Open Source Mind Mapping and Dialogue Mapping Tools

Over the years, I’ve experimented with a number of tools for mind mapping, and related concepts such as dialogue mapping. I can recommend the following resources.

Coaching and Training

• Apositiva
• Susan Dunn
• CogNexus Institute

Books

• Dialogue Mapping: Building Shared Understanding of Wicked Problems
  by E. Jeffrey Conklin
  
• The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain’s Untapped Potential
  by Tony Buzan
  
• The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
  by Dan Roam
  

Open Source Software

• Compendium
• FreeMind
• Semantik
• View Your Mind

Other Mind Mapping Links

• Mind Mapping vs. GTD