8 Responses

1. The Brain

   This one is quite good and free download

    

   http://www.thebrain.com/support/tutorials/pb6tour

    

    

2. Freeplane

   Try http://www.freeplane.org for free mindmapping software

3. Mindjet Mindmapping

   For mindmapping i dont use anything else, infact i use this for most strategy planning

   Mindjet Mindmapping

   Ben

4. FreeMind

   Again, no help with the PPT thing, but I can recommend FreeMind, it’s an extremely popular mind mapping tool (and it’s free): http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

   If you really want to use PPT to present info in a non-linear fashion then check out pptPlex, a free add-in for PPT from Microsoft Office Labs: http://www.officelabs.com/projects/pptPlex/Pages/default.aspx

    

5. Prezi

   Also no help with Mind Mapping but Prezi is a good way of presenting information…although it does make you a bit queezy if you look at the zooming for too long!

   http://prezi.com/nq67ujpgsr68/biogasol/

    

6. Thank you to everybody who has contributed

   Wow… there’s a lot to take in.  I’ll spend some time looking at the recommendations you have all kindly made and will post once I’ve selected something.

    

   Many thanks for your contributions.

7. Xmind

   Hi Ian

   I’ve used the free mindmapping tool:  Xmind

   http://xmind.en.softonic.com/

   Best wishes

   Louise

8. I’ve got the buzz for Buzan

   HI everybody

    

   Thank you so much for the feedback, ideas and suggestions.  I have sourced amazing mindmapping software from Tony Buzan.  http://www.thinkbuzan.com/uk/ 

    

   They have an incredible mindmapping software programme which I’m so amazed with and can see so many uses in addition to those I started with that I’ve prized the lid off my company moneybox and purchased the full version.

    

   The free system is great, but (as one would expect) the functionality for the paid for product is amazing… linkage with gantt charts, project planning, the 3d abilities, running presentations using it…. hopefully you can feel my enthusiasm with the words as you read them.

    

   Thanks for the contributions of the PM’s also received.