Posts Tagged ‘mind mapping’

Mind mapping Steven Covey’s “First Things First” quadrants

Friday, February 12th, 2010

 

Stephen Covey, in his book "First Things First", notes that those who accomplish great deal are spending a lot of time in the Quadrant of Necessity and the Quadrant of Quality & Personal Leadership while avoiding the Quadrant of Deception and the Quadrant of Waste.

The attached mind map of the quadrants was originally authored in MindManager from Mindjet by Chance Brown and published on  Biggerplate.

After importing the map into Comapping I experimented with some Comapping editing features by adding context to the original map using a link to Wikipedia’s article about First Things First.  And then simply used the Context Organizer Analyze feature in Comapping  to automatically generate the contextual summaries illustrating the map’s key points…or to put the mind map in context…

 

 * This mind map was produced using Comapping online collaborative mapping software with Context Organizer Analyze auto-mapping add-on.

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Speed up MindManager map creation with Context Organizer

Thursday, May 7th, 2009
 
If you would like to automatically convert a webpage or a document into a MindManager map you can do it with Context Organizer for MindManager.
 
With a single click on Insert Context your MindManager map is created:
 

 

"Please note just how easy it is to use within MindManager and how it is able to extract and summarize the key words to give you the context."
 
Here you can see the demo of Context Organizer for MindManager.
 
With Context Organizer for MindManager a text summary is instantly converted into a MindManager map without any loss of relevant text content.  
 
The automatic map generation frees the user from tedious map charting while providing more opportunity to focus on shaping the visually mapped information. This is a unique and valuable addition that significantly enhances MindManager’s effectiveness.
 
Context Organizer for MindManager is an ideal tool for anyone who has to plow through reams of web pages and documents and rapidly spot and absorb pertinent facts without being lost in unnecessary details.
 
Download Context Organizer today.

 

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Rapidly visualize information with Context Organizer for MindManager

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Mark Durieux who teaches sociology and authored Social Enterprenuership for Dummies uses Context Organizer for Mindjet MindManager. 
 
This is what Mark wrote about Context Organizer for MindManager:
 
“I thought you’d like to see something of how I’m using Context Organizer. In the first case (http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=363005#448785), I used Context Organizer to help sift through an enormous amount of information regarding the recent cartoon racism controversy which, for many, linked President Barack Obama to the shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut. This was all over the internet for at least a couple of days and I had collected more than 40 single-spaced pages of excerpts and links.
 
In another case, I looked at the incident of the 3 year old boy who rode the NYC subway all by himself after leaving his mother at a McDonald’s (http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=362728#448291).
 
Again, this was all over the internet and I’d collected many pages of excerpts and links. At any rate,  the point is that I have developed a workflow that lets me identify major ideas and themes in those huge compilations and then, around those themes and thanks to Context Organizer, quickly identify key sentences saturated with key words. From there , it is only a matter of minutes and some rearranging until I’m able to turn the meaningful and "rich" condensed information into a useful summary. Thanks a million for this terrific piece of software!”

 
Here you can see the demo of Context Organizer for MindManager.
 

With Context Organizer for MindManager a text summary is instantly converted into a MindManager map without any loss of relevant text content.  
 
The automatic map generation frees the user from tedious map charting while providing more opportunity to focus on shaping the visually mapped information. This is a unique and valuable addition that significantly enhances MindManager’s effectiveness.
 

Context Organizer for MindManager is an ideal tool for anyone who has to plow through reams of web pages and documents and rapidly spot and absorb pertinent facts without being lost in unnecessary details. 
 
Download Context Organizer today for free.
 
 
See the demos:
  • Turn web pages into MindManager maps with 1 click: 

Context Organizer for MindManager Demo

  • Instant Keywords and Summaries of Google Search resulst with 1 click:

Context Organizer Google Search Summarization Demo

  • Instant Keywords and Summaries of Web pages and documents with 1 click:

Context Organizer Web Pages demo  Demo

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Mindjet showcases Context Organizer for MindManager

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
 
In the February 2009 newsletter Mindjet is putting a spotlight on Context Organizer for MindManager.
 
