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June 2014
Issue 14
Mind Mapping for Ebook PublishingTips and Techniques of Great Writers
Making your Mind Maps Easier for OthersTry this simple technique
Great Memory Techniques
Techniques used by World Memory
Champions
The Lean Canvas Mind
MapBuild Simple
Business Models to
test that Great Idea
Mind Mapper, Business Man, co-founder of MindMeister
Expert
Michael Hollauf
ContributorsFaizel Mohidin
Jamie NastChuck Frey
Adam SicinskiLiam Hughes
Jim LauriaRaphaela Brandner
Tarek Fahmy
Editor: Faizel Mohidin [email protected]
Design & Layout by Sheeth Hanief [email protected]
Publisher http://yourdigitalpublisher.com
Web: http://www.usingmindmaps.com
Copyright © Faizel Mohidin 2014
Contents
CONTENTS Editor’s Note
Meet the Experts - An Interview with Michael HollaufMindMeister
Mind Mapping for eBook Publishing: Becoming a Writer, Mapper, and SynthesizerJim Lauria
Legends: How one small enhancement can make your mind maps much easier for others to interpretChuck Frey
Better Meetings with Mindjet MindManagerMichael Deutch
Improve Memory with Number AssociationsAdam Sicinski
The Lean Canvas - Creating Success the Scientific WayFaizel Mohidin
Dirty Tricks in NegotiationsTarek Fahmy
Biggerplate Unplugged Berlin: 16th October 2014Liam Hughes
News and Events
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Issue 12
April 2014
Learn from Experts and Practitioners
Teacher’s Guide to Mind MappingBeyond Standard Mind Mapping
Using Icons and Symbols
How Mind Maps promote Critical Thinking
Expert
Jamie NastAuthor, Trainer and Founder of Idea Mapping Success
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Issue 11
March 2014
Life Skills Coach, Visual Thinker and Inventor of the IQMatrix
Expert
Adam Sicinski
Better Brainstorming
The Top 7 Reasons NOT to
Mind Map
Increase the Effectiveness of Your Mind Maps
The 5 Minute Project Plan
When is a Mind Map Not a
Mind Map?
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Issue 10
February 2014
Expert
Chuck Frey
How to Overcome Obstacles
10 Values of Collaborative
Mind Mapping
How to Learn a Second
Language
NEW SERIES:
MEET THE EXPERTS
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Issue 09
January 2014
Blueprint To Success
Best Mind Mapping
Resources
News and Events
New Series:Impact
Educators
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Issue 08
December 2013
Increase The Visual Impact of Your Mind Maps
Personal Case Studies
Conversations with Einstein
Methods of Mind Mapping
News and Events
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Issue 07
November 2013
Mixed BagLateral Thinking Meets RadiantThinking
What Great Leaders Do
Skills Development
Mind Map of the Month
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Issue 06
October 2013
Problem SolvingLateral Thinking Meets RadiantThinking
What Great Leaders Do
Skills Development
Mind Map of the Month
Learning how to learn
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Issue 05
September 2013
A Beginner’s Guide
More Idea Mapping
Evaluating Ideas
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Issue 04
August 2013
Paul Foreman
Adam Sicinski
Chuck Frey
Jamie NastMind Map of the Month
Conversations with Walt Disney
Creativity Hacks
Mind MappingIdea
Editor’s Note
Editor’s Note
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Faizel MohidinEditor and Publisher of Using Mind Maps Magazine Maximizing your Success at work, in business, in your education and in your personal life.
W 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 BeginningIt 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 BreakthroughThen, 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.
EditorFaizel Mohidin
Year Two - A reflection of the past year, and a peek into the future
Editor’s Note
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 SetbackNow, 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
