Around the world, countless educational institutions use MindMeister to boost learner potential through the power of collaborative mind mapping. However, it is the flexibility of the tool that is often the key to success: enabling educators to define their own teaching style […]
How Does Cloud-Based Task Management Software Work?
When it comes to choosing a cloud-based task and project management tool, the first question many users ask is this: is it safe? Precisely because these topics matter to our users, data security and privacy are top priorities for Meister too. In […]
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The 6 Mind Maps You Need to Start a Podcast in 2021
Starting a podcast can be an intimidating process. However, I’ve found that mind mapping has helped me break up large-scale, almost overwhelming projects into smaller, attainable tasks, empowering me to build my successful podcasts one step at a time. Now, I’m excited […]
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Time to Grow: Announcing Meister’s $52 Million Growth Financing
When Michael Hollauf and Till Vollmer founded Meister in 2006, they were two mind mapping enthusiasts with big dreams and shallow pockets. Today, they are proud to announce the successful completion of a deal to raise $52 million in growth financing from […]
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The Bottom-Up Principle: When Employees Become the Driving Force for Purchasing New Business Software
The effects of Covid-19 are not limited to public health: the economic ripples of this unprecedented crisis are bound to influence the world of work for years to come. While the challenges that businesses face everywhere are as numerous as they are […]
Boost Your Marketing Efforts With These 3 Kanban Board Templates
Digital Kanban boards offer a simple and efficient way to manage your marketing efforts. Countless agencies and marketing teams all over the world already use Kanban tools to plan their creative campaigns, align with stakeholders, and stay on top of their various […]
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Why Users Should Care About Data Security
At Meister, we take the topics of privacy and data security very seriously. In this special, three-part series, we’re taking a closer look at what data security is, why it matters, and why a secure task management system should be the top […]
Six of the Best: Welcoming Our Newest Team Members
Summer has come to Vienna, and with it, people from all over the world are flocking to our wonderful home city. In the bustling center of town, Meister is developing into quite the attraction, as we grow to our increasingly-international cohort with […]
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Write Here. Write Now. Introducing MeisterNote (Beta)
We’re excited to announce the official public beta launch of MeisterNote: a brand new addition to the Meister Suite. As an intuitive collaborative documentation app, MeisterNote is the perfect solution for team knowledge bases, meeting management, internal communication, project documentation and much, […]
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Lesson Planning with Mind Maps
This article was updated on October 8, 2021. Recently, Meister’s Hannah Wayne hosted a webinar called Lesson Planning with Mind Maps on Biggerplate, a MindMeister partner. In this post, she looks at some of the key points from that webinar, which include […]
How to Use Mind Maps for Instructional Design
In the field of instructional design, mind maps are an increasingly popular way to organize thoughts and collaborate within a team. During the design process, instructional designers often need to outline courses, brainstorm ideas and collaborate with subject matter experts. Fortunately, mind […]
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New Meisters Wanted: Join the 2022 Commercial Graduate Trainee Program!
Just graduated from University? Not sure which department would best suit your talents? Step this way! We’re pleased to announce the 2022 Commercial Graduate Trainee Program at Meister. Read on to find out more about the scheme and how you can get […]
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Exciting MeisterTask Updates You May Have Missed
Here at Meister, we’re always working on the next big thing when it comes to digital task and project management. Although some of our recent developments have been mightily impressive, it’s often the small, but meaningful improvements that make MeisterTask so loved […]
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Continuing to Grow: Welcome to the Team!
