I am pleased to be associated with fellow professionals who inspire, motivate and encourage me to be all I can be, and Roy Grubb does all of this and then some.
His work at www.informationtamers.com is fantastic; being IMO, the most extensive “FREE” wiki containing a database of information and knowledge of all things relating to the tools, methods and Mindset of Mind-Visual and Knowledge mapping/management.  Roy is the go to guy of Visual mapping.
It is my pleasure to make Roy’s guest post available to you here at Hypershifters and also …

Dr Pascal Venier is currently a
Lecturer in French and International History at the School of Languages & Centre for European Security within the University of Salford, England.
A social media and Mind-Visual mapping professional practitioner and consultant; Pascal is a fellow Visual mapping colleague and is integral to the furtherance of this arena. Wallace Tait: Visualmapper
I was really delighted when Wallace Tait invided me to write a guest post for both Visualmapper and Hypershifters. Accepting to write a post is one thing, coming up with an idea is another one. …

The Luxor Theater was the location for TEDxRotterdam on last June 4, 2010. Speakers from all over the world gathered to present ideas which are worthy enough to be distributed. Or: Ideas Worth Spreading. The theme of the day was: ‘Somethink Completely Different. The program consisted of several special performances and Talks. Our partner World of Minds facilitated this event via livemindmapping on a livestream on the web. It was possible to follow mindmaps grow which were made by the team of World of Minds. (Photo © Marc Nolte)

Wat is …

The Executive director and founder of Mindsystems
“DON’T BELIEVE ALL YOU READ”
I was recently reading an article by Jim Giles, in the New Scientist [May 2010] called “Giving Life to a Lie”. In it he quotes a story written by an Australian Journalist, Piers Akerman for the Daily Telegraph (2006) where Akerman claimed that global warming was exaggerated. Now it was not that fact that caught my attention but rather the reference he attributed to John Houghton, a former chair to the Intergovernmental …

I’ve always been intrigued with argument mapping. And when I was introduced to Tim Van Gelder, the founder and director at Austhink Software, the developers of bCisive and Rationale, I just had to request that someone would do a better job than I would of delivering information regarding their excellent software offerings.
Wallace Tait: Visualmapper
Dan Prager CEO at Austhink jumped at the chance to present a good case for the use of bCisive.
Dan does software strategy, agile team leadership, design, architecture, and programming. Past experience includes research and development, commercial consulting …

Mark has spent 20 years in the information management world and realized early on that information can’t be managed until it is communicated. This has been the driving force behind crystal mapping and all Mark’s work in visual mapping engagements with his clients around the world. Wallace Tait: Visualmapper
I’ve been developing, writing about and generally evangelizing about Crystal Mapping for a few years now. I’ve focused mainly on how it can be used in business to communicate organizational level vision and team objectives …

“Remember his name. Greg has established himself within the productivity arena that covers Personal, Academic and business arenas. He is a driven professional who has mastered the tools, methods and mindset of Graphical thinking, enabling many to benefit and make positive changes in their lives. A most effective speaker, trainer and coach who delivers relevant life changing content within his Mind Mapping Works branding.”
Wallace Tait: Visualmapper
Greg Liberto has been in the training and development industry for 15 years. His core skills …

Last week we published part 1 of the ThinkBuzan iMindMap test. In the second part of our test we focus on working with iMindMap and doing work related tasks. We focus on mindmapping with several work processes such as: Knowledge Management, Project management, Reporting and Presenting and of course our conclusion.
Do you have best practises with iMindMap and work processes please inform us via the comment field, or contact us.
Read the full testreport about ThinkBuzan iMindMap 4.1 Ultimate

Preface
Hypershifters focuses on the use of visual mapping software. It addresses open source, freeware as well as commercial solutions.
The added value Hypershifters provides is in research, advice and consultancy for experienced and inexperienced users.
Many users have concerns about the possibilities of visual mapping in their work environment. This was reason for Hypershifters to create a test team that, co-advised by international experts in the field of visual mapping, critically reviews current products.   Not so much viewed from the intricacies of the software, but rather from its scope of applicability. …

Just completed reading Mark Wogan’s excellent publication named Crystal mapping; The BIGGER Picture. The book gave me quite a few “AHA” moments, but I want to focus on one that’s impacted me.
IT’S THE POWER OF 3
A really good case was made for limiting the foundation of how we may best initially create our Visual maps. The power of three refers to being confined to the core, first level and second information levels. And looking further at the structure of Crystal …