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NovaMind Screenwriting Video Tutorial - learn ScriptMapping

There is now a video tutorial now available to help you get up to speed with the NovaMind screenwriting capabilities. NovaMind helps screenwriters by allowing you to visualize the screenplay both from a visual storyboarding perspective on the Mind Map, but also use the built in screenwriter, in a combination we call ScriptMapping™.

Find out more by watching the video below:

 
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How to choose the right edition of NovaMind for your needs

This video explains what is in each of the different editions of NovaMind Mind Mapping software: Express, Pro and Platinum, and helps you choose which one is the right one for your mind mapping needs.

 

For a complete feature comparison, please see the NovaMind features page.

 

 
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Get started with Mind Mapping - new video for NovaMind for Mac

NovaMind is pleased to announce the first of a new series of tutorial videos on NovaMind for Mac. This first video shows you all the basics of creating your first mind map in NovaMind.

 
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Get started with Mind Mapping - new video for NovaMind for Windows

NovaMind is pleased to announce the first of a new series of tutorial videos on NovaMind for Windows. This first video shows you all the basics of creating your first mind map in NovaMind.

 
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How To Mind Map

There are a number of key factors in learning how to mind map, like:

  • Using just just key words rather than long sentences.
  • Using images wherever possible to make your mind maps colorful.
  • Start in the center with a clear title and where possible a strong visual image that shows the general theme of the map.
  • Use color and boundaries to group branches, and colors to depict themes and make things stand out.
  • Make ideas stand out using color, humor, images, fonts etc - it will then stand out in your mind.
  • Use link lines (with arrows where required) to show secondary links between different elements.
  • If you run out of ideas in one place, just move on to another area of the mind map.
  • Record ideas as you think of them, wherever they fit. Don’t judge or hold back.
  • Get emotionally involved. Have fun. You remember more when you are having fun.

These are just a few of the important factors to consider when making your mind maps.

I have written a full article about How to Mind Map which gives you everything you need to know to be successful with your mind mapping.

Gideon


Business Continuity using Mind Mapping

Mind Mapping can be used for a very wide variety of purposes within your business. I have just created a squidoo lens showing how you can use Mind Maps to make planning business continuity and disaster recovery processes easier, and more easily understood.

Very often business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning is forgotten in the hectic world of running a business, but unless these plans are in place, your business could be out of action for an extended period of time. Many people balk at the thought of the amount of time they believe it is going to take to get the planning done, as well as the complexity of the plans that have to be created and then explained to everyone involved.

Luckily with Mind Mapping, the process is much simplified, because you start with what really makes the business tick, so you can see what is important to protect and maintain. You then break this down into a straightforward steps for risk / threat identification, risk mitigation, and response planning. Everyone can easily see what needs to be done, why, and where they fit in to the process.

Just hop over to http://www.squidoo.com/business-continuity to get the full story.


How to grow your business using Mind Mapping - part 2 of 3

This is part 2 of a 3 part video series which goes into detail on the 5 key factors of business growth and teaches you how to Mind Map each of the different drivers of growth.

You will learn quick and easy techniques for implementing these strategies in your business.

The presentation is given by Gideon King, Mind Mapping expert, author of two books on Mind Mapping, and founder of NovaMind Software, using the NovaMind presenter…

In this second video, Gideon presents detailed information on the second and third key factors in growing your business using Mind Mapping:

  • Conversion ratio
  • Average dollar sale

Using Mind Mapping, you can create similar Mind Maps to represent the opportunities for your business.

As you create your Mind Map, you can brainstorm ideas and add them to any part of the Mind Map, building a picture of the possibilities and how they relate to each other.

Here is video 2:

 
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How to grow your business using Mind Mapping - part 1

This is part 1 of a 3 part video series which goes into detail on the 5 key factors of business growth and teaches you how to Mind Map each of the different drivers of growth.

You will learn quick and easy techniques for implementing these strategies in your business.

The presentation is given by Gideon King, Mind Mapping expert, author of two books on Mind Mapping, and founder of NovaMind Software, using the NovaMind presenter…

In this first video, Gideon introduces the five key factors of business growth:

  1. Number of leads
  2. Conversion ratio
  3. Average dollar sale
  4. Number of transactions
  5. Profit margin

He then uses a Mind Map to present a wide variety of ways you can increase the number of leads you market to in your business. Using Mind Mapping, you can create similar Mind Maps to represent the opportunities for your business.

As you create your Mind Map, you can brainstorm ideas and add them to any part of the Mind Map, building a picture of the possibilities and how they relate to each other.

Here is video 1:

 
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Customer Comments

"Totally Great 2"

I too am developing a film project and have completely fallen in love with NovaMind. It has been a tremendous tool for creating both the film's treatment and Keynote presentation. I was excited to see the Screenwriting Module added with version 2.x. Though I've used Final Draft for years, ever since OS X arrived I've been yearning for someone to write a native/cocoa application for screenwriting and to have it utilize the Services feature of OS X. From my perspective, having the screenwriting integrated with a mind mapping application will just be fantastic! In its initial version the Screenwriting Module has got the basics, and I'm hopeful that it will mature into a Final Draft competitor.

"GPercy" . : Version Tracker


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