Today is a big day in Mindjet’s history. We have reached several record highs all thanks to the fantastic response from our customers, bloggers, members of the press, and the industry!

As you may know, yesterday we announced the highly anticipated availability of our MindManager 7 products (MindManager Pro 7, MindManager Lite 7 and MindManager 7 Mac) along with a new Project Management Jetpack, a collection of map templates and a newly renovated Mindjet Map Gallery – all available now.

A customer-inspired release, MindManager 7 optimizes both individual and team productivity, is easy to use, and delivers quick results allowing you to work smarter, think creatively, and save time every day!

MindManager 7 has received widespread acclaim with almost 150 pieces of coverage worldwide in the press and blogosphere since the announcement on April 30^th.  Journalists and bloggers most commonly praised the product for its powerful new features that makes it easier to interact with ideas and information, increase effectiveness, and improve collaboration. In addition to the positive coverage, nearly 7,000 people have signed up on the Mindjet website for more MindManager 7 information. Mindjet has sold 916,000 licenses to date – that’s about a 36,500 increase in just the last month alone! And we have gone over the  mark with unique visitors to Mindjet.com in about a year’s time!

I’d like to thank our loyal customers and enthusiastic supporters throughout the world for largely contributing to the improvements you’ll see in MindManager 7. I encourage you to take it for a test drive and see what everyone’s talking about!

Scott Raskin

CEO

Mindjet Corporation

We wanted to share a map from engineering manager, Trent Jordan, who uses MindManager to advance his career through continuing education. This specific map features content from a virtual course through the University Channel Podcast on the “Psychology of Influence” that Trent attended. “I find (using) MindManager is a good way to capture and remember new information. In my role as a manager, I attempt to influence people everyday so it’s a highly relevant topic.” Trent’s map is a great demonstration of how one can take disparate pieces of complex data and turn it into information that is visually manageable, easier to comprehend, and valuable to their field of work.

Trent discovered mind mapping about 15 years ago and says mind mapping helped him get through his last year in college. Not too long after that, he transitioned to using MindManager within his profession. “I’ve been using it ever since, to help me organize my thoughts and projects at work, and also to record interesting things I come across – like the Cialdini Podcast,” he says. “Mapping this podcast had been on my list of things to do for a while, so testing MindManager 7 was a good opportunity to do it.  I was pretty impressed with the new interface, and I think it will make mapping a lot easier.”

For other creative uses of MindManager and sample map templates, visit the Mindjet Map Library here.

Motivational speaker and MindManager user, Jason Womack, is speaking here in San Francisco on Monday, May 21st at a free Workplace Performance Seminar for volunteers and not for profit employees. We wanted to pass the opportunity onto anyone interested within the Mindjet community, since there are still a few spaces still left. Jason will be featuring and using MindManager in his talk.

For more information, please visit this link and to register, contact Christopher Scott at: chris@ambassadorfunding.net.

This 2 1/2 hour seminar will cover the following topics:

Best practices: Ability to Do Multiple Things Simultaneously
Front-end decision making (work-related processing)
Managing delegated tasks and outcomes

Best practices: Focus on Results
Effective meeting management (using agendas and checklists)
Eliminating “in-box” clutter (paper notes, E-mail, piles, etc)

Best practices: Performance management
Eliminating procrastination
Identifying and monitoring work-habits
Setting and achieving goals and measures

Hi Everyone,

We asked the Mindjet Blog reading community to share with us their own mind mapping / MindManager blogs.

The map available for download below is the result of this outreach and shares with our community a nice range of mind mapping blog sites and resources.

Enjoy!

Mindjet Recommended Blogs

PS- Please note: We’ll be adding the larger "Writing an Article" map from our previous post onto Mindjet Labs as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.

Click here to check out the May 2007 Mindjet Insider Newsletter: Keys to Working Smarter.

This Month’s Newsletter Features:

Map Templates: “Value of an Hour” and “Key Benefits of Using MindManager”

Top Story about how MindManager increases your productivity to work smarter, not harder

Tips N’ Tricks: Keyboard Shortcuts

Webinars & Training: The Memorability Factor June 5^th and MindManager 7 for Successful PMBOK-based Microsoft Project Schedules June 13^th

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