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MindGenius Ltd today announced the release of Version 4.2 of their mind mapping software, MindGenius. This release is free to all MindGenius Version 4 customers. Version 4.2 can be downloaded from http://www.mindgenius.com/Business-Download.aspx. Responding to requests from our enterprise customers and project management community, we have also taken the opportunity to add some great new

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Welcome to 2012! I hoped you enjoyed the festive season. However, all good things must come to an end and normal business resumes, or as we say -it’s ‘back to porridge and old clothes’. We have another saying in Scotland – “Out with the Old and In with the New”. A new year brings with it an opportunity to plan for the coming year and to identify what we need to achieve in the coming months in

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We are delighted at another successful year of continued growth in the global MindGenius user-base. This, combined with high attendance at, and positive feedback from our popular webinar series, has highlighted the need for us to work more closely and in more collaborative ways with our users to help them realise the full potential of MindGenius. As a result, we are happy to announce the

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Get work off to the right start in the New Year with the MindGenius webinar series. Initially we will be running additional sessions on an Introduction to MindGenius 4, an Introduction to Project Planning with MindGenius and MindGenius for Consultants, however this will be expanded to include more diverse topics so please get in touch via the comments below if you have any areas you would like to

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MindGenius are pleased to announce that they are now supported on http://www.biggerplate.com/, one of the largest communities of mind map users in the world. Becoming a member of Biggerplate is free and, once registered, allows users to share map content with others and to download from a choice of thousands of maps. MindGenius has many different communities of users including project managers,

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Our recent series of webinars has been going well and we are pleased to announce the next in the series. You can register now for Introduction to MindGenius 4, Project Management with MindGenius and MindGenius for Consultants.  All webinars are free and open to everyone so sign up now. November Wednesday 16th November, 4pm GMT, 11am EST Introduction to Project Management with MindGenius

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Following a great response to our initial Introduction to MindGenius webinars, we are now pleased to announce more details of our upcoming webinar programme. The first in this series is for Consultants and will be held on Thursday 20th October at 4pm GMT Summer Time. This webinar will cover how MindGenius can help you; Facilitate engaging sessions with your clients Capture customer

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SWOT analysis is a useful tool for the development and evaluation of strategy and action plans. The acronym - SWOT - stands for: Strengths; Weaknesses; Opportunities; Threats. The analysis is usually applied within a specific context, from the viewpoint of; an organisation or company; a product; a project; an individual. The time to use it is when a goal or objective has been set and you are

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A project retrospective is a facilitated session held either at the end of a project’s lifecycle or at various intervals throughout. Also known as lessons learned or project close outs, retrospectives are held to identify and analyse what went well and what did not. Retrospectives are utilised to learn from past mistakes and to take these lessons forward into the next phase of the project.

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The first in a series of MindGenius Version 4 webinars has now taken place. With the majority of attendees rating the content as excellent and high attendance we are pleased to announce we will be hosting a monthly series of webinars with the aim to share knowledge on how to make the most out of MindGenius. As always we are interested in what our customers would like us to cover so whether

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We have recently been catching up with Henry Lewkowicz of Context Discovery Inc., finding out more about their WikiSummarizer application and how the powerful summaries that this web based application creates can now be downloaded as MindGenius files. WikiSummarizer is a web based application designed to find and extract for you, the essential facts and relevant information about a topic from

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In last month’s Ask Gordon article, I discussed the identification of the root causes of a problem. The example used was in relation to ‘low staff satisfaction in staff appraisal system’. The root causes identified were as follows: The task now is to implement a solution, or solutions, to solve the problem. I adopt the following process to implement solutions to rectify problems. Identify

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Welcome to another social media highlights where I will be taking you through a look at the top 5 articles, news, tweets and Facebook posts that came our way this month. 1) We start off with Dr Andrew Makar of Tactical Project Management who wrote an excellent article offering his Five Reasons for Using MindGenius for Projects. This article proved to be a big hit, generating a large number of

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We face problems on a daily basis. Our success or failure often hinges on how effectively we deal with these problems. Problem Solving is an essential skill. Hence this article. But what could be simpler? We have a problem. We provide a solution. Problem is fixed. Everything in the garden is rosy. Oh, if only it was that easy. What we often see are the symptoms of the problem, not necessarily

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MindGenius.com is now back online following the lightning strike on our Amazon data centre in Dublin. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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mindgenius.com is offline due to a lightning strike at the Amazon data centre in Dublin. Read more on this. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. You will be unable to access our site until this matter is resolved. In the meantime, you can still access video resources at our YouTube channel, or contact MindGenius on the details below: General Enquiries: info@mindgenius.com, or +44(0) 1355

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The MindGenius Version 4 Map Viewer is now available to download. The Viewer allows colleagues and customers who do not have Version 4 to view your maps, and also allows them to add Notes to branches, enabling them to review maps and add comments and feedback to your ideas before sending it back to you. While currently a full trial version of MindGenius does turn into a viewer after 30 days, it

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The Department of Health recently issued guidelines for office workers on the amount of time they spend sitting down and the benefits of taking regular exercise in order to combat rising levels of obesity and increase mood, as in the modern workplace, many of us forgo lunch and spend much of the day sitting down. Dr Valerie Gladwell, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex is researching

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Mind Mapping, or pictorial diagrams of ideas, has been around in one form or the other for thousands of years and in its modern format since the 1960’s. Since then it has been recognised as a study technique, and MindGenius, since its launch in 2001, has been used as a study tool with particular relevance in the Assisted Learning field. Its use at University level has now changed to include many

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My name is Simon Paterson and I’m the Social Media Champion at MindGenius. This month I am taking you through the top 5 articles, news, tweets and Facebook posts that came our way in July. 1) Chuck Frey, the author of the influential Mind Mapping Software blog ran a survey on Mind Mapping Trends. He is currently collating the results of the survey so look out for them over at his blog. We will

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I'm a great believer in being well prepared for important work activities. Sure, there are times when you have to fly by the seat of your pants, wing it, take a chance. But if you have the opportunity to prepare, then take it. Some say you need luck to succeed. More often than not, luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. So this month’s topic is about preparation, audit

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In this article I am going to address the subject of facilitation. The purpose of a facilitator is to make an activity much more productive and easier to perform. It's about helping groups, or individuals to identify and agree an outcome. The group or individual come up with their own ideas/answers, not the facilitator. A facilitator has to act as a catalyst, someone who creates an environment

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Our objective is to create a memorable presentation where the audience receive and retain the message that we set out to deliver. Ultimately the content, structure and flow of our presentation and its interest and relevance to our audience will determine whether we meet our objective, however the content and look of each slide is an important part of supporting your presentation. Here are a

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Steve Rothwell is the creator of the Peace of Mind Blog which discusses practical applications of mind mapping, idea mapping and visual mapping. Last month he looked at the Consensus Workshop Method and this month he has taken a look at 6 Thinking Hats and MindGenius. De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats - different coloured hats each symbolising a specific perspective - provide a structured way of

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MindGenius has now released Version 4 of its popular mind mapping software, MindGenius and since its release, it has received great feedback from customers and mind mapping industry experts. Chuck Frey of the Mind Mapping Software blog reviewed Version 4 and said: “MindGenius 4 dazzles with innovative brainstorming and presentation modes… The depth of capabilities and customization offered in

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