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The NovaMind Presenter allows you to give great presentations directly from within NovaMind, and also to edit the Mind Map while you are presenting. This gives you a very powerful but flexible presentation system. This video shows you the ins and outs of using the presenter to give your presentations.

There is no setup work to go from your Mind Map to the presentation system - just click a single button. And during the presentation if you want to go in to a specific branch, or expand other branches, it’s all just a click away.

NovaMind directly supports a very clear presentation style where you can give an overview of the main topics or objectives of the presentation from the first level branches of the Mind Map, then go into more detail as you visit each of the sub-branches. Then you can go around the top level branches again to give the summary of the presentation.

There is lots more information on how to give great presentations in the presentations section of the NovaMind web site.

 

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The NovaMind Presenter is a powerful presentation tool, and although it it very straightforward to use, there are some things in this video which you would not know by just playing with it. Generally it’s more fun watching a video than reading documentation - especially if you are a visual learner, so watch this NovaMind tutorial video to get up to speed quickly with the ins and outs of the Mind Map presenter.

With the NovaMind presenter, you can create great presentations directly from your Mind Maps with virtually no extra work above just creating the Mind Map.

NovaMind directly supports a very smooth presentation style where you can give an overview of the main topics or objectives of the presentation from the first level branches of the Mind Map, then go into more detail as each of the sub-branches is visited in turn. Then you can go around the top level branches in turn again to give the summary of the presentation.

There is lots more information on how to give great presentations in the presentations section of the NovaMind web site.

 

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I have just put together a video based on a story from my dim distant past…about 25 years ago when I first started using Mind Maps. It shows how I made good use of mind mapping techniques to give a great presentation under … trying … circumstances.

There’s lots of information on the NovaMind web site about using Mind Maps for presentations and a good starting point is the following:

http://www.novamind.com/presentations/

where you will find this video and also lots of other information related to Mind Mapping for presentation research, preparation and delivery.

And without further ado, here is the video:

I hope you enjoy it and find it useful.

Gideon

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Mind Maps are diagrams that work the way you think. They make it easy to understand, remember, and communicate complex information.

These days we are bombarded with so much information that it can be difficult to make sense of it all, and we suffer from information overload and overwhelm, which reduces our effectiveness.

Some of the problems we face are:

* inability to solve problems effectively,
* lack of creative thought,
* lack of focus,
* difficulty giving great presentations,
* problems organizing your thoughts,
* poor communication,
* missing out tasks when planning projects,
* forgetting important information, and
* lack of clarity and direction.

If you have suffered from any of these problems, Mind Mapping is for you. Mind Mapping gives you clarity and allows you to:

* organize your thoughts,
* remember information,
* communicate better,
* solve problems quickly and effortlessly,
* brainstorm new ideas,
* increase productivity by 20% or more,
* see the important issues,
* make better decisions, and
* give compelling presentations.

Why does Mind Mapping work?

Mind Maps organize the information in the same way your brain organizes information. This makes it very natural and easy to understand.

Our brains like thinking in pictures. The smooth curves and colorful pictures that are created when Mind Mapping create powerful images for your brain to remember.

We have two halves to our brains which think in different ways. The left half thinks linearly following direct linkages to related ideas. Our right brain likes to see the whole picture with colors and flow.

Mind Maps cater to both sides of the brain at the same time, which makes them a very good way of storing and recalling information, presenting things to other people, and brainstorming new ideas.