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San Jose, California, March 1st, 2010 – CS Odessa released a version of its mind mapping tool for Google Wave. This is a no charge add-in to Google Wave that can be used as part of Google Wave to map out a strategy rapidly or brainstorm on a critical topic. The ConceptDraw MindWave for Google Wave tool allows teams to collaborate on a mind map in an interactive flowing manner building a map structure that represents the planned work. The map add-in supports Google Wave playback that allows one …

This morning I couldn’t wait to grab my iPhone and download this new app. At last there is a truly intuitive MindMapping app for the iPhone – and it’s FREE! Download it via iTunes Store.
My iPhone is packed with similar products but this one really stands out. Now you can create beautiful mindmaps with just using your fingers. This is completely different from the other Mindmapping apps where the software determines the way your mindmap looks.  iMindmap Mobile enables you to produce BUZAN proof MindMaps on the small screen of …

As I write this short article I am extremely excited with what I am looking at inside the Comapping application. The Contextual Organizer cloud app has recently been added to the interface. It’s merely a test at this time, and is in beta mode.
I am very happy to see a contextual analysis tool included with Comapping. This will be invaluable for cutting through document and web page overload.
The bottom line is, we have an excellent marriage of a very effective process approach to information management in the Comapping …

A short introduction by Chris Griffiths from ThinkBuzan (the creators of iMindMap) on the use of mindmapping during a brainstorm session. Mindmapping ensures a more effective wat of brainstorming.

Why after almost 40 years; do we have to explain what Mind mapping is to almost every colleague, client and potential we meet?
Most (not all admittedly) who look over my shoulder while I am graphically mapping out information, invariably ask, “What is that”. It does become rather tedious after a while; doesn’t it?
But, as a consultant and trainer, I persevere with this question numerous times, and I go through the same old same old process of taking some through a discovery, which undoubtedly changes their perception of how they may …

This ebook was written a few years ago now, but I firmly believe (as my colleague and co-author Arjen Ter Hoeve does) it certainly has continued relevance.
There’s a few other freebies to grab, so don’t be shy.
BTW, to navigate the map, simply choose a branch and press the TAB key or right mouse click and choose FOCUS.

TEDxAmsterdam is on 20 November in Amsterdam. The day-long event will bring together 450 opinion and business leaders from all walks of life to listen to top speakers with an ‘idea worth spreading’, watch amazing tech demo’s, get inspired by local talent, and enjoy superb art and entertainment.
TEDxAmsterdam aims to engage the audience in a conversation about the future and their role in building it. Attendence is by invitation only and brings together opinion and business leaders, artists and entrepreneurs, thinkers and doers who share the ambition to change the …

Being an information management consultant has its perks, and one of them is creating very meaningful relationships with many software developers, and having access to their excellent products.
They’re all great products for the most part, and some of these great applications just simply stick out in the crowded Visual mapping software arena. CS Odessa’s ConceptDraw line of products, IMO deserves closer attention. ConceptDraw is positioned in a tight group that may be termed the leading pack of Visual mapping applications.
I spoke with Olin Reams recently and asked him to answer …

Wallace Tait and Brian Friedlander
Web 2.0 has certainly made a significant impact on the ways we now create, manage and exchange information and knowledge. Collaboration is indeed the corner stone for real time communications within personal, academic and business arenas while using web 2.0 (Cloud) applications.
We have simply been given much more flexibility through the use of cloud computing.
Regarding Visual mapping; cloud collaboration has exponentially increased the potentials for being more effective and productive. The cloud can become a repository (Data bank) for storing and sharing much of your information …

I am absolutely amazed at the lack of use, ignorance and even disregard of probably the most effective root cause process freely available.
It’s the “Interrogatives” of course; and they’re very rarely openly used out with academia, and even at that, they are hardly ever pushed as being the foundation for effective root-cause analysis.
If at all we are to see a shift in societal perceptions regarding information management and communication, I firmly believe we have to get back to basics and start with the interrogatives.
Just think about it for a moment; …