Jamie Nast, author of the popular book Idea Mapping and the Idea Mapping Success Blog, is one of the most world’s most prolific trainers and speakers on the topic of visual mapping. In this interview, she explains why it’s critical that...

Most people, when faced with a new idea, find it easy to identify things that are wrong about it or reasons why it won’t work. Psychologists call this a negative bias, and it seems to be hard-wired into our human brains. A survival mechanism left over...

As you know if you have been following this blog for any amount of time, I like to survey my readers to find out what you need – so I can supply it! One of the themes that has come through loud and clear is that you want someone to...

Jöran Beel, a Ph.D. student who is studying mind mapping, recently created a specialized version of FreeMind – which he calls SciPlore – that gives it several additional features that make it very attractive to researchers. Specifically, it can: 1....

2010 is just around the corner – less than 2 months away! Have you given any thought to the key skills you need to learn about getting the best out of your mind mapping software in the coming year? Please share your thoughts here. The better I...

Inspiration Software recently announced that it will launch version 9 of its flagship mind mapping software in January 2010. This program is still primarily focused upon and sold into the education market, but also offers some valuable functionality...