Examples of Mind Mapping

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Mind Mapping is such a simple tool and it should really only take about 5 minutes to explain the basic concepts to you.

The tool is extremely powerful and when used in the right way and what I  want to do here is give you a very brief overview of the what, why and how.

What is a Mind Map?
 
A Mind Map is a thinking tool where the manifestational evidence of its existence is a graphically radiant diagram blending, linguistic instruments, iconography, hues and shades of the visible spectrum linked with a neural network-esque structure of branches organised in a hierarchical arrangement reminiscent of the dendritic structure of the inner workings of our cortex.
 
Eh?
 
Ok that was the PhD definition, let’s look at a more practical one  - it is a pictorial tool thinking tool that uses words, pictures and colour in a structure similar to the way the brain organises itself. Yes it is really that simple. 
 
So what is all the fuss about Mind Mapping?

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mrt_cipfa.JPGAt the end of a speech I did recently for some trainee public sector accountants, I was approached by a member of the audience who had a specific question about how to use Mind Mapping for processes and sequences.

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Most of my professional time is spent standing on a stage speaking to audiences about how to use tools like Mind Mapping to help them become more effective, efficient and productive.

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At the end of last year I was invited by a large national professional body to do a series of 6 road shows around the country and speak about aspects of belief, its impact on learning and memory improvement in general.

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Yesterday was a very interesting day for me.

I say interesting because I was looking at different examples of Mind Mapping and how it can be used.

In the morning I spoke to a gathering of recruitment business owners in London.

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I have been using Mind Maps since 1992 when I first discovered them in the marvellous book “Use Your Head” by Tony Buzan that was first published in 1974. I can distinctly remember feeling extremely frustrated that this amazing thinking process had been around for nearly 20 years, and I was only discovering it then.

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I was working with a group of teachers not long ago teaching them how to get the most out of Mind Maps in the classroom. I always love working with groups of teachers because I know that once they “get” Mind Maps hundreds, if not thousands of kids will benefit as a result.

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