Tips & Tricks for Professionals

Use these helpful Tips and Tricks to focus your projects and jumpstart your work. These guides show you how to apply visual thinking and outlining to your planning, organizing, learning and writing.

Brainstorm with an Idea Map

Most projects and plans start with brainstorming. Idea Maps are the perfect tool to spark and capture ideas that may not be obvious at first. 

Understand Complex Information with a Concept Map

Using the power of visual thinking and learning, concept maps help us organize, represent and better understand complex concepts and information. 

Collaborate on Team Ground Rules

Ground rules are an effective tool to build teamwork by establishing expectations and helping to communicate the agreed upon rules for how the team works together. 

Record and Store Meeting Minutes on the Web

Your meetings will be more productive and efficient if you record decisions and action items for review and reference. 

Run a Virtual Book Club

Book club discussions increase our competency, cultural awareness and sensitivity by providing an open, non-threatening forum for discussion.