In this issue:

• MindManager® 9 for Windows® Arrives!
• Olympic Affiliate Program Launched
• Power Markers Help Desk Goes Live
• Olympic Add-ins Updated

MindManager® 9 for Windows® Arrives!

The wait is over. The next generation of MindManager® is upon us and available now to download and/or purchase.

MindManager® v9 now offers the following new and enhanced capabilities:

• Interactive Slide Shows—Improve collaboration with MindManager® map-based interactive slides shows
• Microsoft PowerPoint Integration—Easily share your concepts and ideas with others using the enhanced PowerPoint export
• Integrated Project and Work Planning—Simplify your planning with our new integrated timeline view (Gantt chart) and highlight over or underutilized resources to proactively address scheduling conflicts
• Microsoft Outlook Integration—View and organize Outlook emails, contacts, notes, tasks or meetings in context within your map without having to switch applications

Beyond these major improvements, other improvements include:

• Enhanced usability and interface improvements
• Significantly faster performance
• Integration with Microsoft Office 2010
• Improved integrations with Office applications
• Brand new galleries of images, icons, and map templates
• And much, much more…

Ready to get started?

Download the 30 day trial or check out our launch offers on new licences and upgrades.

Olympic Affiliate Program Launched

An Affiliate Program that delivers rewards!

Join the Olympic Affiliate Program and earn great commissions from purchases your visitors make from our web site.

Our affiliate program allows you to earn very attractive commissions from sales that Olympic make from visitors directed to our web site from you. By simply placing a banner ad or link into an email or web site, you can earn money on the sales you generate for us. There is no cost to you, no risk and only a small amount of time required to register and place a link/banner in the right place to start generating additional income from your web site or customer base.

Commissions start at 5% for any product, up to a rewarding 25% for specific products. Earn commission on sales of MindManager, PersonalBrain, Power Markers for MindManager, Olympic Utilities and OPTi-Q for MindManager.

Click here to learn more or click the Sign Up button register and start earning.

Power Markers Help Desk Goes Live

Are you one of the growing number of MindManager users who have new found capabilities and application thanks to the popular add-in Power Markers? If so then we are pleased to tell you that a dedicated Help Desk for Power Markers™ for MindManager® has just been made live and can be accessed here: Power Marker Help Desk

The help desk has been created by Harport Consulting, the developers behind Power Markers™ for MindManager® and has a foundation of information and resources which will grow steadily over the coming months.

The Help Desk can be used to submit support queries and suggestions, view installation information and Tips and Tricks and has details of current  known issues, announcements and FAQs.

If you have any suggestions for content or ideas for articles you think could be included within the Help Desk then please log-in and submit your ideas.

Olympic Add-ins Updated

We are pleased to announce that with the release of MindManager® 9 for Windows®, all of the Olympic add-ins and solutions have been updated to work with the new version.

Power Markers™, OPTi-P2™, OPTi-Q™ and the OPTi-Suite™ (formerly Olympic Utilities) are all available for MindManager® 9 and can be downloaded from our download page located here.

Harport Consulting have included some improvements to Power Markers™ with the update, the first of which is a single installer which now means there is only one download for all supported versions of MindManager®, currently MindManager® Pro 7, MindManager® 8 and Mindmanager® 9 for Windows®.

Other improvements include:

• The dates used for the Financial Year can be selected from a set of dates in use around the world. To change the setting for your country, go to the MindManager Options dialogue > Power Markers page.
• A new configuration option has been added to control whether Power Markers asks you for permission to delete empty map marker groups, when refreshing the Active Legends. You can choose to always delete unused groups, never delete unused groups, or ask you each time. This setting is in the MindManager Options dialogue > Power Markers page.
• New automatic marker conditions have been added to detect $centraltopic, $maintopic and topic $level:N. Refer to the documentation for more details.
• The $resource and $task:resource conditions have been extended to include testing the text inside the resource string, in the same way as other tests for text. This allows resources matching, starting with, containing or ending with defined substrings to be detected. Refer to the documentation for more details.
• A bug has been fixed which allowed the “Copy to Clipboard” command to remain active after a document was closed.
• A bug has been fixed which caused the Hot List to be truncated when exported to the Clipboard, if a topic with no text on it was encountered. Unnamed topics are now identified as “(Unnamed Topic)” in the Hot List for clarity.
• A bug has been fixed which allowed the Hot Lists task pane to remain active while Map Part was being edited.
• A bug in the documentation in the Standard Generic Dashboard has been fixed (incorrect reference to “tag” automatic marker condition).

