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Topic: Strategy

Does Anyone Have Software For Organizing Ideas?

Posted by Anonymous on 4/29/2008 at 2:52 PM ET 125 Points
I have dozens of ideas a day, but I rarely have the time or budget to act on them immediately. However, some days (like today) I have two hours with nothing scheduled, my tasks for the day are done and I wanted to do some planning and brainstorming.

I have an "Idea" folder in Outlook where I save links and emails, but sending myself an email whenever I come up with an idea isn't always practical. Does anyone have a system they use or software they've discovered that helps people organize their crazy schemes?
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  • Posted on 4/29/2008 at 3:35 PM Author
    Thanks Mike and Denise. I'll check out those links. I tend to use delicious for clipping from websites, but maybe I'll try google notebook for some variety. I switched from IE to Firefox two years ago for variety and I've never gone back.

    Has anyone seen systems that organize by tag clouds like delicious? I'm such a text person.
  • Posted on 4/29/2008 at 4:05 PM Accepted
    Try Mindjet Mindmanager Pro (https://www.mindjet.com/uk/)

    Most fantastic tool for brainstorming!

    You can also copy the maps into PowerPoint if you would like to use them in a presentation later.

    Love it!
  • Posted on 4/29/2008 at 4:26 PM Member
    I just learned about this site (I have yet to use it so I can not say how it works)

    www.jott.com

    you can call a number and dictate a thought or idea and they will email it to you
  • Posted by Jay Hamilton-Roth on 4/30/2008 at 8:14 AM Member
    Take a look at this list of Mind Mapping Software - a great way to organize your brainstorming:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mind_mapping_software
  • Posted on 4/30/2008 at 8:51 AM Author
    Thanks for all the responses. I'm going to go with MindManager. I did the tutorial this morning and it's exactly what I was looking for. I also love that it integrates with Office.

    Appreciate all the help!
    Alison
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