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  • Using Mind Maps in the Real World #4 – Instant Presentations
    Published 24 May 2010
    If you followed “ The Single Slide ” presentation, then you’re already familiar with the concept of making instant PowerPoint presentations using mind maps and animation for sequencing. Suppose you’re an HR manager responsible...
  • Using Mind Maps in the Real World #3 – Preparing for a Meeting with Clients or Partners
    Published 10 May 2010
    Mind maps are a great tool for preparing for meetings or conference calls with clients and business partners, because they allow you to get your thoughts, questions, and discussion points organized quickly and easily. Here’s an example of a client...
  • Using Mind Maps in the Real World #2 – Creating Meeting Agendas
    Published 3 May 2010
    Mind maps can be used for just about anything, and last time I demonstrated how you can use mind maps for setting goals and objectives . Mind maps are popular because they’re easy to produce and the gratification from using them is immediate, and...
  • Creating a Visual Company: What It Means and Why Productivity Hinges upon It
    Published 30 April 2010
    What’s a Visual Company, and why does your company need to become one? These questions, among others, are answered by SmartDraw Founder and CEO Paul Stannard in “ Creating a Visual Company: What it means and why productivity hinges upon it...
  • Using Mind Maps in the Real World #1 – Setting Goals
    Published 28 April 2010
    Mind maps are one of the most versatile visuals in the business world, largely because they’re easy to make and provide instant gratification for people who create and share them. Mind maps can be used for virtually anything, ranging from organizing...
  • The Many Roles Visuals Play in Solving Business Problems
    Published 12 April 2010
    Diagrams, charts and other visual aids can play important roles in solving business problems. One role is in identifying problems. Another is in drawing attention to them. A third is in diagnosis. And a good visual can even play a key role in presenting...
  • The Single Slide Presentation
    Published 29 March 2010
    I work as a marketer for SmartDraw.com, and throughout the course of my work I often have to present proposals for new projects and initiatives to my supervisors, training sessions for new hires, and the occasional performance summary. In all of these...
  • Thinking about Strategic Planning
    Published 26 March 2010
    Strategic planning is viewed by some as an absolute waste of time and energy and by others as an absolutely critical part of managing a business. Figure 1 – Process Value vs Plan Value The object of this post is not to resolve that dispute but to...
  • Fitting Your Management Practices to the Kind of Work being Managed
    Published 19 March 2010
    Introduction You wouldn’t manage a file clerk the same way you would a research scientist, would you? Of course not; you would adjust your management practices to take into account the fact that these two people perform very different kinds of work...


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