Note Taking
With Mind Maps
Take more effective notes at work, in school and everywhere else - with MindMeister’s intuitive mind map editor!
Used by Businesses Everywhere
Businesses around the world use online mind mapping to take more efficient meeting minutes, brainstorm ideas and make notes throughout their work day. Here are a few of their amazing stories:
ChatWork
Software Developer
ChatWork uses MindMeister to dramatically decrease meeting time and create in-house documents such as proposals and reports.
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Pixum
Online Photo Service
Pixum has managed to increase meeting efficiency by 30% using MindMeister and Google Workspace for Work.
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Dewaele
Estate Agency
The Dewaele Group uses MindMeister and Google Workspace for Work to improve their meeting and project management.
Read full storyWhy Take Notes in a Mind Map?
Mind maps help you take more meaningful and efficient notes than traditional note taking formats. Instead of mindlessly transcribing what you hear, mind maps help you extract the essence of the information and note it down in the form of keywords and short phrases. Using colors, images and a graphical structure, the mind map conveys hierarchies and connections between individual notes at a glance.
Take fewer, more meaningful notes
Visualize connections and hierarchies
Capture thoughts in real-time
See the bigger picture at a glance
Revise notes faster
Memorize information long-term
MindMeister: Free Online Note-Taking Software
When it comes to note-taking software, you need a tool that’s fast, flexible and intuitive. MindMeister’s award-winning online mind map editor lets you capture thoughts quickly, restructure them as needed, and then turn them into presentations, Word documents and more:
Intuitive Note Taking
Click anywhere on the canvas to create a new topic; quickly group and restructure notes via drag & drop; paste links and images directly into the canvas, and more!
Real-time Collaboration
Share mind maps with colleagues to take meeting minutes and brainstorm together in real-time. You can also comment and vote on ideas to provide feedback.
Import & Export
Import text from other sources to turn it into a mind map; export maps as text outlines with indents, or export directly to Microsoft Word, PDF and other formats.
Media Attachments
Enrich your notes and meeting minutes with icons, links, images and videos, or upload whole files to ensure that all relevant information is stored in a central space.
Engaging Presentations
Turn your notes into engaging slideshows using MindMeister’s built-in presentation mode. Broadcast presentations online or export them to PPTx.
Task Management
Turn notes into fully featured tasks with deadlines, assignees and priorities, or export them directly to MeisterTask where you can manage them in visual Kanban boards.
Using Mind Maps for Note Taking
Taking efficient notes is an invaluable skill in both business and educational settings, and with MindMeister’s versatile map editor you’re well equipped to take notes in class, in a meeting room or even on the go.
Meeting Minutes
Outline your meeting agenda in a mind map, share it with your team members, and take meeting minutes together in real-time. Whether you’re sitting in the same room or are thousands of miles apart, the mind map helps you visualize what’s important and discuss issues efficiently.
We could also use Google Documents for our meetings, but using mind maps is more visually attractive and easier to understand, as agendas, decisions, opinions, everything is connected in one map.
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Note Taking in Education
Millions of students already use mind maps to take more effective notes in class and during lectures. Mind maps visualize how individual pieces of information are connected, helping students comprehend and memorize even complex topics more easily.
Brainstorming
Mind mapping is the most widely used format for creative brainstorming sessions because it helps spark new ideas by association. With its fast and intuitive map editor, MindMeister supports a virtually frictionless thought transcription, making it one of the best brainstorming tools on the market.
Note Making
Mind maps are a great format to make notes while reading a book or watching an educational video. Summarizing the content’s key ideas in a map not only helps you retain the information longer, but also lets you refer back to it anytime you want to quickly refresh your memory.