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At MeisterLabs, we like to keep a close eye on what people are saying about us on social media. In it, Daniel Whitt, Coordinator of Instructional Technology at Madison City Schools, shared one of the most inspirational videos we’ve seen in a very long time.
Read article "MindMeister Empowers Learners in a 5th Grade Gifted Classroom"
We recently talked to Martim Schnack, tech-lead at Rare Carat, to find out how the startup manages to efficiently collaborate on projects, making sure that all project-related information is stored at a centralized place that’s easily accessible for their globally distributed team […]
Read article "How to Organize Knowledge and Projects Using MindMeister and Confluence"
Consultants, trainers and other service providers know how important it is to bring their team and their clients onto the same page. Making sure that the client’s vision and expectations are captured, and that clients understand the project’s goals, objectives, issues and action […]
Read article "Using MindMeister and Confluence for Collaborative Project Management with Clients"
Web design has changed a lot over the past decade, and so has our web app, MindMeister, which was launched in February 2007 as one of the first software-as-a-service tools. Now, 10 years later, MindMeister has more than 6 million users worldwide […]
Oh boy, do we have a treat for you today! Remember when we said we’d release some beautiful new mind map themes for MindMeister? No? Well, we did say it, and today we’re making good on our promise. MindMeister’s new mind map […]
Read article "Introducing MindMeister’s Beautiful New Mind Map Themes!"
We almost can’t believe that it’s been 10 whole years since MindMeister first launched as a private beta. What started with two geeks hacking away on their sofa has turned into an international company with almost 30 full-time employees working in Munich, Vienna […]
If there’s one thing most people in today’s business world can agree on, it’s that achieving inbox zero every day is almost impossible. Unfortunately for most of us, the good old CMD+A and DELETE isn’t an option, because some of those emails […]
Read article "Introducing the All-new and Optimized Outlook Add-in for MeisterTask"
Beautiful, fast, intuitive: MeisterTask’s brand-new native Android app just hit the Google Play Store. The mobile app is the perfect companion to MeisterTask’s web app, enabling you to efficiently manage tasks from anywhere even when you’re offline! MeisterTask for Android is free – get it now! Read article “MeisterTask’s Beautiful Native Android App Is Here!”
Zapier is a platform that enables you to connect more than 750 business apps across 50-plus categories, and create automated workflows between them. Since March of this year MeisterTask is one of these apps and in the 9 months since the launch of our integration, a huge number of people have used it to create their own, personalized automations and make their lives a little easier. Read article “MeisterTask Listed as One of the Fastest Growing Web Apps by Zapier!”
Updated: 26 January 2017
Today we’re thrilled to introduce a completely new area for MeisterTask Pro teams: Statistics and Reports is where you can get insights into how productive your team is, which tasks are taking the longest, how much time employees are spending on tasks, and a lot more. This update also includes the simple but elegant first version of MeisterTask’s calendar view, which so many of you have been waiting for! Read article “Introducing Statistics and Reports for MeisterTask”
In case you missed it, Zapier is a platform that lets you connect your favorite web apps to create automated workflows between them without any programming skills. It’s a great way to connect MeisterTask with calendars, time tracking tools, productivity apps, and even social media networks. Read article “A New Trigger for MeisterTask on Zapier”
Update 25th January 2018: We’re proud to announce that MeisterTask is now available as tab in Microsoft Teams! Head on over to our launch announcement to find out more about how to install the tab and get productive with your team! In […]
Read article "Upcoming: Streamline Team Communication with MeisterTask and Microsoft Teams"
Exporting your mind maps to PDF is a great way to transfer all of their content, including notes and links, into a format that is compact and can be opened and read by virtually anyone. Our popular mind map PDF export just got an overhaul which we think you will really enjoy. Here’s an overview of what’s new: Read article “New & Improved: Exporting Mind Maps to PDF”
Toggl is a widely used time tracking tool that offers apps for all major operating systems, an intuitive, one-click time tracker, and detailed reports of your billable hours and team progress. Thanks to a recent update to its Chrome extension (called Toggl Button), Toggl now seamlessly integrates with MeisterTask’s web app, allowing you to track time in Toggl without ever leaving your task manager. Read article “Time Tracking and Pomodoro in MeisterTask Using the Toggl Button”
Setting a specific due time for your tasks is a great way to indicate when tasks are – yep, you guessed it – due. Seriously, we don’t think we need to explain to you what this feature does. Many of you have asked for it, specifically those who also create tasks for meetings, appointments, and such delicate things as press releases and scheduled product maintenances. Read article “Introducing Due Times for MeisterTask!”
