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Compendium from OpenLearn: FREE Mindmapping Software

December 7, 2006 by Liz Leave a Comment

What’s on Your Mind Now?

Mindmapping, visually presenting the association of concepts and ideas, is a great way to get those racing thoughts from your head out where you can see them, organize them, and begin to work with them. It’s easy enough to do with a pencil and paper, but pencils and paper can be limiting. They require that you have an eraser and paper strong enough to stand up to changes you might make.

Mindmaps also have more formal uses. They make great visuals for explaining concepts. Within the structure of a single mindmap, such as this one (click to enlarge) —

Compendium Concept Map Tutorial

— you can lay out a complex concept for a business presentation.

Until now, the problem has been that to use mindmapping in that fashion required expensive software.

Thanks to OpenLearn that’s changed! Turn the page to learn about Compendium — It’s FREE!
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