If you are asking what you can do with Context Organizer for MindManager, the answer is: you can instantly convert a web page, an email, a document into a MindManager mind map.
 
Just 1-click and the most relevant Topics are extracted together with the most important summaries - all displayed in MindManager.
 
Here you can see the demo of Context Organizer for MindManager.
 

With Context Organizer for MindManager a text summary is instantly converted into a MindManager map without any loss of relevant text content.
 
The automatic map generation frees the user from tedious map charting while providing more opportunity to focus on shaping the visually mapped information. This is a unique and valuable addition that significantly enhances MindManager’s effectiveness.

 
Context Organizer for MindManager is an ideal tool for anyone who has to plow through reams of web pages and documents and rapidly spot and absorb pertinent facts without being lost in unnecessary details.
Download Context Organizer today.
  

 

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Context Organizer automatically gets the context right within MindManager 8

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
 
 
 
"I have been meaning to write about Context Organizer from Context Discovery for some time now and was recently reminded just how important this tool will become as we become increasingly inundated with information that we will be required to juggle in the work that we do."  
 
"Using Context Organizer you are able to quickly get the context of attached documents as well as web sites right within MindManager 8, that are visually displayed as topics and subtopics."
 
Context Organizer for MindManager identifies with 1-click the topics and related summaries and then automatically generates MindManager maps. The strength of this approach is its simplicity.  Once the user has the map automatically generated it is very easy to refine the map and present the issues. 
 
 
 
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Mind mapping as a tool to frame a problem

Friday, October 10th, 2008

 Information Overload Is a Filter Problem by Stephen E. Arnold

"The final issue I have is that I don’t have an answer to this question: “When I don’t know what I need to answer my question, what do I filter in and out?”
 
Indeed, this is a critical question that kick starts the thinking process. A good starting point is to map out the problem and identify as many attributes and components of the question.
 
Mind mapping facilitates identification and organization of complex ideas into clearly defined concepts and ideas. Using mind mapping tools helps immensely to portray the problem by using keywords, short phrases, and pictures which all are interconnected.
 
The strength of this approach is its simplicity. Through associative thinking, brainstorming, any problem will reveal links with relevant concepts and relationships. In fact, visually mapping a problem serves as an effective filter to frame the issues and validate understanding of the problem. Once this is done it is much easier to search for answers.
 
 
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Summarization is an effective form of text mapping

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
 

With the Context Organizer for MindManager a text summary is instantly converted into a MindManager map without any loss of relevant text content.

The automatic map generation frees the user from tedious map charting while providing more opportunity to focus on shaping the visually mapped information.

 

Summaries lead the mind to focus on essential content. This enables faster evaluation and comprehension.  While summarising, the reader effectively engages in efficient contextual comprehension by gaining both the big picture and the detail expressions.

 
Summarization reveals text structures, while contextual associations are clearly revealed through highlighted keywords.
 
The Context Organizer provides the reader with the most relevant keywords as a guide to the most significant statements within the body of text.  The keywords work as quick filters enabling users to focus on the most relevant sentences of interest.
 
Further, the use of keywords navigates the reader through summarized content providing a superior visual format which is a more practical manager to rapid comprehension of content in context.
 
The advantage of using summarization for text mapping is that summarization provides the most accurate and direct text representation in the form of the most relevant keywords and sentences.
 
This direct approach by Context Organizer is superior to other graphical techniques which are abstract representations of text and always require further explanation.  Information mapping is a record of the reader’s comprehension, or lack of it. It’s not uncommon for graphical mapping to have little to do with the text, and the formats often used make it difficult to interpret, leaving too much for the reader to extrapolate and/or reconstruct.
 
Graphic organizers indeed have their place, I do however believe that summarization as a text mapping technique, effectively complements graphic organizers, by bridging the gap between texts and corresponding abstracted diagramming.
 
A summary as a text map provides superior expression for creating accurate and complete visual maps. This is one of the reasons that Context Organizer integrates seamlessly with Mindjet MindManager.
 
