Yikes! You've been asked to present to senior management or write a research paper.  You know what message you want to share, but you have no idea how to organize your thoughts. 

Writers can brainstorm and expand on their idea using a mind map.  Mind maps provide a visual diagram to organize ideas and tasks.  You can think of mind maps as a digital brainstorming session.  Users start with one subject and create branches that connect or relate to the subject. 

You can find several free or open source mind map software to use to start organizing their thoughts.


http://www.xmind.net/
freemind.sourceforge.net
https://bubbl.us/

I plan on using this space to share resources that I have found to be helpful in my professional and personal life. I randomly found a few of these sites (Thanks Google!) and others come highly recommended by friends, family, and co-workers (Thanks Facebook and LinkedIn!). The year of "keep it to yourself" is over. Let's strive to be better so we can do better.

Introducing....(insert drum roll here)
GingerSoftware.com  is a free online grammar and spelling checker. 
Grammarly.com is a subscription based grammar, spelling, and plagiarism checker.

They are worth checking out.

Hi World

Well, I finally did it. I have entered the blogsphere! I'm excited and nervous about adding my voice to the conversation.  I'm looking forward to sharing my thoughts and hearing from you.