1. Getting started with your MindSonar training
Activities before your first training day
To get started with your MindSonar certification training, there are a few activities we would like
you to do.
Please do these activities before the first actual meeting of the training group.
We will be using the results in the training.
1. Watch the MindSonar user panel movie
2. Get your license code
3. Set up a MindSonar project in your user panel
4. Make four MindSonar profiles
5. Save the reports to a memory stick and print the graphics pages
6. Read the e-book ‘Mastering Communication’
1. Watch the user panel movie
We made a short movie that explains some important technical things, like logging in to your
MindSonar user panel, downloading MindSonar profiles, setting up MindSonar projects, the
codes you need, and so on. Before you make your first profile, please watch this movie first. It is
only about 16 minutes.
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2. Get your license code
To make MindSonar profiles, you need a license code. When you sign up for the certification
training, the organization that is sponsoring it, will send your name and e-mail address to
MindSonar Central, and we will mail you:
Your Mindsonar license code
Your password for the MindSonar user panel.
What if I did not receive my license code yet?
If you have signed up for a MindSonar certification training and you did not receive a license
code yet, please contact the organization that is sponsoring the certification training. In case of
emergency they can let you make MindSonar profiles under their license code until you receive
your own. Please note, that in this case you will not be able to download your profiles directly.
The organization will need to download them and then mail them to you.
Alternatively, in the unlikely event that you cannot reach the sponsoring organization in time,
and you need to make your first profiles because the certification training is about to start, you
can e-mail Jan Dirk Brobbel at jandirk@iepdoc.nl or call +31 24 3230837
3. Set up a MindSonar project in your user panel
Go to your user panel and set up a project as explained in the movie.
Do not set a predefined context.
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2. 4. Make four MindSonar profiles
Now you are ready to make you first MindSonar profiles!
Before the first meeting of the certification training, we would like you to make four profiles:
Profile 1: At my best
For this profile, think of situations where you are at your best. You are in flow. You are feeling
great about yourself. You are at your best!
Profile 2: Problem situation
For this profile think of situations where you were not happy with how you responded. You could
call this a problem situation or you could call it a situation where you did not reach certain goals
or standards. Before you make this profile, note down for yourself the question – about this
problem – that you would like to find answers to.
Profiles 3 and 4: Other people
Have two other people fill out the test. You might explain that you are learning to work with
MindSonar and you need some people to practice on.
Before they fill out the test, talk to them about the context; the situation – or the type of
situations – for which you are going to measure their thinking style. Please remember that
MindSonar is not a personality test. You can read more about that here. That’s why you need
to choose a context with them. When they fill out the test, MindSonar will ask them fow which
context they want to answer the questions.
Also, talk with them about the question they would like to answer by making the MindSonar
profile.
They will need your license code and the project name you set up in the user panel before.
Direct them to http://www.mindsonar.com.
Download their profiles from http://www.mpadata.com, study the reports and then discuss the
results with them.You can e-mail them the report to prepare for this conversation. Then go over
all the graphs with them. Come back to the original question they formulated before the filled out
the test. Historical moment: you are doing your first MindSonar interpretation session!
Who might you ask to do this?
For instance a colleague who is interested in psychology. They might feel nervous or frustrated
by certain people in certain meetings. They might wonder: how can I respond differently to
these people?
Or you might have a nephew who is very good at computer gaming but not so good at getting
good grades in school. He might wonder: how am I thinking when I’m gaming and how can I
apply that kind of thinking more to my school work?
5. Save the reports to a memory stick and also print the graphics pages
And please bring that memory stick to the training, so we can look at your profiles on a beamer.
Also print the graphics page (the page with the diagrams) of each of those four profiles and
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6. Read the e-book ‘Mastering Communication’
And last but not least, read the e-book ‘Mastering Communication’. It will be on Amazon, but
for now the organization that is sponsoring your certification training will mail it to you after you
have signed up. The price for the book is US$ 15,– This amount will be added to your bill from
the sponsoring organization, or they might include it in the training fee (ask them, if you want to
know beforehand).
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