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Sketch Notes: The Quick Way To Mind Mapping

A while back I stumbled across a really great note taking technique called sketch notes. It’s a form of note taking that I first seen being used by Mike Rohde.

Unlike mind mapping, sketch noting still flows in a linear form but consists of varying sizes of text, images and symbols. Mike has been crafting his own style of sketch notes that lets him take more visual notes when at conferences and talks. Now Mike gets hired by conference organisers to produce sketch notes for them!

So how can sketch notes help you in mind mapping?

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3 Types of Mind Map To Record In Your Mind Map Atlas

Recently the Stepcase Lifehack blog posted an article on things you can do with a Moleskine notebook.  On the list was nice idea that I thought would be great the next time I need to start a new notebook, the mind map atlas.

The mind map atlas is a book of mind maps, much like an atlas is a book of maps.  So what sort of things could you be mind mapping in your new mind map atlas?

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3 Ways Of Using Helper Mind Maps

Imagine having volumes of information at your fingertips without having to thumb through pages of a book to look for that vital bit of information?
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4 Techniques To Help Become A MindManager Mac Power User

It’s been a few months now since the release of MindManager 8 for the Windows platform but users of the Mac version of MindManager still have to make do with version 7.  To peak your interest back into MindManager 7 for the Mac, why not start using these 4 techniques to increase your productivity in using MindManager and become a power user!

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Getting The Best Of Both Worlds With Hybrid Mind Maps

Using the same mind map template for a recurring task such as a weekly planner or project planning means recreating that mind map over and over again. This gives us has two problems:

1. Hand drawn mind maps take time to produce.
2. Software generated mind maps don’t allow you to expand the mind mapping using organic creativity and ideas.

Just about all mind maps are done using these methods, but is there a way of getting the best of both worlds?

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Make Your Mind Maps Better, Make Them SMART!

Making your mind maps better and more engaging is the best way to get the most out of them. To make them better, we can apply our own mind mapping version of the common SMART acronym. Here’s a few ways on how you can make your mind maps better and SMART!

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