Using Mind Maps

Posted by Faizel Mohidin on Mar 14, 2010 in Mind Mapping, Mind Maps at Work, Mind Maps in Education, Personal Mind Maps | 0 comments

If you’ve been observant, you may have noticed that I’ve been referring to, and providing links to, articles on UsingMindMaps.com.

Today, I would like to position the reason for setting up UsingMindMaps.com.

MindMapTutor.com is a blog, which is the final resting ground of my weekly articles. My steadily growing subscriber base can go to MindMapTutor.com for archives of older postings.

While this has served me, and my subscriber base, very well, it is not the easiest site to navigate. The current highlights and featured articles are easy to get to, but older articles were not very easy to access.

I get numerous emails and questions about topics that I’ve already written about. I often point people to the article on MindMapTutor.com and also inform them that the site has a very good search function. While this helps you after the fact, the site does not allow you to find articles on the topic you want easily in the first place.

I therefore decided to set up a website that makes it simple, easy and fast to get to the relevant topics. The site UsingMindMaps.com will cover the various uses of Mind Maps in your daily life, each with its own easy to find category. The site has a simple menu structure, with menu items on the left hand side. The articles are listed right there, under the categories, for ease of access.

The articles have also been structured to lead you through the topic at hand and also link you to overlapping topics in a natural, flowing way.

The site’s theme is Using Mind Maps, which structures information into the various uses and applications of Mind Maps in your daily life.

While Mind Maps started out as a memory tool, its natural use of both the structured and creative components of the brain gave rise to its application in many walks of life. UsingMindMaps.com will cover each of these aspects.

UsingMindMaps.com is in its early stages, but from the initial feedback, it’s looking good. People tend to spend more time on the site, as they can easily follow the topics of their choice.

Please have a look at UsingMindMaps.com and use the Contact Form to give feedback. Tell us what you would like to see.

We even have a place for you to tell us your stories of Using Mind Maps in your daily life. If you have a good story to tell let us know and we will publish it. You too could have your say!

UsingMindMaps.com has been more work than I initially thought it would be, but I believe it will add even more value to your life than MindMapTutor.com has.

Look out for some freebies coming your way as part of the launch. We are putting together a monthly newsletter, a free email course, ebook downloads and online training.

You will get an email sometime this week about the newsletter and the free stuff.

I look forward to your responses and your stories…