M i N D Z f e a t u r e s :

branding • online identity • blogging • corporate identity

corporate storytelling • web reader • brand management

online profile • reputation management • authority

digital MiNDZ-DNA • columns • community management

branded plaza • connecting • weblog • plazas

connecting with peers • reacting • on- & offline

meeting • posting • meeting peers • news feeds

filtering • circles • information feeds • event software • sharing profile development • knowledge & experience • digital dialogue

user generated content • fora • round table meetings

weblogs • web reader • collaborations • co-operating

co-creating • wiki • co-working • art • music

stYle • reservation wizard • meeting agenda

reviewing • transport sharing • book exchange

email & emailings • MiNDZ|dashboard • appointment calendar

MiNDZ|lounge • Seats2Work •

MiNDZ.com: the wisdom of the crowds

The importance of personal and corporate

branding for professionals and businesses is

increasing continuously. Therefore, there is a

rapidly growing need for a good social network

platform for organizations, large communities and

independent professionals.

Co-inspiring and self-learning networks enable

the exchange of knowledge, visions and opinions.

These networks facilitate the initiation of new

networks and alliances. The development of these

alliances has an essential effect on the way we will

work together in a boundaryless, network-based

future.

Thus: the ‘raison d’être’ of MiNDZ.com:

Facilita ting the network, collaboration and

branding for the passionate professional.

The overwhelming amount of today’s

information sources is very valuable.

Unfortunately, it also provides a major draw-

back: sometimes it is very complex to find your

own place and way through all the information,

in order to make effectively use of the fast-paced

information flow in today’s society.

april-2009

M i N DZ . c o m

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BRANDING

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SHARING

MEETING

CONNECTING

MiNDZ.com:

MiNDZ.com enables you to manage your own

network, brand and community from one online

location. Moreover, MiNDZ.com is an inspiring

place for individuals, communities and organiza-

tions to meet one another by exchanging stories,

information and knowledge.

We believe that through cross-fertilization new

alliances and forms of collaboration can arise.

MiNDZ.com facilitates the opportunity to connect

with other individuals, entrepreneurs, peers or

stakeholders through a wide knowledge base

relevant to its users. This is how MiNDZ.com creates

intrinsic added value for all participants of its

network.

COLLABORATING SHARING

MEETINGCONNECTING BRANDING

profile page

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web reader

fora

weblog &columns

digitalMiNDZ-DNA

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connectingwith external

networks

STYLE

MiNDZ.com makes it possible for you - as an

individual or organization - to create and strength-

en your online identity. Present yourself by telling your

story; who you are, what you do and how you do it.

Present yourself by sharing your knowledge, experi-

ences and opinions with other MiNDZ-users. You can

develop your identity by writing blogs, posting columns

and by participating on fora. You can also create your

own website that can function as your corporate

business card or branded Plaza for organizations.

The digital MiNDZ-DNA (automatically developed

while you are active on MiNDZ.com) provides a

powerful search ability that enables

you to search for tags and key

words creating a DNA that best

describes your interests and

what is on your mind.

BRANDING

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STYLE

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profile pages

MiNDZdashboard

Circles

weblogs

digitalMiNDZ-DNA

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Plazas

MiNDZ.com offers you an easy way to contact peers

through profile pages and blogs. You can create

Plazas (open-communities) and Circles (private-

communities) or participate on existing Plazas. It is

easy to find interesting contacts and Plazas using

your digital MiNDZ-DNA! Furthermore, your personal

MiNDZ|dashboard enables you to fully monitor all

activities concerning your contacts.

M E E T I N G

STYLE

MEETING

events

Circles

digitaldialogue

round tables

digitalMiNDZ-DNA

Plazas

COLLABORATING SHARING

BRANDINGCONNECTING

MiNDZ.com .com facilitates you to meet new peers

easily. By participating in Plazas and contributing

to blogs and fora, you are able to meet peers online

and set up offline meetings as well.

Furthermore, MiNDZ.com enables you to further and

deepen your online conver sations in an interactive

way by using digital dialogue. This way, your online

conversations provide a meaning ful virtual addition to

your offline meetings.

S H A R I N G

STYLE

SHARING

events &round tables

wikis

digitaldialogue

Q&A

digitalMiNDZ-DNA

Plazas &Circles

fora

weblogs

web reader

COLLABORATING MEETING

CONNECTINGBRANDING

MiNDZ.com gives you the opportunity to widen

your knowledge base, to share experiences and

views easily. By using a wiki for instance you are able

to collect and modify content in collaboration with

others. In addition, you can also research or create a

knowledge base for unexplored content.

The Q&A function allows you to pose (or answer)

questions to other users. The web reader allows you

to manage your news feeds at one online location.

MiNDZ.com is multifaceted and allows you to

effectively make use of your time and interactions.

STYLE

COLLABORATING

events

wikis

fora

round tables

digitalMiNDZ-DNA

Plazas

weblogs

Q&A

MEETING SHARING

CONNECTINGBRANDING

MiNDZ.com hands you an easy way to co-create

and work in new means of collaboration. Cross-

fertilization of ideas and new alliances formed by

MiNDZ-users allow new products and services to be

developed.

Because smarter working and collaborating allow

for optimal use of your talents and capacities,

MiNDZ.com offers you the opportunity to expand and

diversify your professional brand through the use of

its network.

