The opportunities for third sector organisations presented by Web2.0 eCommunications tools increasingly interest me. As well as exploring, here, how I might use a blog, I have also been looking into MindMaps.
I first began trying to capture some key aspects of the Paces' project, "from where I sit": the Strategic Plan; Paces' activities; and my Web2.0 investigations. Following the adoption by Trustees on Monday of our Strategic Plan 2007-12, (which we drafted collaboratively using a private wiki), I have tonight begun to revise what I had already MindMapped and to add a new Networks section.
I do not know if all MindMapping tools are more or less the same, but I find MindMeister simple to work with if rather frustrating in some respects: visually it's rather dull, being very angular; the text colours are not bright enough; inserting new ideas in existing strings seems not possible; moving whole strings is not possible. If it were in 3D, with the potential for multi-linear links, that would be impressive. Might such a toold exist? I long ago came across a thesaurus which did something similar.
However, the MindMapping exercise is quite thought-provoking - about one's priorities, work load and interests as a CEO.
Of course, I need to take the next step with both this blog and the MindMap and open them up to collaboration.