Mind mapping technology

I've just obtained a copy of Mindmanager pro 8.0 and I'm trying to learn how to use the capabilities that it has. Thomas Edison used mind mapping techniques extensively and many of his charts are in the Gelb Book "Innovate like Edison". I've also used them extensively over the last ten years. My first experience with them was in the form of a Sayer Wheel Analysis for congressional bills. The technique is simple and well worth your time and effort to organize your thoughts and inputs in a visible format that yields more understandable outputs and analysis.