COLLABORATING

STYLE

reviewing

MiNDZmeetups

book swapping

car & transportpooling

MiNDZdashboard

e-coaching

meeting calendar

email &emailings

MiNDZ-usermeetings

MiNDZ.com MiNDZ.com offers many services that help and

support you with your on- and offline activities.

The MiNDZ.com event software for example is designed

to simplify the logistics around your event. The event

software provides tools to review events, carpooling,

appointments, meetups and other activities organized

by MiNDZ-users such as flexible work places, calendars

and more.

For offline meetings in The Netherlands, MiNDZ.com

facilitates the MiNDZ|lounge to its users. This lounge

hosts the MiNDZ|meetups and Seats2Work (flexible

work spaces where you can meet other MiNDZ-users).

MiNDZ.com can inspire you to make optimal use of your

social network. You can join MiNDZ-user meetings,

internet-labs and trend sessions to be inspired and

experience the endless opportunities of participating in

social networks.

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your story:your story:

M i N D Z s t o r i e s :

branding • online identity • blogging • corporate identity

corporate storytelling • web reader • brand management

online profile • reputation management • authority

digital MiNDZ-DNA • columns • community management

branded plaza • connecting • weblog • plazas

connecting with peers • reacting • on- & offline

meeting • posting • meeting peers • news feeds

filtering • circles • information feeds • event software • sharing profile development • knowledge & experience • digital dialogue

user generated content • fora • round table meetings

weblogs • web reader • collaborations • co-operating

co-creating • wiki • co-working • art • music

stYle • reservation-wizard • meeting agenda

reviewing • transport sharing • book exchange

email & emailings • MiNDZ|dashboard • appointment calendar

MiNDZ|lounge • Seats2Work •

MiNDZ.com: the wisdom of the crowds

The importance of personal and corporate

branding for professionals and businesses is

increasing continuously. Therefore, there is a

rapidly growing need for a good social network

platform for organizations, large communities and

independent professionals.

Co-inspiring and self-learning networks enable

the exchange of knowledge, visions and opinions.

These networks facilitate the initiation of new

networks and alliances. The development of these

alliances has an essential effect on the way we will

work together in a boundaryless, network-based

future.

Thus: the ‘raison d’être’ of MiNDZ.com:

Facilita ting the network, collaboration and

branding for the passionate professional.

The overwhelming amount of today’s

information sources is very valuable.

Unfortunately, it also provides a major draw-

back: sometimes it is very complex to find your

own place and way through all the information,

in order to make effectively use of the fast-paced

information flow in today’s society.

april-2009

sculpture: Rainer Kessel

MiNDZ | storylines‘Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place of which I do

not care to remember the name, a nobleman lived

not long ago. The nobleman had a lance and ancient

shield on a shelf and kept a skinny horse and a grey-

hound for racing.’ [The opening line of the story of ‘Don

Quixote of La Mancha’, written by Miguel de Cervantes.]

Stories shape our world – They tell us who

we are. They create the landscape where we

meet our peers. And they provide a compass

that navigates us through a world of human

connections. Your personal collection of stories

is the DNA of your on- and offline identity,

this DNA helps you to create your own world.

MiNDZ.com is the opportunity to tell and

share your story!

Primera parte del ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha

Capítulo primero. Que trata de la

condición y ejercicio del famoso hidalgo

don Quijote de la Mancha

En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre

no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo

que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en

astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo

corredor. Una olla de algo más vaca que

carnero, salpicón las más noches, duelos y

quebrantos los sábados, lantejas los viernes,

algún palomino de añadidura los domingos,

consumían las tres partes de su hacienda. El

resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas

de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos

photo: N.N. - Plaza Mayor, M

adrid

Plaza Mayor – Back in the old days town squares

used to be a place of gathering, meeting and

connecting. The town square (the Plaza Mayor)

was the place where the latest news, ideas and

stories were being exchanged. But it was also a

place where supply and demand (material and

non-material) came together and where new

alliances and bonds were formed.

MiNDZ Plaza – MiNDZ.com is a contemporary

version of Plaza Mayor, a place where you

can build, expand, update and enrich your

network. MiNDZ.com offers a location where

you can use your story to inspire others and

where you can connect and collaborate with

peers, both online and offline!

photo: © Daniel Starcher - portrait of M

ies van der Rohe

The human connection – The world of

hospitality is the foundation of MiNDZ.com.

Key aspects such as: the meeting place,

hospitality and the focus on human wellbeing

are embedded in our DNA.

Interacting with the world around us deter-

mines the essence of who we are and what

we do. We give meaning to our connections by

interacting with our environment.

Creating connections gives meaning to

all our interactions and allows us to inspire

and get inspired; that is the true passion of

MiNDZ.com!

photo: © M

iles Wen - Pingsi lantern festival (Taiw

an)

The meeting – Our mission is to establish the

wellbeing of people and organizations by facili-

tating human interactions and communication.

That is why MiNDZ.com initiates, participates

and facilitates ‘the meeting’ of people. We

believe that interaction, both on- and offline,

is a great means to achieve the wellbeing of

people and organizations.

Therefore, MiNDZ.com acts as an effective

facilitator for a vast array of communication,

collaboration, cross-fertilization of ideas and

inspiration.

Our motto – Every day is a celebration.

Life continuously stimulates and challenges us

to start each day with curiosity and eagerness:

‘Cada dia es una fiesta’.

your story:your story:your story:

your story: