New findings in cancer research can be life-changing. However, its challenges are many. It means bridging knowledge gaps, engaging colleagues, and creating effective project proposals. In this case study, Barbara Alvarez Martin shares how MindMeister helps drive effective organization at the University […]
Tag: creativity
ProudMouth: Helping Creatives Organize Their Creativity (Success Story)
Teams in all industries use podcasting to power up their marketing efforts. Yet, because not everyone can be a podcasting expert from day one, companies like ProudMouth do a roaring trade in helping their clients get the most out of the medium. […]
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How to Plan Videos Creatively With Content Mind Maps
Everyone remembers a good story, but a story by itself will only go so far. That’s why storytellers are increasingly using video content to get their point across, and effective planning with mind maps to help them create the best visual content […]
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3 Examples of Kanban Boards for Education and How To Use Them
Did you think that Kanban boards were the preserve of marketing gurus or software developers? Think again! While Kanban tools are used to great effect by businesses of all sizes, the benefits to educators and learners are substantial, if somewhat unexplored. Online […]
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A Meeting of Minds: Hackfest 2021, Croatia
Our rapidly-growing team of Meister Lobsters works beautifully together to create beautiful, intuitive productivity software that teams love to use. Events like the annual Meister Hackfest – a week-long team getaway – are the perfect opportunity for us to focus on new […]
“Design Brains Think Differently” – Transforming Your Educational Experience With MindMeister (Success Story)
If you’ve ever groaned at the thought of another classroom group assignment, we’ve got you covered. MindMeister’s effortless, intuitive user interface and collaborative features can fundamentally transform your educational experience. In this post, Henna Brodkin student at the Ohio State University, shares […]
Mind Maps vs. Whiteboards: Choosing the Right Tool for Your Mind Maps
Choosing a mind mapping tool that does your ideas justice can be an intimidating process, and it’s easy to be swayed by all-in-one tools that promise to solve all of your problems in one fell swoop. Navigating the fiercely-competitive market for mind […]
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5 Mind Maps to Boost Your Podcast’s Thought Leadership Potential
Welcome back to the final blog post of my three-part series on mind mapping for your new podcast. We’ve covered a lot of ground so far. My first article explored how MindMeister can help you establish the “3 P’s” of Podcasting — […]
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Promoting and Optimizing Your Podcast With Mind Mapping
Welcome back to the second blog post of my three-part series on mind mapping for your new podcast! We’ve already examined the ways that MindMeister can help you establish the 3 P’s of Purpose, Process and Production when starting your new venture. […]
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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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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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The Panda Has Landed — Introducing the All-New MindMeister
The time has come for us to give a very special update to MindMeister — an extensive upgrade with a brand-new look and feel. Introducing: Project Panda! This huge overhaul has seen the creation of an all-new MindMeister: better and more beautiful […]
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6 Easy Ways to Improve Productivity in the Workplace
Your employees are your most valuable business asset. If you treat them well, they’ll be hardworking and loyal. Without them, you don’t have a business. Managers and business owners often wonder how best to improve employee productivity, and for good reason. According […]
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Create an Epic Freelance Portfolio With MindMeister and Dropbox
Success as a freelancer is all about taking your chances: blink and you’ll miss the perfect opportunity. In such a fiercely competitive market, we look at how you can get to the front of the freelance queue. Although money talks on popular […]
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5 Ways to Keep Your Mind Maps After Your Subscription Expires
As much as we love mind mapping, we know that there are many reasons you may not want or be able to commit to a paid MindMeister license right now. However, as bona fide mind mapping enthusiasts and all-round good eggs, we […]
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7 Ways to Write a Better To-Do List and Get More Done
To-do lists are a great way to keep track of outstanding tasks, but they can be poor motivators. They often end up too long, too short, too vague, too confusing, overcommitted, unwieldy, stale and forgotten, or even too meticulously planned. It doesn’t […]
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Mind Mapping for Teachers: Tips, Tools, and Lesson Plans
Thousands of teachers all over the world already use and teach mind mapping in their classrooms. As one of the most effective learning techniques, mind mapping can help students take better notes, improve comprehension, and foster creativity. Research from author and visual-thinking […]
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How To Embrace The Power Of Ideation: Marketing Team Guide
For marketers, ideas are a valuable commodity. They are the sparks of success, but they require the right tools and resources as well as careful nurturing if they are to develop into powerful campaigns. Why Does Ideation Matter so Much For Marketing? […]
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How to Hack Your Workspace for Creativity
Sometimes less is simply less – at least when it comes to work environments. While the ‘lean enterprise’ approach has optimized manufacturing processes in companies for decades, some firms have taken it a step too far by adopting the ‘lean’ philosophy in […]
The World’s Largest Online Collection of Creative Ideas?
Following the 10-year anniversary of our online mind mapping tool MindMeister earlier this year, we’ve now reached a second milestone which, even more than the last, puts us in a state of awe: As of July 2017, one billion ideas have been […]
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Introducing FOCUS – Powered by MeisterLabs
Sometimes, it feels like there are an innumerable number of things that divide us. Even at work, there seem to be a hundred big and small issues that cause friction —miscommunications, misunderstandings and mismatches. Bad prerequisites, wrong assumptions and ill-conceived goals. It […]
How to Mind Map Creative Advertising Ideas with MindMeister
This is a guest post from Nitzan Gursky. Nitzan is the Marketing Team Leader at Infolinks, one of the largest monetization networks in the world and the company behind AdShop. Connect with Nitzan on LinkedIn. No advertising campaign can be a success […]
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8 Lesson Plans to Promote Lifelong Learning
This post was updated on October 4, 2021. A little while ago, the European Parliament recommended a list of 8 key competencies which they believe all educational institutions should provide their students with, to promote lifelong learning. These key competencies consist of […]
Ideas Worth Spreading: How to Mind Map a TED Talk
With TED talks booming in popularity, it can be hard to catch a ticket before they sell out. In keeping with the TED motto of sharing ideas worth spreading, live mind mapping provides a simple, visual and shareable format to present key […]
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How Thinking Like A Scientist Can Make You More Productive
There’s a very particular way of thinking that’s prevalent among scientists. Scientists work on studies and experiments. For each one, they determine a hypothesis—a prediction of what will happen during the experiment. But here’s where things really differ from the way most […]
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Visual Learning with Mind Mapping (Guide)
This is a guest post by Jesse Berg, MSIT, M.Ed. Jesse is the author of Visual Leap: A Step-by-Step Guide to Visual Learning for Students and Teachers and a former teacher, instructional technologist, and educational speaker. Connect with Jesse on Twitter via @visualleap. This post was […]
A Guide to Storytelling with Mind Maps
Businesses use storytelling to inspire the people who work for them and sell the next great idea. Teachers use stories to help students learn concepts. Journalists tell important stories that help citizens understand the world around them. And, of course, writers and […]
Online Brainstorming with Mind Maps (Tutorial)
Brainstorming — the term is common both in professional and educational contexts, and you’ve probably heard it countless times in your life. You probably also have a pretty good notion of what it’s all about — generating ideas, making decisions, and coming up with creative […]
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My Content Marketing Research Process
During one of my interviews for the role of Buffer’s first Content Crafter, Buffer co-founder Leo asked me how much content I thought I could produce in a week. I thought about the kind of content he’d been producing for the Buffer […]
5 Online Tools for Boosting Productivity
We all know that arriving back at your desk to a long list of to-dos can be a daunting task. Luckily there are a number of apps which can help. Here are our top 5 tools to help break up large tasks […]