We regularly bring in extraordinary new talent as we continue to strive for excellence. In this post, we welcome our ten newest team members and hear about their first weeks at the company. We asked our fresh-faced colleagues in Seattle and Vienna […]
4 Ways Mind Maps Can Help You Ace Your Finals
If you’re a student in the weeks before finals, preparing to submit your projects, essays and exams can seem like an enormous task. Overwhelmed? Don’t worry! Mind mapping can help you organize, visualize and outline the work you need to complete. In […]
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Sparkasse Mainfranken: Sales Controlling with MindMeister and MeisterTask (Success Story)
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Meister has helped customers around the world transition smoothly into efficient remote workflows and effective daily processes. Particularly in the banking industry, our clients have been impressed with the capabilities of both MindMeister and MeisterTask in these unusual […]
FiSCHER: Switching From Trello to MeisterTask (Success Story)
Choosing the task management tool that best suits the needs of your team can have huge benefits to productivity and collaboration. Read on to find out how German battery technology development company FiSCHER has become more productive than ever since switching to […]
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ThinkEngine Uses MeisterTask to Provide Clients With Exceptional Tech-Driven Marketing Solutions
ThinkEngine is not your run-of-the-mill digital marketing agency. By building an ecosystem of strong tech partners, the team is able to draw upon a multitude of resources to provide innovative programs with benefits that add value for their clients. As one of […]
3 Epic Ways to Automate Online Forms with Zapier and MeisterTask
The faster you work, the more you can achieve. By creating and connecting online forms to MeisterTask via Zapier, you can automate processes and save time, centralizing your system for managing incoming requests or tasks. In this post, we look at the […]
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Ritter Sport: Digital Transformation with MeisterTask (Success Story)
At Meister, we’re proud to help businesses around the world, in all types of industries, work productively and get more done together. While our customers use MeisterTask to achieve many different goals — working smoothly with remote teams, implementing agile processes and […]
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Finally: Agenda for MeisterTask for iOS is Here!
When we launched Agenda for MeisterTask desktop in the spring of 2020, we became the first task management tool to include a personal project board, to which tasks from any project could be pinned. Immediately after release, we were swamped with requests […]
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Watch Out! Hot New Updates to MeisterTask for Apple Watch
Following hot on the heels of our recent updates to MeisterTask on Android and iOS, we’ve made some big changes to our app for Apple Watch. This complete overhaul can help you perform quick actions on your tasks and stay up-to-date with […]
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Multi Project Management With MeisterTask Reports
You oversee multiple projects, and after using Reports, you’ve probably also filtered multiple projects. But are you getting the most out of the feature? In this post, we’ll explain the benefits of analyzing more than one project at a time and outline […]
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Can Mind Mapping and Task Management Tools Help Manage Work Stress?
It’s an all-too-familiar scene. You’re at your desk, motivated to get things done, when suddenly worry seeps in. Thoughts about an upcoming meeting overwhelm you, and stress about a big project steals your focus. In this post, we look at the benefits […]
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New: Mention People and Attachments in Checklists!
Bigger tasks often involve multiple people, and when they are not managed, things can quickly turn to chaos. The overview is often lost, and who even knows who is doing what, when? And the meetings, oh the meetings! At MeisterTask, our goal […]
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How Meister Uses MindMeister
Since our journey began in 2007, MindMeister has become the go-to collaborative online mind mapping tool for millions of teams, students and educators worldwide. From the original pioneers who tested our first beta to today’s 20 million MindMeister users, teams around the […]
Full Release: MeisterTask Reports are Here!
After a successful beta phase, we’re proud to present the full release of our all-new Reports feature for MeisterTask. We’ve worked hard to implement your feedback, which in turn has allowed us to fine-tune this excellent feature: the best way to gain […]
Investing Your Digitalization Budget the Right Way
Digitalization does not just happen; it needs to be proactively managed. Parallel to the business world’s intensifying desire to “go digital,” the number of tools available for implementing the required changes is growing. In recent years, countless apps have emerged onto the […]
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We’re Expanding! Meister Welcomes Nine New Members
Another month, another batch of enthusiastic new additions to the Meister team. Our latest intake of recruits sees us well on our way to fulfilling our New Year’s Resolution to bring high-quality, fresh, new talent into our ranks. Each department has welcomed […]
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Happy Birthday, MindMeister!
It all started with an idea. Today marks the 14th anniversary of the initial beta launch of MindMeister: a moment that changed the future of collaborative online mind mapping and provided the spark for over a billion generated ideas all around the […]