Overview of Mindjet Connect Action (formerly CoHuman)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5yCLWqO_AA

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Mindjet Launches New Website

Chance Brown — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:06:50 +0000

Today Mindjet, the maker of MindManager and Mindjet Connect, launched a new website for its products. The new look and feel is a nice change and it makes understanding the products more intuitive.

This is what Mindjet had to say about its new website:

Mindjet’s new website reinforces how our work has evolved to meet a collaborative model of work management.

Everything on the new site fits into an architecture built for easier understanding and clearer navigation.

The design style reflects the superior usability of Mindjet products (like MindManager and Mindjet Connect SP), with a focus—not on how many SKUs we have—but on resources, support, and inspiration instead.

Our new website visually represents the business goal of getting everyone on the same page from start to finish. There’s a plan for organization and a path for action: the intersection of all colors of the visual spectrum.

For more information on the new site, click here.

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Biggerplate Launches Mind Map Training

Chance Brown — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:59:49 +0000

As a Biggerplate Partner, I was aware that Biggerplate was developing mindmap training for those interested in improving their mindmapping skills.

Well, the day has finally arrived. Biggerplate Mind Map Training is now available!

Click here for more information. The Biggerplate training offering consists of the following:

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A Map to Help You Persist and Persevere

Chance Brown — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:29:41 +0000

Over the years I’ve featured many innovative maps by Adam Sicinski. Recently, Adam created a map called “Persist and Persevere” that I think is helpful to anyone working on their dream.

We all have goals and dreams and sometimes the road gets tough. Well, read through the map below for some inspiration.

As we all only have one life to live, why not make it a life worth living? A life that says, “I fought through the obstacles and here I stand stronger and smarter!” So, in the spirit of that declaration, here’s Adam’s map:

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For more information on Adam Sicinski and his very unique mapping technique, click here.

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The iPad: Great for Reading IQ Matrix Mindmaps