There’s more in the Help Desk. See the previous article

That’s all until the next issue.

Thank you for reading…..
Kind Regards
Nigel Goult
Managing Director

The wait is over. The next generation of MindManager® is upon us and available now to download and/or purchase.

MindManager v9 now offers the following new and enhanced capabilities:

• Interactive Slide Shows—Improve collaboration with MindManager’s map-based interactive slides shows
• Microsoft PowerPoint Integration—Easily share your concepts and ideas with others using the enhanced PowerPoint export
• Integrated Project and Work Planning—Simplify your planning with our new integrated timeline view (Gantt chart) and highlight over or underutilized resources to proactively address scheduling conflicts
• Microsoft Outlook Integration—View and organize Outlook emails, contacts, notes, tasks or meetings in context within your map without having to switch applications

Beyond these major improvements, other improvements include:

• Enhanced usability and interface improvements
• Significantly faster performance
• Integration with Microsoft Office 2010
• Improved integrations with Office applications
• Brand new galleries of images, icons, and map templates
• And much, much more…

Ready to get started?

Download the 30 day trial or check out our launch offers on new licences and upgrades.

We are pleased to confirm that barring any last minute changes the following solutions and add-ins will be compatible with MindManager® 9:

• OPTi-P2™ for MindManager®
• OPTi-Q™ for MindManager®
• OPTi-Suite™ (formerly Olympic Utilities)
• Power Markers™ for MindManager®

You will be able to download updated versions of these solutions and add-ins which will work with your existing licence keys.

The downloads will be available on the day that MindManager® 9 for Windows® is available, currently this is scheduled to be August 10th.

In this issue:

• Power Markers Version 2 Released
• OPTi-P2 Update
• Small Team Licence Offers

New version of Power Markers™ for MindManager® brings dashboard maps to life

OPTi-P2™ Gets New Update

We recently updated our PRINCE2® Project Management solution, OPTi-P2™ with some new features as well as some improvements to some of the existing ones.

These recent changes can be viewed on the OPTi-P2™ website under the Change Log page located at www.opti-p2.com

The updates apply to both MindManager® Pro 7 and MindManager® 8 editions and are available for download from the OPTi-P2™ website now.

Since its release in March, interest in OPTI-P2™ continues to grow and we have now signed partners in Australia, Austria, France, Poland and South Africa. If you are interested in becoming a partner and incorporating OPTi-P2™ into your business portfolio we would love to hear from you. We are looking for resellers and strategic partners to help distribute and support the product around the world and you can find more information about these partner types on our website here.

Further additional features and improvements are planned for our next update which is scheduled for July.

Visit www.opti-p2.com… View OPTI-P2 Overview… Download OPTi-P2 Product Sheet…

Small Team Licence Offers

If you are working in a small team and looking to start utilising a visual information application such as MindManager® or PersonalBrain™ Pro then we have some great news this month.

In June we are offering some great savings on multi-user licence purchases of these two products.

MindManager® 8

MindManager® licences can be purchased for a limited time at the per licence cost of £169.00 excl. VAT when you purchase 5 or more licences. This represents a saving of over £30 per licence on the usual list price of £199.00 excl VAT AND purchasers taking advantage of this offer will also get the popular MindManager® add-in, Olympic Utilities included FREE with all purchases as normally sold for £20.00 excl. VAT. This offer is limited though and can not be used in conjunction with any other promotions in June.

Purchases can be made on-line though our secure purchase page here.

PersonalBrain™ Pro

Until the 30th June, you can purchase multiple licences of PersonalBrain™ Pro at a great low price. The standard list price of £ 169.00 excl. VAT per licence has been significantly reduced to £ 125.00 excl. VAT per licence when purchased in volumes of 5 or more. So if you have been looking at getting PersonalBrain™ Pro for your team now is the time.

Purchases can be made on-line through our secure purchase page here.

