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A Great Brainstorming Tool

Would you like to have a tool that will let you Associate information and Collaborate on Ideas? Would you also like it to be easy to use and FREE? You don’t have to download it, either. Just go to the website and login whenever you want to create them.

There’s a great brainstorming tool that you can use at www.bubbl.us and all you have to do to get it is register. Once you register, you’ll have access to the bubbles. They’re a lot like organizational charts, only

much more flexible.

You start with a single bubble. Click in the middle and type a label for it. After typing the label, if you tap your Enter key on the keyboard, you’ll get a sub-level bubble, known as a child. Type a label for that bubble. If you want another at the same level, known as sibling, tap your Tab key instead of your Enter key. You can move all of your bubbles around by grabbing them at the top of a bubble and dragging, or just one bubble by dragging it from its top left corner. Delete them by clicking on their top right corner (they explode nicely), make another sub-level bubble (child) by dragging down from the bottom middle, and change the colors of your bubbles when you tap their lower left corners. You can also set up connections between all kinds of bubbles by dragging from the bottom right corner (free connect) of a bubble to another bubble. Don’t worry that you won’t remember where these areas in your bubble are, because when you point at a bubble, these different areas light up.

If you want to split your text to another line, hold down the Shift key as you tap your Enter key.

Play around with your bubbles. Break connections by double-clicking on lines. Zoom in and zoom out with the scroll wheel of your mouse.

Want to collaborate? You can invite others to work on your bubbles with you. Click on the Friends tab at the top of the page. If your Friend has an account with Bubbl.us, you can use the Find tool to find them after you’ve typed in their name. If they don’t, you can send them an invitation by email (click on their link to invite them).

After you have finished creating your project, you can save it. They save as Bubble Sheets. You can come back to use them any time. (Just remember to login).

Play with them. Have fun. I even use mine to create To Do lists. You’ll find yourself using these to organize all kinds of things. Practical, fun, easy and free. This is a great tool to add to your collection.

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