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Mindjet^® MindManager^® PRO 7

Mindjet® MindManager® Pro 7 transforms brainstorming ideas, strategic thinking, and business information into blueprints for action, enabling teams and organizations to work faster, smarter, and with greater coordination. It extends core mapping functionality with a host of simple tools–collaboration, distribution, administration–making it easy for business professionals to quickly deliver bottom–line benefits enterprise–wide.

With MindManager Pro 7, you will:

• Capture, analyze, and repurpose information from a variety of sources
• Streamline business processes and speed decision making
• Easily ensure all “stakeholders” stay informed, involved, on task

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MindManager^® PRO 7 Fundamentals Workshop

This one-day course is designed for beginner to intermediate level users who want to learn best practices for using MindManager Pro 7 as a professional tool. Executives, managers, business owners, professionals, and other idea workers, use MindManager to be more creative and productive.

In this instructor-led course, participants will learn how to create basic maps, navigate, add visual elements and integrate with Microsoft Outlook, Project, Word, and PowerPoint. We use Mindjet Certified materials as the basis for our brief lectures, step- by-step demonstrations, and hands- on exercises.

In an economy largely driven by ideas, creativity is one of the most important competitive advantages you can have. When you complete this workshop, you will have a new way of presenting ideas, organizing your brainstorming sessions, and taking the most complete meeting notes. You will have learned something that can make a difference in your professional lives.

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Learning Objectives:

·          Explain the underlying concepts leading to MindManager.

·          Create business maps demonstrating the basic software features.

·          Apply MindManager in your practical day- to-day business operations.

Note: You can download a fully functioning 21- day trial directly from Mindjet and try it out before you attend this workshop.

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MindManager® Pro 7 Fundamentals Workshop

I. Mindjet® MindManager® Pro 7 - The Easiest Way to Organize Your Ideas and Information    

II. Introduction & Theory

III. Guided Tour & Basic Exercises

IV. Advanced Features

V. Organizing & Connecting Information

VI. Effective Brainstorming

VII. Preparing Papers & Reports

VIII. Preparing & Conducting Presentations

IX. Publishing & Communication

X. Meeting Management

XI. Business & Project Planning

XII. Knowledge Management

XIII. Wrap-up & Next Steps

II. Introduction & Theory

Learning Objectives:

·          Discuss underlying concepts leading to MindManager.

·          Set the groundwork for constructing your first business map.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Productivity in the workplace

·          Idea Cycle

·          Thinking processes / whole brain thinking

·          Visual thinking and accelerated learning

·          Business mapping concepts and techniques

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III. Guided Tour & Basic Exercises

Learning Objectives:

·          Introduce the fundamentals of MindManager and construct a business map.

·          Become comfortable with creating basic business maps so that creating business maps becomes automatic.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          MindManager Pro 7 Interface: a step-by- step presentation of basic features

·          Navigating the workspace

·          Working with topics, subtopics, callouts and floating topics

·          Creating, editing, and saving maps

·          Basic map formatting

·          Working with images and icons

·          Hands-on basic exercises

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IV. Advanced Features

Learning Objectives:

·          Demonstrate advanced MindManager features that can greatly accelerate map creation and formatting.

·          Discuss how these tools can be used in managing group processes.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Template Organizer

·          Map Parts

·          Styles and Style Templates

·          Hands-on exercises: advanced formatting features

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V. Organizing & Connecting Information

Learning Objectives:

·          Understand the powerful nature of relationships and how they work in business mapping.

·          Analyze organizing elements and their use in map filtering.

·          Link the business map to both internal and external information.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Relationships

·          Filters and Selectors

·          Hyperlinks, Bookmarks, etc.

·          Map markers

·          Boundaries

·          Hands-on Exercises

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VI. Effective Brainstorming

Learning Objectives:

·          Demonstrate techniques used to facilitate brainstorming interpreted through MindManager features.

·          Practice generating and capturing ideas using the MindManager's Brainstorm mode.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Brainstorming Techniques

·          Brainstorm Mode

·          Build another business map while demonstrating the brainstorming and relationship tools

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VII. Preparing Papers & Reports

Learning Objectives:

·          Demonstrate how MindManager can help in overcoming "writer's block," the most common problem faced by office workers in the preparation of talks, presentations and writing projects.

·          Organize a paper or report using MindManager features and methods.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Organizing your paper for maximum impact

·          Working in Outline view

·          Adding notes

·          Prepare a paper/report using MindManager features

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VIII. Preparing & Conducting Presentations

Learning Objectives:

·          Use MindManager as the starting point for preparing and conducting presentations.

·          Create compelling presentations with MindManager's Presentation Mode and export your maps to PowerPoint.

·          Discuss fundamental points in presenting and how to use MindManager to accelerate development.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Presentation Tips and Techniques

·          Working in Presentation Mode

·          Prepare and structure a presentation; demonstrate presentation using presentation mode.

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IX. Publishing & Communication

Learning Objectives:

·          Learn how to leverage your time and productivity by converting a single business map to various formats. 

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Format and Export Map to MS Word

·          Format and Export Map to MS PowerPoint

·          Format and Export Map to HTML

·          Print Map to PDF

·          Export Map to Graphic File

= Multiple forms of communications from one business map

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X. Meeting Management

Learning Objectives:

·          Discuss tips and techniques for meeting management interpreted through MindManager features.

·          Demonstrate various ways of using MindManager before, during and after meetings as a way to organize and communicate information.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Various ways of using MindManager before, during, and after meetings

·          Structuring agendas and identifying key issues

·          Mock meeting: prepare agenda, conduct and document meeting, prepare for distribution.

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XI. Business & Project Planning

Learning Objectives:

·          Use the Task Info Pane features to track goals and tasks, assign optional priorities, start and due dates, percent completion, duration, and other data.

·          Learn how MindManager can be used to track to-do's by exporting to Outlook, as well as using the Outlook Linker Smart Map Part.

·          Manage projects and processes effectively in less time by learning the Export to MS Project, Export to MPX and using MindManager's Select and Filter feature.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Task Info Pane Features

·          Export to Outlook Tasks

·          Outlook Linker

·          Export to MS Project

·          Export to MPX

·          Add task information to business map and export to MS Project and MS Outlook

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XII. Knowledge Management

Learning Objectives:

·          Use MindManager for organizing and managing information.

·          Manage large maps and keep complex information and processes close at hand by learning how to maximize your use of MindManager.

Learning Concepts and Activities:

·          Using MindManager Pro 7 to help manage corporate knowledge

·          Smart Map Parts File Explorer

·          Drag and Drop Hyperlinks

·          Multimaps - exporting and re-attaching

·          Demonstration of the Wizard Customization feature

·          Design a business map that demonstrates using MindManager features for organizing and managing corporate knowledge.

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XIII. Wrap-up & Next Steps

Learning Objectives:

·          Review and reinforce the major ideas covered during the day.

·          Discuss what can be done to help transfer new skills back to the job.

Note: You can download a fully functioning 21-day trial directly from Mindjet and try it out before you attend this workshop.

 

Contact us if you are interested in bringing this workshop to your organization.

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