With the Context Organizer for MindManager a text summary is instantly converted into a MindManager map without any loss of relevant text content. The automatic map generation frees the user from tedious map charting while providing more opportunity to focus on shaping the visually mapped information. This is a unique and valuable addition that significantly enhances MindManager’s effectiveness.
 
Download Context Organizer today.
 
See the demos:
  • Turn web pages into MindManager maps with 1 click: 

Context Organizer for MindManager Demo

  • Instant Keywords and Summaries of Google Search resulst with 1 click:

Context Organizer Google Search Summarization Demo

  • Instant Keywords and Summaries of Web pages and documents with 1 click:

Context Organizer Web Pages demo  Demo

  

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The Context Organizer Method

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Context Organizer’s power to visualize critical information is akin to creating on the spot maps to help you effortlessly navigate through web pages.  In an instant, large amounts of information are simplified and reduced to the most essential storyline, which is easy to understand and learn.
 
Context Organizer summaries simplify complex text into an organized, easy-to-understand visual format.
 
At a glance,you see the essential keywords and summaries. You do not need to read the full text of  web pages, emails and documents in order to know what they contain.
 
Context Organizer summaries facilitate the rapid discovery of ideas, simplify complex content, inspire creativity, and save enormous amounts of time and effort. With a simple visual presentation, users can immediately focus on the critical information and make decisions.
 
Context Organizer’s powerful filters enable easy exposure of desired information. The Short Summary instantly spotlights the most important conclusions saving you time and effort by discovering critical findings and eliminating information overload.
 
Convenient note taking allows you to effortlessly text mine to rapidly create your own documents and notes. It is a handy tool for learning and studying.
 
Summarized Google search results save you time in reviewing and discovering the essential fragments hidden in web pages.  With Context Organizer’s review and summarization of Google search results is very fast and effortless.
 
Speed reading with Context Organizer is as simple as clicking on a button. Summaries and keywords ranked by relevance are instantly discovered and presented to you for review and note taking.
 
MindManager mind mapping is completely automated with Context Organizer. With the simple click of a button, you can instantly create a MindManager map.
 
In conclusion, Context Organizer’s power to visualize critical information is akin to creating on the spot maps to help you effortlessly navigate through web pages.  In an instant, large amounts of information are simplified and reduced to the most essential storyline, which is easy to understand and learn.
 
You can download and try out Context Organizer for free.

 

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How can Context Organizer help you with MindManager mind mapping?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

With the click of a button Context Organizer quickly helps you understand the key concepts and discover the hidden patterns.  Context Organizer reads documents, presents you with the key ideas, summaries and a MindManager map.

 

Answer: by simply clicking a button, Mindjetʼs MindManager maps are automatically generated by Context Organizer.

See a demo of Context Organizerʼs ability to generate Mindjet’s MindManager maps. 
 Context Organizer spotlights the most essential points by finding keywords and associated phrases. In an instant you have the list of Topics suitable for MindManager mind mapping. The Topics are linked to related summaries and presented in a typical MindManager map allowing you to instantly visualize and use the critical content of web pages, documents and emails.
 Thanks to Context Organizer’s integration with MindManager, users can easily manipulate the results using all of MindManager’s capabilities.
 Advantages
With Context Organizer, text visualization is easy and instantaneous. The keywords serve as powerful guides through the most important concepts. The related summaries provide the details and context in which the keywords are used.
 The result is a quick and easy way of understanding key concepts and saving time even when examining lengthy web pages and documents. With the integration with Mindjet MindManager, mind maps are generated automatically saving users time and effort from manually drawing MindManager maps.
Instantly produce MindManager maps with Context Organizer
 
With the click of a button Context Organizer quickly helps you understand the key concepts and discover the hidden patterns.  Context Organizer reads documents, presents you with the key ideas, summaries and a MindManager map.
This approach saves you precious time that would have been spent on reading and mind mapping every day. With Context Organizer  you are able to quickly understand and map key concepts in a fraction of the time it takes by working using conventional methods.
See a demo of Context Organizerʼs ability to generate Mindjet’s MindManager maps. 
You can explore the power of Context Organizer by trying it out for free.
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