“For creativity you need your mind to wander, but you also need to be able to notice that you’re mind wandering and catch the idea when you have it.”   

                        Dr. Jonathan Schooler,
                        Discovering the Virtues of a Wandering Mind,
                        New York Times, June 28, 2010.
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So often we have the most amazing ideas but sometimes our plans are only half realized.  If we don’t capture key ingredients before they are forgotten or overlooked, our projects won’t reach their full potential.

With PersonalBrain you can leverage the power of visual thinking to make your goals a reality. Here are seven essential steps to making your creative vision a reality. Be sure to download the template Brain and watch the recorded webinar at the end of this blog entry.

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Whether you are juggling multiple projects, managing your department or starting a new business you need to understand key projects and market factors instantly.

PersonalBrain helps you concretize business relationships and see otherwise invisible factors that will affect your company’s success.

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We’re all connected to a vast sea of information, so very, very, connected to: twitter, email, news and social networking web sites, blogs, online trading systems, discussion boards, corporate portals…

With all this information at our fingertips it begs the question:
are we getting smarter with all this data or just bogged down?

Here are a few strategies to master information overload so you can actually use what you have.

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There is no limit to the number of Thoughts and connections you can make in a single Brain.

This unique ability of PersonalBrain makes it ideal for visualizing and organizing large information networks as well as moving beyond standard mind mapping applications

Many users take advantage of PersonalBrain’s scalability and create an all compassing Brain for everything. While others opt for smaller, separate Brains. In this article I will explore each approach to creating a Brain and provide some guidelines for what might be best for you. 

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      Version 5.5 contains over 150 new features and improvements.

Key Features Include:

• Easier, more powerful reports
• Massive keyboard commands: virtually every single feature can be assigned a command
• Instant screen capture for Thought icons
• More powerful Thought views with additional options
• Instant spell checking for Thoughts
• And much more!

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Enjoy using your PersonalBrain!
Matt

Using PersonalBrain for Project Management

Driving your ideas to completion can be a challenge especially when you are dealing with multiple data sources, complex and sometimes ill-defined requirements in addition to many stake holders. However, creating a complete context for all your project goals and information makes it easy to manage everything and bring projects to a successful completion.

With PersonalBrain’s visual interface you can create an all encompassing view of your project to see even the most complex relationships more intuitively. Your project brain will help you take control of your information and execute more effectively. PersonalBrain and BrainEKP can be used from the initial stages of a project all the way throught to completion. Here’s how:

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One of the most powerful features that PersonalBrain offers is Instant Activate. Just type in the first couple letters and up pops the Thoughts you need. Then simply click on that Thought and you’re exactly where you need to be in seconds.  The power of this feature should not be underestimated. It gives you the ability to get to any Thought and its related content in seconds. This is especially critical for users juggling multiple projects or tasks. Anyone who needs to shift contexts, respond and bring up information quickly will love this feature.

Instant Activate

Just type in the first couple letters of what you need and a list of your Thoughts appear.
Click on the Thought and get your information instantly.

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From Descartes to James Burke: Breaking Things Down and Building Connections in your Brain.

In last month’s big thinker Web event, we were all blown away by the depth and vastness of James Burke’s Brain. But beyond connecting generations of Western innovation and history, his view of knowledge and philosophy for learning represents a move from Cartesian reductionism predominant in Western developed nations to what James Burke calls a “Connections” approach. This approach is also key to TheBrain’s philosophy of knowledge management and mind mapping.

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