Using Mind Maps Magazine - July 2014
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Mind Maps USING Cultivating the Qualities of Success How Many Do You Have? Better Note Taking to Handle Even The Largest Topic Hot Tips for More Efficient Mind Mapping Simple But Effective Tool for Better Customer Meetings CEO of Mindjet Expert Scott Raskin July 2014 Issue 15
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Transcript of Using Mind Maps Magazine - July 2014
MindMapsUS
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Cultivating the Qualities of SuccessHow Many Do You Have?
Better Note Taking to
Handle Even The Largest
Topic
Hot Tips for More Efficient Mind Mapping
Simple But Effective Tool
for Better Customer Meetings
CEO of Mindjet
Expert
Scott Raskin
July 2014
Issue 15
ContributorsFaizel Mohidin
Jamie NastChuck Frey
Adam SicinskiLiam Hughes
Jim LauriaRaphaela Brandner
Tarek FahmyRoger C Parker
Editor: Faizel Mohidin [email protected]
Design & Layout by Sheeth Hanief [email protected]
Publisher http://yourdigitalpublisher.com
Web: http://www.usingmindmaps.com
Copyright © Faizel Mohidin 2014
Contents
CONTENTS Editor’s Note
Meet the Experts - An Interview with Scott RaskinMindjet
Cultivating the Qualities of SuccessAdam Sicinski
Roger C. Parker’s Newcomer’s Perspective Mind Mapping EfficiencyPart 1: Commit to Efficiency from the StartRoger C. Parker
Mind Mapping: Taking NotesMindMeister
Topic notes: A powerful repository for capturing expanded information in mind mapsChuck Frey
Mind Mapping to Create a Brilliant Ebook Cover DesignJim Lauria
Using the POINTS Tool to Prepare for Customer MeetingsTarek Fahmy
News and EventsFaizel Mohidin
Editor’s Note
Editor’s Note
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Faizel MohidinEditor and Publisher of Using Mind Maps Magazine Maximizing your Success at work, in business, in your education and in your personal life.
I ’ve been a practicing Mind Mapper for over two decades, yet I learn something new from the contributing authors with
every issue. By simply collating and editing the magazine, I learn something new.
But, then again, this shouldn’t surprise me. The best way to learn is in small chunks over a period of time. An hour a day, or even a week, is better than five hours, one day a month.
So, let’s take a quick look at this issue, and what you can learn.
Roger’s tips on being more efficient, and tips on note taking with your Mind Mapping Software by Chuck Frey and MindMesiter, provide simple, yet effective advice that could make a huge difference in your life.
Mind Manager was the first Mind Mapping Software I used and it’s a great honour, and privilege, to provide a Q&A with Scott Raskin, the CEO of MindJet, the producers of MindManager. (He is also the handsome guy on this month’s cover!) He provides some great insights into where Mind Mapping and MindJet are going.
As a life coach and Mind Mapper, Adam Sicinski offers great advice on making you more successful. Have a look at the qualities that are typical of a successful person and see how you compare. This month’s article includes a free Mind Map overview of his article, which serves as a guide, and a memory aid, to the contents. Try reading the article in conjunction with the Mind Map.
Tarek Fahmy is a licensed Buzan instructor (Tony Buzan invented Mind Mapping, in case you didn’t know) and gives a great overview of a simple tool to help you better understand your customers with an accompanying Mind Map.
EditorFaizel Mohidin
Every issue surprises me
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The magazine is doing for me, exactly what it could do for you, making me a better Mind Mapper over time, by delivering content bit-by-bit, month-by-month. It’s the art of learning without learning (adapted from Bruce Lee’s quote: “The art of fighting without fighting” from “Enter The Dragon”).
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EditorFaizel Mohidin
Meet the Experts
Q&A with Mindjet CEO Scott Raskin
M indjet, providers of the first software platform with the
capability to drive repeatable business innovation and productivity at scale, is committed to enterprise innovation excellence. Millions of people, as well as 83% of the Fortune 100, use Mindjet’s enterprise-ready innovation management and productivity suite, featuring their MindManager mind mapping software and SpigitEngage for enterprise innovation.
We sat down with Mindjet CEO Scott Raskin to discuss what’s happening in the mind mapping space, his goals and aspirations for Mindjet, and the future of their flagship mind mapping software product, MindManager.
Q: Tell us about your journey with Mindjet, and specifically the evolution of the MindManager mind mapping product. SR: Mindjet has a rich history that dates back to the mid-90’s when the founders released its first product, MindMan 1.0, which was the
Meet the Experts
precursor to MindManager and the very first software application providing individuals a way to mind map virtually. In 2001, the founders identified an opportunity to marry the proven benefits of mind mapping techniques with the reusability, broad applicability, and ease of use of a software package -- thereby resulting in the Mindjet we have today.
Since the founding of the company, our goal for MindManager has remained unchanged, and we’re dedicated to providing the world’s best mind mapping software to business users. In a single, uniquely powerful manner, MindManager facilitates more rapid association of interrelationships and consumption of complex data sets better than any other software on the market. Over the years, we have invested tens of millions of dollars to improve the usability, extend its capabilities, and give users better ways to capture their ideas, brainstorm, share, plan projects, take action on their ideas, and track progress.
Furthermore, we acquired the enterprise cloud software company Spigit at the end of last year, and launched a new division within Mindjet that’s focused on providing software to help our enterprise customers be more innovative through ideation crowdsourcing. The SpigitEngage platform facilitates large groups, or social communities, to brainstorm ideas and find the best solutions to specific business challenges.
Q: How does mind mapping software -- MindManager specifically -- bring about new ways to create, deliver, and capture value for businesses? How does it benefit the individual user versus the enterprise customer?SR: MindManager delivers value by allowing people to be more creative, capture ideas, and deliver on projects more effectively. And, unlike a lot of other productivity software, MindManager isn’t a one-trick-pony. It’s not just for meetings,
