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Mind Maps and Infographics Convey Information Visually: Social Media Lesson #5

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Mind map of the mind map guidlines.

Mind map of the mind map guidlines. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Mind maps can be used to convey information visually.  A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea.They can generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid to studying and organizing information, solving problems, making decisions, and writing.

In my “Wonderful World of Strategic Management” Post, I inserted links to some of my mindmaps.

Check out my “MindMap” Pinterest board for examples of Mindmaps. Use a Mindmap to understand how informations flow. It can be used for brainstorming and summarizing information.

Mind-map showing a wide range of nonhierarchic...

Mind-map showing a wide range of nonhierarchical relationships (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The elements of a given mind map are arranged intuitively according to the importance of the concepts. They are classified into groupings, branches, or areas; that are similar to an organization chart. The ultimate goal is to represent connections between ideas or information. Mind maps may enhance your ability to remember important concepts like the mind map that I distributed related to the elements of the ”External Environment.” My mind maps have been uploaded into the www.xmind.net site and will help build my digital reputation. Be sure to upload your mind maps after your create an account on this website.

Here’s are 2 interesting video tutorials from XMIND site that you should watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YyJNCZLZ4A

http://xmindusers.ning.com/video.

1. Go to www.xmind.net to see the mind map that I created to analyze the relationship between different types of “Social Media Assets” :

  • Social Networking includes Internet sites Facebook, MySpace, Pinterest and LinkedIn.
  • Social Content sites include YouTube, Wikipedia and FlickR.
  • Social Recommendation sites include StumbleUpon and Digg. This allows users to recommend Internet content to others and vote on the content.
  • Social Bookmarking sites like Delicious, Digg, Reddit, Technorati, and Google Bookmarks provide users with opportunities to share their bookmarks.

2. Go to the website www.xmind.net and install the Mind Mapping software on your computer. This will allow you to create a mind map.

I have copied some of the code from my WordPress Mind Map here:

<iframe id=’xmindshare_embedviewer’ src=’http://www.xmind.net/share/

3. The site will generate code for your Mind Map. Insert this code into your site to share your mind map with your audience. If you save your Mind Map in Picassa you can modify the boundaries of the image and insert it into your blog post.

4. Create a mind map of your industry’s External Environment using the IBIS database assignment. You can insert the maps into your blog posts. Creating a Mind Map of the industry “External Environment” and describe the important variables.This activity should generate some traffic for you.

This worksheet will help you visually organize information about the external environment:

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/worksheets/PESTAnalysisWorksheet.pdf

5. Here are a list of other templates that you will use during the semester for blog posts. Then you can incorporate your finished posts into your book.

*Here’s an interesting link for generating your TOWS Matrix for your project.

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/worksheets/TOWSAnalysisWorksheet.pdf

 

Generate a Porter’s Model Worksheet:

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/worksheets/PortersFiveForcesWorksheet.pdf

Generate a Boston Consulting Group Matrix

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/worksheets/BostonMatrixWorksheet.pdf

6. If you want to sell an Android app an the Google Store, you can create one at www.andromo.com. The number of Adroid Mind Mapping Apps is growing exponentially.

7. Some of the other Mind Mapping tools that you can use include:

MindGenius, iMindMap and Mindjet.

 

 

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Widgets and Plug-ins Drive Traffic to Your Site and Enhance your Social Media Reputation and Prominence: Lesson #6

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A widget provides a visual interaction point for manipulation of data. Adding widgets to your site will drive traffic to your site and enhance your Social Media efforts and Digital Reputation. “Sharing” widgets that I have added to my posts include: Twitter, Digg, Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn and StumbleUpon. This activity allows readers to share my posts with their digital network. This is a great way to engage learners, promote a business and enhance your digital reputation.

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Here are some widgets. You can find the code for specific widgets by doing a Goole Search: For example type in “Follow Friday Widget”

Here’s a FollowFriday widget:

http://www.followfriday.com/widgets/vino_con_vista/4

Here’s a Twitter Badge:

Twitter Badge A Twitter Badge will help you get more followers.

Add these features to the side bar of your blog’s main column. This content will allow your readers to get your latest Twitter updates or your RSS Feed from other websites. I like to send followers to my Pinterest Boards.

Groupon uses widgets to help merchants design customized online offers. Payscale provides a library of widgets that help website builders add salary calculators and cost of living indexes.

Follow these directions from WordPress to enhance your WordPress site with widgets:

1. To activate a widget, go to Appearance > Widgets in your dashboard. Drag the desired widget over to the Sidebar module on the right. Be sure to hit save and close when you’re done editing a widget’s settings.

2. First, write a title for the post in the space at the top. Think of your post title as a headline for a news article — the more detailed and captivating it is, the more readers it’s going to attract. Since this is just a test post, keep it short and sweet.

3. Add Facebook send and like buttons so people can easily share your content to their Facebook page

4. Optimize your business-related “LinkedIn” Contacts by adding the LinkedIn button to your WordPress sidebar.

5. Here are some of the extra widgets that you can drop and drag into your dashboard and add to your posts:

• Delicious

• Sphinn

• Reddit

• Digg

• Stumbleupon

• FriendFeed

Add the Zemanta Plug-in to your site for pictures and related articles. Go to Plug-ins in your dashboard.

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