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Mind Mapping For Yourself and Mind Mapping For Others – The Difference

Mind Mapping — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:54:41 +0000

In my travels around the globe, both virtual and real I am often asked about the difference between Mind Mapping for yourself and the use of your Mind Mapping with others.

When You Are Mind Mapping Does It Have To Have Personal Meaning?

Mind Mapping — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:32:38 +0000

I get asked lots of questions about Mind Mapping in the course of my work and one that crops up quite a lot is the question “Does it have to have personal meaning?”

Why Is Using Colour So Important When Mind Mapping?

Mind Mapping — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:46:34 +0000

If ever you have been on a Mind Mapping course or read one of Tony Buzan’s numerous books on how to Mind Map you will probably know that using colour is a key part of the technique.

Mind Maps – Use Software or Draw Them By Hand?

Mind Mapping — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:44:41 +0000

A very popular question that I am asked when I share Mind Mapping with people is “Should I use software or should I draw Mind Maps by hand?”

The most recent example happened in an exclusive suite in a top London hotel. I had been asked to talk to an invited group of movers and shakers, people who are responsible for running multi-million pound companies. My task was to educate them on how they could use even more of their already powerful brains.

How Do I Use Mind Maps? Effective Mind Mapping Usage

Mind Mapping — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:40:59 +0000

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.

How Is A Mind Map Structured?

Mind Mapping — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:35:52 +0000

The question “how is a Mind Map structured” is another good question that I was asked recently on a course I was running and has two answers:

The first answer is “it depends”. And it depends on what it is you are Mind Mapping and how you are thinking about whatever it is you are thinking about. The organisation of the main branches and the associated sub-branches will entirely depend on just how you are organising your thoughts around your thinking activity.

How Do You Control Mind Maps?

Mind Mapping — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:26:05 +0000

The question “how do you control a Mind Map” is a very interesting one indeed. It is usually asked when someone has a few Mind Maps under their belt and has begun to see how the use of the tool unleashes their creativity and generation of ideas.

How Do You Take Mind Map Notes in A Meeting?

Mind Mapping — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:21:04 +0000

Using Mind Maps to take notes in a meeting is a very powerful use of this thinking tool but its application must be appropriately geared towards what your aims are for taking notes at the meeting.