Mulquatro's Guest Posts | Expanding knowledge about mind maps

Two ways to generate ideas with Mulquatro

Silvana Carpineanu — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:07:07 +0000

A common theme in all creativity techniques and methods is that creativity is about making connections. Connecting different things together creates more than the sum of the parts. Inspiration, ideas, and insights flow across the connection. There are many ways to do this. You don’t have to sit and try to logically think of new [...]

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How to make creative mind maps

Silvana Carpineanu — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:34:59 +0000

The term “creative mind map” highlights the connection between mind mapping tools and creativity. But all mind maps are creative. They all require your imagination to create something new. They capture thoughts and connections that exist only in people’s minds and make them visible, just like art does. From the beginning, mind mapping has been [...]

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Solving problems using a fishbone diagram template

Silvana Carpineanu — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:51:52 +0000

What is a fishbone diagram? A fishbone diagram is a common name for an Ishikawa diagram or cause and effect diagram. Mulquatro offers fishbone diagram templates in the library, making it easy to create your own fishbone diagrams. Ishikawa diagrams were popularized by Kaoru Ishikawa as a quality tool for problem solving. The head and [...]

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The best way to use online note taking

Silvana Carpineanu — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:41:46 +0000

Online note taking brings together the old and the new. Note taking is a traditional skill for studying and for getting the most from college, presentations, and meetings. The scope of note taking has been expanded by note-taking apps. Digital online tools let you create shared notes that are searchable and available on any device [...]

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Keeping mind mapping simple

Silvana Carpineanu — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:52:04 +0000

Have you heard about mind mapping, but are not sure whether you should spend your time looking deeper? Are you looking for a trustworthy and reliable explanation? To keep mind mapping simple, we will look at the three things that it does best out of the hundreds of potential uses. These are not just marketing [...]

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Collaborative mind mapping is about people, not technology

Silvana Carpineanu — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:03:05 +0000

Mulquatro has powerful features for communications and collaboration. It provides a way to keep information about a project in one place where everyone can access it. But there is much more to collaborative mind mapping than technology. Many collaboration tools and even unified communications solutions focus on features and forget that collaboration is about real [...]

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Are Spider Diagrams the same as Mind Maps?

Silvana Carpineanu — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:52:13 +0000

The terms “Spider Diagram” and “Mind Map” are used interchangeably. But are they the same thing? If not, how do they differ? And do the differences really matter? In this article, we’ll discover that a Mind Map is a special type of Spider Diagram. The differences between them are small. The more important question is [...]

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Mind Mapping is a movie, not a photo

Silvana Carpineanu — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 06:46:19 +0000

There are dozens of books and hundreds of online articles that explain what mind mapping is and how to do it. So many, in fact, that there hardly seems to be room for another one. All of these explanations follow the same path. First, the question “What is mind mapping?” is interpreted as “What is [...]

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The new Rules for Mind Map Design

Silvana Carpineanu — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:14:01 +0000

Before mind mapping software was available, there were “rules” about how to design Mind Maps for studying and memorization. The rules included using only one word per branch and using plenty of color and images. Mind map software is now used in a wide range of settings for an even wider range of purposes. Project [...]

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Mind Map Diagram – 5 unknown facts you need to know

Silvana Carpineanu — Tue, 31 May 2022 13:59:37 +0000

A mind map diagram might appear simple, so keen mappers are eager to share their maps with others. But there is more to creating high value diagrams than meets the eye. In this article, we look at five things that have been learned the hard way by mind map software users. 1. “Left brain” and [...]

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