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Issue 14
June 2014
Mind Mapping for Ebook Publishing
Great Memory Techniques
Tips and Techniques of Great Writers
Making your Mind Maps Easier for Others Try this simple technique
Expert
Michael Hollauf Mind Mapper, Business Man, co-founder of MindMeister
Techniques used by World Memory Champions
The Lean Canvas Mind Map Build Simple Business Models to test that Great Idea
Contributors
Faizel Mohidin Jamie Nast Chuck Frey Adam Sicinski Liam Hughes Jim Lauria Raphaela Brandner Tarek Fahmy
Editor: Faizel Mohidin fmohidin@usingmindmaps.com Design & Layout by Sheeth Hanief sheethh@gmail.com Publisher http://yourdigitalpublisher.com Web: http://www.usingmindmaps.com Copyright Š Faizel Mohidin 2014
Contents
CONTENTS Editor’s Note Meet the Experts - An Interview with Michael Hollauf MindMeister
Mind Mapping for eBook Publishing: Becoming a Writer, Mapper, and Synthesizer Jim Lauria
Legends: How one small enhancement can make your mind maps much easier for others to interpret Chuck Frey
Better Meetings with Mindjet MindManager Michael Deutch
Improve Memory with Number Associations Adam Sicinski
The Lean Canvas - Creating Success the Scientific Way Faizel Mohidin
Dirty Tricks in Negotiations Tarek Fahmy
Biggerplate Unplugged Berlin: 16th October 2014 Liam Hughes
News and Events
MindMaps March 2014
Learn from Experts
Better Brainstorming
Teacher’s Guide to
The Top 7 Reasons NOT to Mind Map
and Practitioners
Mind Mapping
Beyond Standard
Mind Mapping and Symbols
How to Learn a Second Language
Adam Sicinski
Chuck Frey
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Issue 08
December 2013
Best Mind Mapping Resources
Methods of Mind Mapping
Increase The Visual
News and Events
Mixed Bag
Impact of
October 2013
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Mind Map of the Month
Issue 05
September 2013
What Great Leaders Do Skills Development Mind Map of the Month
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August 2013
Conversations with Walt Disney Adam Sicinski
What Great Leaders Do Skills Development
Lateral Thinking Meets RadiantThinking
Your Mind Maps
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Conversations with Einstein
New Series: Impact Educators
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Issue 07
Personal Case Studies
News and Events
Blueprint To Success
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Author, Trainer and Founder of Idea Mapping Success
NEW SERIES: MEET THE EXPERTS
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Jamie Nast USING
10 Values of Collaborative Mind Mapping
When is a Mind Map Not a Mind Map?
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How to Overcome Obstacles
The 5 Minute Project Plan
How Mind Maps promote Critical Thinking
Lateral Thinking Meets RadiantThinking
February 2014
Increase the Effectiveness of Your Mind Maps
Using Icons
Problem Solving
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Issue 11
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Learning
how to learn
A Beginner’s Guide Evaluating Ideas More Idea Mapping
Creativity Hacks Chuck Frey
Mind Map of the Month Paul Foreman
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Mapping Jamie Nast
Editor’s Note
Editor’s Note
Year Two - A reflection of the past year, and a peek into the future USING
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Faizel Mohidin
Editor and Publisher of Using Mind Maps Magazine Maximizing your Success at work, in business, in your education and in your personal life.
Editor Faizel Mohidin
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ell, now I am in year two of the Magazine. I thought I would take some time this month to reflect on where I’ve come from, and where I am going, with the Magazine. Hopefully, it will interest you, as my main purpose is to make you more effective in your career, in your business, with your learning, and in your personal life.
The Beginning It was more than 2 years ago that I first conceived the idea of a magazine devoted entirely to Mind Mapping. I was struggling to keep up to date with what was happening in the Mind Mapping world, what the Experts were doing, and the latest developments in Mind Mapping Software and collaboration. I thought that a monthly magazine would be the ideal platform to make this easier and more enjoyable. Also, I always loved the idea of running my own magazine, but until then, it was simply too expensive to start up a magazine in such a small niche. Also, magazines were not really that successful online. People simply did not interact the same way with a digital magazine on a computer, as they did with a physical magazine. The Breakthrough Then, I discovered the iPad. This seemed to be perfect. Swiping on an iPad was very similar to paging through a magazine. This seemed like a match made in heaven! The iPad was soon followed by a host of other tablets, mainly Android, making a tablet affordable to many more people. People started purchasing tablets instead of personal computers. I thought to myself - there had to be a way to deliver a magazine to these devices.
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Then, I discovered the Apple Newsstand. Finally, there was a platform to publish, deliver and take payment for magazines. Up to this point, digital magazines were not really going anywhere, as the process was too cumbersome for users. I immediately wanted to get on board. But, it was not that easy. An App (application) needed to be developed, which needed either programming skills, or the purchasing of an App. And it couldn’t be an ordinary App, it had to be a Newsstand App, meeting all the requirements of the Apple Newsstand. I finally came across a platform that could deliver a magazine to the Apple Newsstand, but at quite a cost. I decided to throw caution to the wind, jump in, and purchase an App platform that could deliver a magazine to the Newsstand. And my life would never be the same again!
A Setback Now, I sat with the ability to create a Magazine and deliver it, but I needed two things, content, and a graphic designer. The graphic designer was necessary to ensure the magazine was professional and could compete with the look and feel of all the ‘big name’ magazines. Getting a designer was relatively easy, as I could hire somebody. Content was a bit more difficult. I could write it all myself, but that was not the intention, as I needed to focus on the publishing process. As a publisher, I had to focus the problems that I wanted to solve, and the customers that I wanted to serve. I wanted to deliver value to people who are interested in Mind Mapping, but simply do not have the time to follow all the expert blogs, tweets, Facebook news feeds, RSS feeds, newsletters, emails, etc. I wanted to keep them up-to-date with one easy to use, beautiful publication - a magazine. To achieve this, I spent nearly six months building relationships with existing Mind Mapping Experts, and promoting them, before I could produce the first magazine. Being interactive, I had to demonstrate to the experts