We’re thrilled to announce three fantastic updates for MindMeister’s popular integration with Microsoft Teams! These latest improvements ensure that you and your team members are always up to date about what happens in your maps. In case you missed it, MindMeister has […]
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We’ve all been there. You turn up to a meeting and the table is full, but an eerie silence ensues. Everyone’s waiting for someone else to kick things off. Without a clear facilitator to go through the necessary meeting management steps, meetings like […]
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Teams choose to use MeisterTask for a variety of reasons. Perhaps tasks are being forgotten, work is being duplicated, or deadlines are being missed. Whatever the challenge, the chances are your team will be aware of it too. However, your team will […]
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Project planning is a diverse and many-faceted discipline that requires an equally diverse set of tools. In this article, we’ll break down the project planning process into its 7 main activities — from brainstorming to knowledge management — and look at the […]
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To manage digital projects efficiently, UK-based marketing agency Jask Creative recently introduced MeisterTask in their Digital Marketing team. Here’s how their workflow has changed since: A Little Background Since its inception, Digital Marketing has evolved into an integrated discipline of the marketing […]
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Microsoft Teams is a chat-based workspace that’s part of Office 365. Created with the needs of modern teams in mind, the tool enables both team and private chats, lets you schedule meetings and work on documents, all right inside the app. And […]
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When you’re managing a team across different projects, departments and maybe even locations, there’s a lot of room to miss out on something important. Whether it’s a looming deadline or a forgotten email, things can slip through the cracks. We spoke with five tech teams about how they’re using Zapier with MeisterTask to ensure all team tasks get seen through efficiently.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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With companies located across time zones, and sometimes even entirely remotely, teams across the world are drawing on collaborative project management tools. Teams need tools which will enable them to effectively project plan and task manage, regardless of whether they’re located in the […]
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Are you managing your team in a way that enables them to work well together and feel valued? Busy working environments can leave little time for leaders to check in with team members. Yet it’s vital to create a space where your […]
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 […]
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School team management can be a difficult job. Especially when your team members span multiple projects, various departments and sometimes even different locations. School Team Management Techniques for Effective Teamwork Having systems and processes in place that are quick, simple and reliable will […]
Growth – if you’re working in tech, you would have at least heard of the term, but understanding why, when and how to implement a successful growth hack is a whole different kettle of fish. Interview with Michael Kranner, MeisterLabs’ Growth Marketer […]
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”
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 […]
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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 […]
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We all know that arriving back at your desk to a long list of to-dos can be a daunting task. Luckily there are a number of apps which can help. Here are our top 5 tools to help break up large tasks […]
How to keep students engaged and productive within group activities is a never ending challenge for even the best teacher. Ok, it looks like we stated the obvious, but what is the solution? Group mind mapping. Mind what? Mind mapping. Read article “The Teacher’s How-To Guide to Group Mind Mapping”
Dialectics is an important consequence in our human brain’s evolution. You must have noticed that our ideas and decisions are never the result of one single thought. We tend to think various lines of thought simultaneously, with each line again branching out, often clashing with a few others before, eventually, […]
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One of the greatest things about MindMeister is its collaboration engine, which lets you brainstorm with others in real-time. You can quickly invite your whole team to a mind map, explain the goal of the exercise, and watch while everyone adds their […]
This article was updated on October 8, 2021. Most teachers are already familiar with mind mapping and similar brainstorming techniques and know about their use in facilitating creativity and the free flow of ideas. However, in contrast to regular paper mind maps, […]
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Who doesn’t know the feeling: You need to come up with a great idea, solve a finicky problem or create an inspired design, but your creativity seems to have gone on vacation — without you. Everyone faces this problem at some point, […]
MindMeister 6.1 for iOS just hit the iTunes store and we think there’s a ton of new stuff that will make you want to download it right away! Below you’ll find an overview of the most important new features of MindMeister 6.1, […]
Structuring and sharing knowledge is highly important in research and innovation processes. For example, mind mapping is a great way to organize your thoughts, to brainstorm and / or share your results with colleagues. Mind maps are defined as “a diagrammatic method of representing […]
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One question we get asked a lot by new or potential users is: “How do I integrate MindMeister into my current workflow?” Many people are open to new techniques and tools in the attempt to increase their productivity, but a lot of them […]
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This article was updated on October 8, 2021. We’re delighted to be announcing the release of a new feature in MindMeister today: MindMeister Groups. This feature has been specially requested by our users who are working in organizations, particularly teachers and project managers. […]
This blog post has been created by Jennifer Carey. Jennifer is a student and teacher, as well as a self-confessed long time lover of technology and of all its possibilities in the classroom. Reposted from: Voices of the Learning Revolution and IndianJen.com Mind […]
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Online collaboration has become very popular in both education and business. We now have the ability to easily and freely share all file types using different cloud-based platforms. People working collectively on a project or assignment no longer need to be in the same room or even in the same country for that matter. Read article “Online Collaboration in the Classroom with Mind Maps”
MindMeister users, today we have some very exciting news for you! As a Google Drive launch partner, MindMeister has integrated with Drive, Google’s newly released cloud storage and collaboration service. This will change the way users create, store and share mind mapping […]
