Posts Tagged ‘mind maps’

The Inimitable Comapping

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

 

Gene Bellinger uses Comapping - a mind mapping application - to manage numerous projects and collaborate with  geographically dispersed  teams.

Comapping recently added a feature that automatically creates mind maps from web pages and documents. The feature is called “Analyze”. Gene decided to give Analyze a spin. Here are his comments in his SystemWiki.org blog: 

While I have been continually amazed by Comapping they just added a new feature that is most amazing and for which I think experience is the only way to grasp the full utility of. The feature is called “Analyze”.

Imagine being able to attach a URL to a node in a mindmap and then telling the software to analyze the content of the node and build you an outline of the content based on an analysis of the relevance of the content.

Hard to grasp? I found it difficult to understand until I tinkered with it for a while. I’m still amazed! And you can attach a text, word or pdf document to a node and have it do the same analysis and build a content outline based on relevance directly into the mindmap.

If anybody is interested in learning how Analyze works with Comapping, here is more information about the Analyze feature in Comapping. And here is more information and examples of the auto-mapping capabilities.

 

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Online Tone of Voice map by Catherine Franz

Thursday, February 11th, 2010
 
 
We all need to communicate and we use different media to do it. Here is a mind map that Catherine Franz thoughtfully adapted from the ABC Copywriting blog about the importance of  Online tone of voice for business.
 
I picked up the map on www.Biggerplate.com which offers galore of mind maps for sharing. Then I imported Catherine’s map to Comapping, added the hyperlink to the ABC Copywriting blog for reference.
 
And then I used the Context Organizer Analyze feature in Comapping  to automatically add the summary to Catherine’s original map. The map is interactive so you can play with it by clicking on the "+" and "-" indicators…

 

 

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

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Comapping and Context Organizer

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

 

In the past few months the Context Discovery team worked on providing Web server version of Context Organizer.
We partnered with Comapping to offer the ability to automatically generate mind maps from web pages and documents. The idea is the same as in our desktop version of Context Organizer for MindManager from Mindjet. Once a hyperlink or a document is attached to a Topic then Context Organizer automatically generates the mind map with the summaries.
In case of Comapping, the mind map is generated with the help of the Context Organizer cloud server and instantly displayed in Comapping. The operation is fast and transparent.
How this is done?
1.       Add a hyperlink to your map Topic
2.       Place the mouse cursor over the Topic
3.       The Analyze icon automatically pops up:
4.       Click on the Analyze icon to automatically generate the mind map:
 
 
Voila!   This is how simple it is to use Comapping with Context Organizer!  
Benefits
  *  Automatic map generation – save time on drawing maps; gain time on shaping the maps and making your points
  *  Auto-discovery - Summaries lead the mind to focus on the essential content
  *  Text mining – reducing complex information to indispensable facts.
Now Comapping with Context Organizer offer an exciting, dynamic web application with auto-discovery and auto-mapping power features that make mind mapping fast, easy and effective.
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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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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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