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 What are Mind Maps?: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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.

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The new NovaMind web site is now live with many new features, easier navigation, and better articles about Mind Mapping.

New Mind Mapping Videos, Examples, Case Studies and Articles

As part of the new web site, we have a mass of new information by way of articles, blog postings, and case studies on how people us NovaMind, including:

• A powerful new video and article teaching people what Mind Mapping is and how you can use it (on the new home page)
• The case study about Stephen Feber winning the £22m contract using NovaMind (now including video and PDF report)
• Case study about how to use NovaMind for a Legal Practice (updated from our old web site)
• Case study about Jay Abraham’s marketing teachings and how to implement them using NovaMind
• Case study about how Marc Dussault uses NovaMind for setting up business mastermind groups, and has also included mind maps in his books
• A new article and example mind maps about Mind Mapping in general terms, explaining what they are and how you can use them
• A new article and example mind maps about mind mapping for businesses
• A new article and example mind maps about how teachers can use mind mapping
• A new article and example mind maps about how to use NovaMind for presentations
• A new article and example mind maps about how students can use mind mapping for their studies
• A new article and example mind maps about using NovaMind to enhance your personal effectiveness
• A new article and mind maps to help you work through the process of choosing your mind mapping software
• A new article about the cognitive aspects of Mind Mapping (example Mind Maps will be put in this article shortly)
• A new article about generating innovation using mind mapping
• A new article and example mind maps giving general information about using NovaMind for presentations
• A new article and showing how to prepare presentations using NovaMind
• A new article showing how to deliver a presentation effectively
• A new article with tips on giving great presentations
• A new article on business presentations using Mind Mapping
• A new article on presentations in the classroom using NovaMind

…and more on the way…

I will be continuing to add articles, tutorials, and case studies as well as enhancing these existing articles with videos, examples, and PDF reports where appropriate.

If you have any suggestions for enhancements or new articles or case studies that you would like to see, please let me know.

Easy Bookmarking

We have built in the ability to use your favorite social bookmarking site to link to pages on the NovaMind web site, whether it be blog pages, forum posts, or other pages on the NovaMind web site. You can click on the icon for Digg, Stumble Upon, del.icio.us, Technorati, or Reddit to use one of those services. If you use a different service, you can use the general Bookmark button to bookmark that page.

Easier Linking to NovaMind web pages

On each web page we also have the ability to easily create a link to that page. If you want to create blog posts or web pages that link to articles we have on the NovaMind web site, or just send links to your friends or business associates, this system makes it easy. All you need to do is click on the “Link to this page” hyperlink on the right side of the NovaMind web page, and copy the HTML code.

Better Affiliate and Reseller facilities

We have made the affiliate and reseller facilities easier to find and improved the application process, to make it even easier to become a NovaMind affiliate or reseller.

I hope you find the new web site useful.

Gideon