Thursday, December 24, 2009

Family First

It’s the Christmas Season, and we have commitments to relatives that are going to take a lot of time. Probably won’t get to the next podcast until January.

It also looks like I’ll need to break the project management discussion into two podcasts. It appears there is additional functionality in Ver 8. So I’ll need to address that as a second podcast.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Podcast 10 Is Now Available

The tenth of our podcast series is now up and available. The audio portion can be found here as Podcast #10. The student maps, a syllabus, and other materials have been stored here as Supplemental Material .

The series assumes you have access to a computer that has Version 7 or Version 8 of Mind Manager installed, either the product or the trial version.

In this tenth episode we look at Presentation Mode.

Presentation Mode lets you use the map itself as your presentation vehicle. We also look at Exporting the map into a Microsoft Power Point deck.

I am interested in your opinions. I am also interested in what future topics would be of interest. We are nearing the end of the series, give or take an episode. Write a comment to this blog post or drop us a note at Podcast =(at)= piqueroinc.com .

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Podcast #9 Is Now Available

The ninth of our podcast series is now up and available. The audio portion can be found here as Podcast #9. The student maps, a syllabus, and other materials have been stored here as Supplemental Material .

The series assumes you have access to a computer that has Version 7 or Version 8 of Mind Manager installed, either the product or the trial version.

In this ninth episode we look at structured Brainstorming.

We use maps for creativity techiques, such as Fishbone Diagram, SWOT Analysis, and a Morphological Box as examples.

I am interested in your opinions. I am also interested in what future topics would be of interest. We are at the half-way point of the series, give or take an episode. Write a comment to this blog post or drop us a note at Podcast =(at)= piqueroinc.com .

Monday, November 23, 2009

On Track, Sort Of

In the back of my mind I was aiming at having Brainstorming done by Thanksgiving. Not that it's a Turkey Episode or anything. Just a convenient target.

Podcast 9 is written and partially recorded. Should have the Podcast and post production done by Thursday.

I always do the student maps and then the script. Had some difficulty deciding if I wanted 3 or 4 examples. I went with 3. The episode should time out to 20-21 minutes.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Podcast #8 Is Now Available

The eighth of our podcast series is now up and available. The audio portion can be found here as Podcast #8. The student maps, a syllabus, and other materials have been stored here as Supplemental Material .

The series assumes you have access to a computer that has Version 7 or Version 8 of Mind Manager installed, either the product or the trial version.

In this eighth episode we start the discussion about Brainstorming.

We use the built in Brainstorming Mode function to show how a typical free form Brainstorming Session would be captured usuing Mind Manager. And, we talk about adding relationships between topics.

I am interested in your opinions. I am also interested in what future topics would be of interest. We are at the half-way point of the series, give or take an episode. Write a comment to this blog post or drop us a note at Podcast =(at)= piqueroinc.com .

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Progress On Next Episode

Got Podcast #8 written and the student maps built.

Only started recording tonight. I’ll probably finish on Thursday. Web work still needed but should have it up sometime on Friday.

The topic of the podcast is Brainstorming. It’s a topic I enjoy talking about. The trick will be to keep the podcasts short. At the moment I’m only thinking two episodes needed. We will see.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Podcast 7 Is Now Available

The seventh of our podcast series is now up and available. The audio portion can be found here as Podcast #7. The student maps, a syllabus, and other materials have been stored here as Supplemental Material .

The series assumes you have access to a computer that has Version 7 or Version 8 of Mind Manager installed, either the product or the trial version.

In this seventh episode we wrap up the meeting minutes discussion and example.

Icon Markers, Text Markers, and using the Filter capability are discussed.

I am interested in your opinions. I am also interested in what future topics would be of interest. We are at the half-way point of the series, give or take an episode. Write a comment to this blog post or drop us a note at Podcast =(at)= piqueroinc.com .