Mind map maker

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Effortless mind map software

Intuitive and personalized, this is the mind map tool you’ve been looking for.

Personalized view

Tailor your mind map to work for you by expanding and collapsing sections with just one click. Focus on the sections you need to while increasing alignment, clarity, and focus with your team.

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Collaborative AI

Build a mind map quickly and intuitively with Collaborative AI. Generate more suggestions to add to your board while sparking new ideas.

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Effortless entry

Easily access Lucidspark’s mind map maker using the left toolbar. In a few simple clicks, you can add a mind map to your board anytime.

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Strategic planning

After you’ve created your mind map, it’s time to turn your ideas into action. With your team, you can vote on the best ideas, group common themes, or discuss them in Breakout Boards. You can even turn your Lucidspark board into a presentation to share with stakeholders.

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Ideation and brainstorming

Organize your bright ideas with our mind map maker. Utilize freehand drawing to unlock creativity on an infinite canvas. Import customizable templates for inspiration and add sticky notes to collaborate with your team. No matter where you’re working from, Lucidspark’s mind map tool makes brainstorming effortless.

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Lucidspark feature highlights

Facilitator Tools

Keep your brainstorming session and your team on track with features like take the lead and timer.

Dynamic Tables

Organize ideas to derive meaning and insights, plan work visually, and take action more quickly.

Embedded links

Embed your Lucidspark boards in external documents (and vice versa) to consolidate project info.

Comment, chat, react

Make it easy for the whole team to collaborate and communicate about ideas surfaced on your whiteboard.

Breakout boards

Create breakout boards to divide a large group into smaller groups for activities or discussions.

Visual Activities

Empower informed decision-making with interactive activities that make feedback actionable.

Timelines

Create Timelines to show past events or future plans. Add details such as status, assignee, or estimate.

Lucidspark feature highlights

Keep your brainstorming session and your team on track with features like take the lead and timer.

Mind map templates

Get inspired and visualize mind maps faster with free, customizable templates.

Mind map template with AI

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ELA mind map

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Pre-writing mind map

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How to create a mind map in Lucidspark

Follow along with this video tutorial and learn how to organize complex ideas into manageable topics using intuitive mind mapping tools in Lucidspark.

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Why teams choose Lucidspark

As a virtual whiteboarding application, Lucidspark’s infinite canvas enables teams to move seamlessly from ideation to planning and building.

Team collaborating with a Lucidchart Flowchart

Collaboration. Bring teams together side by side on a shared canvas from anywhere in the world.

Alignment. Build transparency and shared understanding of how a team or company works.

Large-scale change. Increase visibility, standardization, and knowledge sharing across your entire org.

End-to-end workflows. Upgrade to the Lucid Suite for a complete, connected visual collaboration solution.

What is a mind map?

A mind map is a way to capture your thoughts. Start with a central idea and then create branches from it to related concepts. From there, you can add and connect ideas freely. Mind maps work well for visual thinkers, and the flexible structure enables out-of-the-box brainstorming.

How to make a mind map in Lucidchart

Create your core idea

The core idea represents what you want to brainstorm about, like a problem you're trying to solve or the goal of a project that you’re planning. Drag a shape from the mind map shape library to your board and add the core idea to it. That shape will remain central as your map grows.

Add parent branches

Make branches that outline your basic subtopics. Drag a line from your central idea, then choose a shape from the auto-prompt and fill in your subtopic. You can also use the hotkey “Tab” to create and connect your parent branch.

Add child branches and key words

Create more branches from the subtopics you’ve added. To add more detailed information, use the hotkey “Enter.” Use the hotkey “Z” to collapse and expand the child branches so your mind map stays easy to scan.

Add colors and images

While not strictly necessary, colors and images help you visually sort and understand your ideas. Using them can make your mind map richer and more helpful to you.

Share your mind map

Share your mind map online, even with people who don't use Lucidchart. Generate a URL to share the diagram in an app integrated with Lucidchart, embed your diagram in a wiki, or export your diagram and outlines to different file types.

Lucidspark additional resources

Lucid Training Labs

Learn visual collaboration skills in free, self-serve courses and live training workshops.

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Lucid Community

Connect with other users to share tips and insights. Provide feedback to Lucid’s product team.

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Help center

Find detailed articles with step-by-step instructions for using specific Lucid features.

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Lucidspark tutorials

Go to the Lucidspark tutorials playlist on YouTube for video training on various topics.

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Collaborate with AI

Get an overview of Lucidspark’s AI functionality and find additional resources.

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Lucid blog

Explore tips for optimizing collaboration, aligning teams, and driving initiatives in Lucidspark.

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Lucidspark pricing

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Frequently asked questions about our online mind map maker

How do I create a mind map in Lucidspark?

Mind maps work similarly in Lucidspark and Lucidchart but with slight differences in how to access and add them to your workspace. To find instructions specific to the Lucid product you’re using, refer to the link below.

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Where can I learn more about Lucidspark’s mind mapping tool?

Read this article to deep dive into all the capabilities of our mind map maker.

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What is a mind map?

A mind map is an easy way to organize your thoughts, ideas, concepts, tasks, and anything else! You are free to be creative without brainstorming in a traditional, linear structure.

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What are the benefits of Lucidspark for teachers and students?

Lucidspark makes it easy for both teachers and students to participate and collaborate on assignments in real time. Teachers can create engaging presentations and share them with the class, and students can work on projects together whether they’re in the same room or virtual.

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If I’m unsure of what I need to get started on my mind map, do you have templates to help me get started?

Yes! Lucidspark offers hundreds of templates to help you create mind maps, plan projects, and facilitate team meetings.

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How much does Lucidspark cost?

Lucidspark offers a variety of pricing plans to meet individual and team needs. We offer individual free accounts all the way up to enterprise accounts for large organizations.

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Everything you need to make a mind map online

In addition to our mind map maker, Lucidspark offers support and training resources to help you ideate, plan, and build with your team.

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