That’s all until the next issue.

This new version is available in two editions; standard and professional and new pricing bands for 2 and 5 user purchases offer some great savings when purchasing for friends, colleagues or small teams.

Check out the updated web page where you can download a FREE 6 page white paper on creating dashboard maps with Mindmanager and Power Markers, view the short Prezi presentation detailing the benefits of Power Markers and also download the new trial and see for yourself the new enhancements.

You can view the new demo here or directly on the OPTi-P2 website at http://www.opti-p2.com

Focussing on the new features from the recent update, the demo shows how OPTi-P2 could help you manage your PRINCE2 projects in a more visual and accessible way with the focus on simplicity.

You can find out more information about OPTi-P2 on the dedicated website as well as download product information including data sheets and user guides.

There is also a completely free, no obligation 30 day trial for you to download and see for yourself how easy it could be to manage your PRINCE2 projects.

Visit http://www.opti-p2.com for more information.

Offered as a combined purchase with MindManager® 8 or separately for existing MindManager® Pro 7 and MindManager® 8 users, OPTi-P2™ provides a rich visual framework in which to manage PRINCE2®:2009 projects.

Available to trial for 30 days and offered with retail, education and competitive upgrade licensing options, OPTi-P2™ offers both experienced PRINCE2® practitioners and those new to the method an excellent way to keep projects in line with the recent PRINCE2® changes.

OPTi-P2™ contains over 90% of the 2009 edition of “Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2®”. Also provided are the official PRINCE2® Management Product Templates produced by the Office of Government Commerce.

For further details view the OPTi-P2™  website and see for yourself how this new PRINCE2® solution can help you save time, re-inforce your understanding of the method and provide quick access to project information, all within 2/3 clicks of your mouse.

To celebrate the launch of this new edition of MindManager we are offering free licences for our popular MindManager add-in, Power Markers.

Power Markers helps you turn your MindManager Map Markers into a really powerful indicator set which can be indexed and referenced to help you find critical map information fast.

Used in conjunction with MindManager for SharePoint the combination really adds power to managing your SharePoint information.

This offer is only available for FULL licence purchases or MindManager for SharePoint Edition (not upgrades).

MindManager for SharePoint displays SharePoint content in easy-to-use interactive views called MindManager Maps. Maps are built around central themes, like a project or process, which branch out into greater details with links to SharePoint items and other web resources and annotated with notes, images, and attachments. Creating maps is both fast and easy with MindManager.

By mapping out SharePoint sites, you and your team will gain new perspective, increase the quality of your planning and improve your execution on projects and work processes.

Increase Your SharePoint Productivity

Access, review and update all relevant SharePoint content with your own consolidated dashboard map that’s organized just how you like to see it. Forget clicking around your browser. Get to your information faster, saving precious time and energy! Update status and priorities directly in your map or open up the SharePoint details with MindManager’s embedded browser and see everything in context. With another click, visually map out search results or generate site maps for one or more SharePoint sites.

Accelerate Projects & Collaborative Processes

Managers and team members use their personalized SharePoint views in MindManager to track and act upon all of their assigned tasks, issues and documents. You’ll see everything in context and it’ll all be a click away.

And you can even use MindManager for SharePoint to enhance your collaborative meetings. Whether you’re brainstorming, solving problems, capturing requirements, or working together on plans, projects and strategies, use MindManager to capture everything, prioritize, and create team alignment.

Take Full Advantage of the Power of MindManager

Join the 1.5 million customers who are mapping their way to achieve new levels of efficiency and effectiveness. Bring information and ideas from colleagues, websites (including searches), databases, business processes and documents together to see the big picture along with the details. Create alignment and move from ideas to action effortlessly. You’ll get your work done faster by visually organizing plans, documents and presentations and sending the results directly into the Microsoft Office application of your choice.

While approval is pending we are providing limited availability of a pre-release version of the solution for testing. If you would like a chance to review the pre-release version please email your details to admin@olympic-limited.co.uk with your contact details and we will email you a login for the pre-release web page so you can download installers and product documentation.

If you have any questions or issues while using the pre-release version please email them together with contact details to support@olympic-limited.co.uk.

Many thanks

The OPTi-P2 Team