12 Things You’re Doing Every Day that Can Be Automated

12 Things You're Doing Every Day that Can Be Automated

Running your own business is, most of the time, pretty damned hard work and consequently, time consuming. And I’m not just talking here about managing daily administrative tasks and keeping track of your employees’ work schedule, or monitoring your expenses and handling customer complaints. I’m talking about all those “little things” that you must perform day in and day out, and that can take hours out of your working timetable. Read article “12 Things You’re Doing Every Day that Can Be Automated”

Create Amazing Workflows with MeisterTask Using IFTTT!

MeisterTask and IFTTT

We’re very proud to announce that MeisterTask now has its own channel on IFTTT, the popular web service that helps you be more productive by automating workflows for you! IFTTT, which stands for ‘If this then that‘, offers more than 300 channels all in all—you’ll find anything from popular apps like Slack and Evernote to WiFi-enabled refrigerators and even health trackers for your dog! Read article “Create Amazing Workflows with MeisterTask Using IFTTT!”

Setting Up a JWT Enabled Connect Add-On Using Ruby on Rails

Setting Up a JWT Enabled Connect Add-On Using Ruby on Rails

In March we had the great opportunity to get acquainted with the newest technologies and frameworks provided by Atlassian for their add-on developers. As a new vendor, MeisterLabs was invited to Amsterdam for Connect Week in order to get started with our first add-ons and to help shape Atlassian’s EAP features for their Connect frameworks. It only took us one more month to release our first add-on, with the next ones soon to follow. Read article “Setting Up a JWT Enabled Connect Add-On Using Ruby on Rails”

Improve Customer Service with MeisterTask and Zendesk

Improve Customer Service with MeisterTask and Zendesk

Good customer service is a vital part of almost any company’s long-term success. The experience a person has when contacting the support team can mean the difference between a happy, returning customer and a disgruntled ex-user, who may even cause lasting damage to the business by sharing their bad experience with friends and followers. Read article “Improve Customer Service with MeisterTask and Zendesk”

From Collecting Dots to Connecting Dots: Using Mind Maps to Improve Memory and Learning

From Collecting Dots to Connecting Dots: Using Mind Maps to Improve Memory and Learning

Mind maps can improve memory and learning by helping students transition from collecting dots to connecting dots. This post—which was adapted from a talk given by Toni Krasnic at Biggerplate Unplugged 2016—examines the importance of learning how to learn. It provides a short overview of principles of memory and learning and effective learning techniques, and demonstrates how students can use mind maps to become more effective learners. Read article “From Collecting Dots to Connecting Dots: Using Mind Maps to Improve Memory and Learning”

Introducing MindMeister Mind Maps for Confluence

MindMeister for Confluence

At MeisterLabs we use mind maps for a hundred different things, from taking meeting minutes to project planning to voting on which board games we should buy for our monthly game nights. As power mappers we also know how quickly great ideas can be forgotten if they’re buried in an unused map somewhere deep down in our folder structure. Read article “Introducing MindMeister Mind Maps for Confluence”