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• A Plan for Successful Projects
  Are you continually struggling to complete projects on time? A well designed and well executed project takes some forethought. By following these four steps, you can execute a successful project everytime! Step 1: Break apart the big tasks One of the
• Principles of Creating Great Presentations
  There is no excuse for a dull presentation - even in the business environment. In fact, presentations in the workplace may be the most important to you! Your own success in the workplace depends on your ability to clearly explain your ideas. The central
• Killer Charts in 3 Easy Steps
  Need a great presentation to convince someone or a group of people? The key is showing the right visuals, in the best way. This may sound intimidating, but SmartDraw makes this easy. Just follow these three easy steps so that your audience is both engaged
• Plan for Success in 2012
  While the reality is that most of our New Years Resolutions have already gone out the window, many of us still have businesses to run and jobs that we’d like to keep. Most of us have great hopes and dreams to continually stay organized, but it is
• Why did we add two more versions of SmartDraw 2012?
  Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE This week SmartDraw Software added two new editions of SmartDraw 2012 : Business and Enterprise. Both of the new editions build on the features and functionality of the SmartDraw 2012 Standard Edition , adding
• Two New Editions of SmartDraw 2012!
  I'm delighted to announce that SmartDraw has two new additions to our SmartDraw 2012 product line: SmartDraw 2012 Business and SmartDraw 2012 Enterprise , our premium edition. So what is the difference between these editions? SmartDraw 2012 Business Edition
• iPhone and iPad Game Development with SmartDraw
  SmartDraw Guest Post: This post is written by Wade Lutgen, who has worked as a computer graphics programmer for the past 12 years. Using SmartDraw to outline the programming elements, he developed a game for the iPhone and iPad, called Hungry Helga .
• Connect With SmartDraw!
  There are so many great ways to connect with the SmartDraw community, I thought I would round them all up for you! You can always contact the support team with questions using this handy form , call us at 1-800-768-3729 or 858-225-3300 , or email support
• Holiday Shopping Made Simple With Mind Maps
  Overwhelmed by your holiday shopping? It can be difficult to remember everyone on your list, plus all of the possible gifts you might get them. This year I used a mind map to brainstorm ideas. When we are presented with a task our brain's natural response
• Use SmartDraw Hubs to Stay Organized (Plus 4 Quick Tips!)
  SmartDraw's all new hubs are not only perfect for personal organization, but also perfect for a quick and easy way to organize and communicate complex information with anyone in your organization, whether it's a new hire or upper management. Instead of
• Two Ways to Make a Sales Map with SmartDraw
  Need an easy way to communicate who is responsible for what sales territories? Sales territories maps are an essential element of any regional, national, or international sales force. SmartDraw makes it easy to create and share a professional looking
• SmartDraw Smart Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts and Hyperlinking Tips
  The beautiful thing about SmartDraw is you do not need any drawing or graphic design skills to create professional, presentation-worthy visuals. In fact, many of our SmartDraw power users can make the claim that they only use our keyboard shortcuts to
• Film and Video Production Planning with SmartDraw
  SmartDraw Employee Guest Post: This post is written by Joshua Ready, SmartDraw's Multimedia Specialist, who has worked for 14 years in video and multimedia production. If you have watched any of SmartDraw's How To videos , you are probably familiar with
• Revamped Org Charts in SmartDraw 2012
  Org chart templates have recieved a well-deserved face-list in SmartDraw 2012. Over the last many weeks I have reviewed some of our major improvements that SmartDraw 2012 has brought . These include: Redesigned Project Management in SmartDraw 2012 All
• All New Automated Timelines in SmartDraw 2012
  We've completely overhauled our timeline controls in SmartDraw 2012 ! Our new controls automatically format and adjust events on your timeline and are event better integrated with meeting and project templates. No matter how complex your timeline, events
• Completely Rebuilt Meeting Management with SmartDraw 2012
  Do you feel like you spend way too much time preparing for meetings? Well, don't waste anymore time and check out SmartDraw 2012's new features that make meeting management infinitely easier. SmartDraw 2012's new features will reduce the number of and
• All New Information Hubs in SmartDraw 2012
  We have introduced an all new template with the release of SmartDraw 2012 - Hubs! I'm really excited about this new template because it is a great way to organize documents, visuals, links, and all types of complex information. We have already received
• Redesigned Project Management in SmartDraw 2012
  We completely redesigned how project management works with SmartDraw 2012, which makes managing even the most complex projects a breeze. I’ll walk you through some of our great new features and how to use them. Redesigned Project Charts Now project
• Introducing the Completely Redesigned SmartDraw 2012. Powerful. Easier. Faster.
  We are very excited to announce SmartDraw 2012, featuring completely redesigned project management, new information hubs, powerful meeting management, and revamped timelines and org charts. Over the last several months, we have been hard at work redesigning
• Business Process Documentation Verbal and Non-Verbal Facilitation Skills
  This is a guest blog entry by RuthJoy Razon, SmartDraw Software’s Training and Development Manager. SmartDraw Software has developed Visual Process Management (VPM) a revolutionary new approach to business process management. Properly facilitating
• How to Better Facilitate Business Process Documentation
  This is a guest blog entry by RuthJoy Razon, SmartDraw Software’s Training and Development Manager. SmartDraw Software has developed Visual Process Management (VPM) a revolutionary new approach to business process management. One of the keys skill
• Get a Jump Start on Documenting Your Business Processes with Visuals
  Despite the many benefits of business process documentation, many organizations resist documenting their processes because of the pain that traditional methods inflict. Process documentation is most commonly viewed as: Time-consuming Disruptive Expensive
• Get Your New Employees Up To Speed with Visuals
  Properly introducing new employees to your company is a complex, yet critical process to ensure new hires become productive members of your team. The concept of employee on-boarding has been around for quite some time. However, that does not make the
• How to Improve Your Presentations with Visuals
  Quick! look at the slide below: Do you remember the main message of the slide? Are sales up or down? What’s driving sales and why? Without taking the time to read and absorb the bullet points, it is impossible to say! Now, look at the same information
• Three Tips for Creating Better Org Charts
  An Organization Chart, or Org Chart , shows the structure of a company by showing the different levels of management. It should show all the different positions in an easy to understand and easy to revise, especially when you are a part of a quickly changing