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MindManager user tip: Use Mindjet Connect to set up online mastermind groups with real-time, collaborative editing of mind maps

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Thursday’s profit tip for authors

Here’s a MindManager tip for authors who want to run mastermind groups with readers seeking to implement their book’s ideas. Mastermind groups permit authors to share their expertise by working closely with group members who may be located around the country or around the world. Mindjet Connect, a new online mind mapping service offered by Mindjet, permits a new level of sharing and collaboration based on a new, interactive, way of sharing content, ideas, and tools between authors and their mastermind groups. “Brainstorming” and “joint problem solving” are taken to a new level when conducted in a Mindjet Connect environment.

Here are a few of the highlights of the Mindjet Connect:

  • Online collaboration. Author mastermind groups can now meet online, with all members having shared, equal, access to the mind maps being discussed. Instead of just the leader being able to create or edit a map. With Mindjet Connect, each participant can add content and comments in real time during a meeting. Each participant’s contributions becomes immediately visible to the entire group.
  • Shared workspaces. Authors can post mind maps and relevant documents to a secure, shared, online environment. This allows authors and mastermind members 24/7 access to mind maps and supporting files. Authors can post templates or assignments, and later review–at any time–the contributions and progress of individual mastermind members. Mastermind group members can use MindManager’s Review feature to add and track comments.
  • Multiple levels of file security. Individual files can be protected with differing levels of access by mastermind group members. When appropriate, files can be “checked out,” preventing simultaneous access by more than one individual at a time. When appropriate, files can be copied and downloaded to the mastermind group member’s individual computers. Members can also upload files, like drafts of a book, to the workspace for review by the entire group.
  • Chat, messaging, and instant meeting features. Online messages allows the author to respond to individual queries and questions during the meetings. Meetings can be scheduled in advance, or instantly set up.
  • Flexibility. Authors can create a single mastermind group, or several groups for specialized purposes. When appropriate, groups can accommodate up to 150 members. As groups grow larger, map co-editing can be limited to a small number of “panelists.”
  • Easy, efficient administration. Authors can easily set up groups and distribute documents to one location, eliminating the hassles and uncertainties involved with e-mailing numerous files and attachments. With Mindjet Connect, all files uploaded to a single location, where they can be accessed or downloaded by members at any time.

Visit the Mindjet Connect website where you’ll find numerous resources, including detailed description of Mindjet Connect key features, a Mindjet Connect with MindManager 7.0 Pro Quick Start Guide, plus full description of service options and prices.

If you haven’t yet discovered mind mapping, you can also download a 30-day free trials of Mindjet Connect and MindManager 7.0 Pro for Windows.

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