The GTD® Virtual Study Group 015: Mindmapping and GTD
Oct 1, 2008
Reed Schell, a Senior IT leader and MindManager power-user, walks through his mind-mapping workflow. He demos linking maps with Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. He shows templates, RSS/reference dashboards, tablet ink capture, and a daily "top six" planning system. He also covers exporting, syncing strategies, and when mind maps beat spreadsheets.
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Turn Mind Maps Into Calendared Big Rocks
- Use a mind map as a weekly planning dashboard to capture priorities and then push key items to your calendar.
- Reed maps life areas (physical, family, projects) in Mindjet and sends big rocks as Outlook appointments to reserve time.
Mind Maps Work Best As A Central Index
- Mind maps serve both as a visual summary and as an index to deep content, replacing scattered documents with two- to three-click access.
- Reed links maps to Word, Excel, RSS feeds and PMBOK content so maps act as a centralized navigable hub.
Bulk Link Folders Into Maps
- Bulk-import folders into Mindjet to create linked maps of many files at once.
- Reed uses Mindjet's 'map part' tool to point at a hard-drive folder and auto-create links for every file in that folder.