MeisterTask’s popular iOS app just got even better: We’ve added an additional language, a new widget, and a couple of handy features from the web app to ensure you can efficiently manage all your tasks with just one thumb (…or index finger, if you’re on iPad) 😉 Read article “MeisterTask 2.3 for iOS Is Out!”
Customizing the theme of your mind map is simple, fun, and doesn’t take a lot of time. Using the Customize Map Theme dialog you can easily change the colors and shapes used for topics and lines, ensuring that your map is unique, memorable and beautiful. Read article “New: Import Mind Map Themes from Other Maps”
The new Zapier Chrome Extension (called “Push“) is a button that lives in your Chrome bar and lets you create new MeisterTask tasks from anywhere on the web. There’s no need to open the MeisterTask app itself—as soon as you’ve entered the name of your task in Push and clicked send, it will instantly be added to the project and section of your choice. Read article “New: Create Tasks with Zapier’s Chrome Extension “Push””
Whether you’re planning a wedding, a press conference or a corporate event, maintaining a good overview of all your resources, tasks, deadlines and stakeholders is key. A mind map is a fantastic format for event planning as it enables you to collect all information related to the event in a centralized place, invite your co-organizers to collaborate with you, and go efficiently from brainstorming to execution. Read article “Event Planning with Mind Maps (Tutorial + Example)”
Our recent update to the MindMeister editor has made sharing mind maps with your social media networks even easier. The new quick share options include share buttons for Facebook, Google+, Biggerplate, and of course Twitter. Read article “Sharing Mind Maps on Twitter Just Got Awesome”
Before coming to MeisterLabs I worked as an assistant for a publishing house that – due to its stressful working environment – had extremely high employee turnover rates. When I first got there, my predecessor had already left. With her she had taken all the knowledge she had acquired over the 3 years that she’d been there, from the names of important press contacts to the print specifications of the books the company was publishing. I spent around 90% of my first six months there trying to reconstruct workflows, gather information and rebuild connections – an incredible waste of time and resources. Read article “Building Knowledge Maps With MindMeister and G Suite”
The dog days are finally over here in Vienna and our team has started the fall season with a bunch of cool updates for MeisterTask’s web app and iOS app. September brings improvements to our search functionality, the Slack integration as well as our project sections. Read article “September Update: Quick Switcher, Slack Buttons, iOS Version 2.2 and More!”
It’s been more than 2.5 year since our last major redesign – practically aeons in internet time. However, there’s no reason to fix what isn’t broken, so our latest update doesn’t bring any huge changes or new features but simply adjusts, improves and smooths out what was already there. Welcome to the new MindMeister experience, we hope you enjoy it! Read article “The New MindMeister Experience”
MindMeister’s Wunder features enable you to automatically add related links (WunderLink), notes (WunderNote), images (WunderBild), or even child topics (WunderKind™) to the topics in your mind maps. Read article “MindMeister’s Miraculous Wunder Features”
Brainstorming — the term is common both in professional and educational contexts, and you’ve probably heard it countless times in your life. You probably also have a pretty good notion of what it’s all about — generating ideas, making decisions, and coming up with creative […]
Read article "Online Brainstorming with Mind Maps (Tutorial)"
To add new information to our long-term memory, we need to process it, comprehend it, connect it with our existing mental frameworks, and review it multiple times. The ability to take effective notes forms the basis for this process and is, therefore, an invaluable skill both […]
In this article we’ll show you how to use mind maps for essay writing. Mind maps can not only make this often dreadful task a whole lot easier, but also save you a huge amount of time. If you want to learn how this simple yet effective technique works, just follow the steps as outlined below. Read article “Mind Maps for Essay Writing (Guide + Examples)”
If you’re looking for a way to create more engaging and effective classroom presentations and maybe save some time while doing so, this article is for you. In this quick guide we’ll show you how to use MindMeister as a powerful alternative to classic and often convoluted options such […]
Read article "Effective Classroom Presentations with Mind Maps"
Here at MindMeister we’re perpetually looking for ways of utilizing mind mapping to enhance collaboration. Nearly two years ago we added a new collaboration feature to MindMeister which allows users to add comments to topics on a shared mind map, and vote topics […]
Read article "Gain Deeper Insights with MindMeister and QuestionPro"
Running your own business is, most of the time, pretty damned hard work and consequently, time consuming. And I’m not just talking here about managing daily administrative tasks and keeping track of your employees’ work schedule, or monitoring your expenses and handling customer complaints. I’m talking about all those “little things” that you must perform day in and day out, and that can take hours out of your working timetable. Read article “12 Things You’re Doing Every Day that Can Be Automated”
