Mindomo Blog
Articles about mind mapping, concept maps, productivity, and education from the Mindomo team.
How to make creative mind maps
How mind maps support creativity, with brainstorming techniques such as Six Thinking Hats, provocation and SCAMPER, and how to run the session.
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What is a Brainstorming Diagram and why should you use it?
What a brainstorming diagram is, five types from reverse brainstorming and affinity diagrams to spider diagrams, their benefits and how to make one.
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How To Make An Outline For An Essay
Six steps to outline an essay, from topic and thesis to body paragraphs and conclusion, plus how argumentative, narrative and persuasive essays differ.
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How To Create a Hospital Organizational Chart In 4 Easy Steps?
The roles in a hospital organizational chart, from the board to service providers, and four steps to build one, from choosing a structure to the chart.
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Solving problems using a fishbone diagram template
How to use a fishbone diagram for root cause analysis: the 4Ms, when to use one, and steps from defining the problem to verifying the causes.
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The best way to use online note taking
Online note taking methods: sentence, charting, outlining, mind map and Cornell notes, with advice for meetings, live classes, study and flipped classes.
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Keeping mind mapping simple
Keeping mind mapping simple: why the process matters more than the map, and how it helps you get better ideas, understand more and be better prepared.
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Collaborative mind mapping is about people, not technology
Collaborative mind mapping takes planning: four ways to share a map, from presenting it to updating it together in real time, and how to prepare.
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Are Spider Diagrams the same as Mind Maps?
The five traits of spider diagrams, and how they relate to mind maps, concept maps, knowledge maps, influence diagrams and org charts.
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Mind Mapping is a movie, not a photo
Why mind mapping is a process, not a finished picture: what being good at it looks like, writing as a thinking tool, planning for change, a car park topic.
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The new Rules for Mind Map Design
Mind map design beyond the old one-word-per-branch rules: choose a graphical appearance, use the working space well, and add color, images and icons.
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Mind Map Diagram – 5 unknown facts you need to know
Five lesser-known facts about the mind map diagram, from brain myths to lines and shapes, plus diagrams for brainstorming, writing, planning and learning.
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How not to choose a note-taking app
Before choosing a note-taking app, learn the difference between taking and making notes, the steps toward understanding, and when mind or concept maps fit.
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How to manage a problem with mind maps
How to use Mindomo's "Manage a problem" template: symptoms, containment, root causes, complicated vs complex issues, constraints, solutions, decisions.
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Creating documents with mind maps
How to plan a long document as a mind map in Mindomo, from audience and section structure to writing tips, then export it to Microsoft Word.
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Mindomo’s 2021 progress
A recap of Mindomo's 2021 updates: the redesigned interface, new desktop and mobile apps, the Create menu, timeline diagrams, ghost users, the presenter.
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