As I already promised, another contest starts today. This time it will be much more focused (as I saw the readers of this blog are not only familiarized with mind mapping, but also pretty creative) and it will have as a prize another free license for Mind Manager 6 from MindJet. And that, my dear folks, is 349$ prize value!
Here are the rules:
- You must submit a mind map for a resume. Think how you can use mind mapping to make a resume not only easy to read and understand, but also interesting, challenging, and interview-prone, so to speak. And yes, it could even be your resume, how about that for a self-promoting technique
! - You must submit a real mind map, not an image of your mind map. You can keep your copyrights as you see fit, just make sure you clearly put this somewhere on the mind map
- You must have a blog. I think everybody today has a blog, from your aunt Amelia to the best geek in the hood. If you still don’t have a blog, maybe that will be an incentive to create one, who knows?
- You must display the badge below on your blog, linked to this post. It can be in the sidebar, or only in a self-promoting post of yourself in this contest, in the foooter, in the header, wherever you see fit, as long as it pings this page.
If you are on the lazy, Gardfield-like, side of the world, just select the text in the form below and paste it into your post, or blog template.
How can you participate? As always, make a comment here and let me know from where I can pick up your mind map. May be a free hosting service, or you can send it by email. Look for the ways you can email me in the contact page.
Submissions ends on April 15th, when another, much cooler contest will start. But for now, let’s stay focused on this one!
Remember, you could win a 349$ value prize! You just can’t see this coming every day!
Good luck to all the contestants and many thanks to Simonne from AllTipsAndTricks who tipped me with this idea. And also for all the other commentors on the initial contest, I just hope they will start doing some serious mind mapping.
If they will not win the prize, they will still remain with an important asset: an original and eye-catching resume.
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Hey, I got my mind mapped resume ready and sent out to a big software company which recently entered Romania. I’m curious if they are going to call me. If so, it will be hard for me to decide whether I really want to quit my “one woman show” start-up, which I’m currently running from my livingroom, or not.
Anyway, I’m going to e-mail you the CV for this contest.
Thanks, good luck with your decision, whichever would be
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Hi Dragos
See my initial entry to the MindManager CV on my blog.
best regards
Steve
Whoops! Error in the URL to my blog – fixed now
[...] 1. Mind Map your resume for a better job and win a MindManager license at eDragonu (put your brains on paper with this prize and don’t forget to subscribe to the blog: it is full of resources on how to get things done) [...]
[...] Desktop Applications MindManager 6 :: http://www.mindjet.com/us/ This seems to be the big desktop application for Mind Mapping. Many sites have links to downloadable mind maps in this format. It’s also cross compatible and comes with a rather “hefty” price tag. I’ve seen it in the stores (apple stores even) and was lucky enough to get my hands on a copy to play around with. So, the verdict, it’s fun and very user friendly. It even comes with a few templates to help you get started. And it’s definitely got the features to not only help you brainstorm but reorganize and group things according to whatever criteria you require. Using the resume template, I quickly made a map of my career. And very soon I plan on using this software to make some personal meaning maps on each tarot card. Maybe I’ll even use this app to start outlining my articles. MindJet’s website is also a great resource with many templates, sample maps (in MindManager’s format) and a monthly newsletter. If you think you might want to play with MindManager for creating your maps, then check out this contest from eDragonu. This blog is holding a contest for best mapped resume. The winner receives a free license of MindManager, worth $349USD. So, maybe it’s time you thought about mapping a resume. Deadline for entries is April 15. [...]
Thanks for doing this competition!
Check out my mind map on http://www.patrick-klug.com
Happy mind mapping everyone!
[...] the mind mapping contest is over, and I received a number of astonising resumes. I will announce the winner shortly. No more submissions are accepted, fellows… [...]
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That sounda like advertising to me. While I am honoured that my blog is considered a viable media for your product, I would highly appreciate if you would also try to advertise it in a more standard way, without mixing comments with publicity
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Great blog. I am glad I discovered it today. I am a fanatical MindJet MindManager user. Recently, I started migrating all my productivity tools to Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 applications. One interesting way users could display their resume mindmaps is by publishing them by uploading them into a free account on MindMeister. It is a cool tool and allows you to publish “public MindManager maps to the web. Here is my screencast of my impression of it:
http://2glue.typepad.com/productivity/2007/07/application-rev.html