Mind Mapping Tools Compared

We all have meetings. Sometimes more than you ever could need or desire, right? And I've certainly been guilty of taking sloppy handwritten notes on the back of a scrap piece of paper then misplacing it in the paper-eating-abyss I call my desk. Sometimes scrap paper is where some of the best ideas and brainstorms are captured. Then lost.

Well, with myriad mind mapping tools popping up, there's no reason for your organization's great ideas to be misplaced on scrap paper any longer. The fine folks at the Wild Apricot Blog have got a great rundown and comparison of free, paid, Web-based, and desktop-based mind mapping tools to help your organization collaborate more creatively, capture ideas more effectively, and get ideas turned to programs more efficiently.

First though, here's their helpful list of potential uses for mind mapping tools to catch everyone up, since these tools are old hat to some and brand new to others:

Use the mind mapping technique for taking notes, brainstorming, whiteboarding at meetings, planning your writing, organizing information and managing projects, to create flowcharts, as a visual learning tool, or to explore complex ideas and present those ideas to others.

Check out their comparisons of 12 different mind mapping tools and if you want to learn more in general about what they are and ways that these tools might help your organization, check out Mind-Mapping.org.

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