Mind Maps!
  Chapter 1
    What is Mind Mapping
      Graphic representation of text
      mind-map-breakout.png
    History of Mind Mapping
      Mind Mapping by hand
      First Mind Map traces back to 3rd century BC
      16th-c.jpg
    Mind Mappers in History
      Porphyry of Tyros
      Leonardo Di Vinci
      Albert Einstein
      Darwin
      Beethoven
      Dr Collins
      Ricard Feyman
      Tony Buzan
    Facts & Figures about Mind Mapping
      Boeing was created using a mind map
  Chapter 2
    Elements of a Mind Map
      Image/topic in center
      Each keyword has own branch
      Show associations with dashed lines or arrows
    Hand Drawn vs Computerized Mind Maps
      Hand drawn is quicker and easier
        Cheaper?
      Computerized is easier to add to & customize
        no drawing skills needed
    Different Ways to put together mind maps
      Open & Get Cracking
      Take Notes & Then Add to Mind Map
      Different levels on involvement based on needs
        Don't have to follow the same steps
        Pick and choose what you want
    Mind Maps vs Mind Mapping
      Mind Maps
        Actual document (PDF, .mm, etc)
        Has text & images
        Really just bits of code
        End result of 'Mind Mapping'
      Mind Mapping
        Activity or action
          Creative Process
          organize thoughts
          collaborating with others
          help remember
        Ideas
        Thoughts
        Actual process of 'Putting Pen to Paper'
  Chapter 3
    The correct way to make a mind map
      Singular Keywords
      Length of the branch should be the same as the word
      Main topic lines are thicker than subtopic
      Group similar items together
  Chapter 4
    How Can Mind Maps Help YOU?
      Help you see entire topic
      Help you see how each topic/subtopic relates to each other
      Helps you grasp the information quicker
    Concise Learning Method
      Preview
        quickly glance at the materials beforehand
      Participate
        actively participate in discussion
      Process
        think about and store to memory topic
      Practice
        writing, re-reading, paraphrasing - whatever works for you
        3 times helps store to memory
      Produce
        report, test, etc to show you know the material
      Each of the above requires:
        identify key concepts
        meaningfully organize and connect key concepts
        think critically
        ask key questions
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    What's Your Learning Strategy?
      Word ID
        break words down into 3 parts
          prefix
          suffix
          stem
      Self-Questioning
        create questions & seek answers
      Visual Imagery
        create movies in your head
        visualize the scenery, characters, and action
        describe scene to yourself
      Inference
        think about topic and draw conclusions
        then research to see if conclusions are correct
      Quick Paraphrasing & Summarizing
        make short statements and define the topic
      Paraphrasing
        rewrite text in your own words
      Word Mapping
        make a guess about what an unknown word meaning by breaking it down into parts
    Reflect
      What does this mean for your business/work?
        You're always learning - whether you mean to or not. So learn something useful!
      What does this mean for your life?
    Design a Personal Learning Plan
      A plan of the above strategy
  Chapter 5
    Mind Maps and Learning
      help students brainstorm
      help explore any idea, concept or problem
      easier to communicate new ideas
      breaks down thought processes
      easily recall information
      better task planning
      easy to organize thoughts and ideas
    Learning How to Learn
      Learn how to boost creativity
        displays large amount of text in graphic form
        gets rid of distractions
        quickly and easily get down your thoughts
        keeps brain engaged from multiple angles
        helps to remove blocks
  Chapter 6
    Why Mind Maps Will Help You Think Smarter
      Whole Brain Thinking
      Mind Maps were designed by looking at the brain
    Advantages
      More compatible with the brain
      Balances the Brain
      Encourages and clearly shows associations
      Enhances creativity
      Makes it faster to take & review notes
    Disadvantages
      Forces you to keep it simple
      May take more time to draw mind map for complex problems
      New technique: learning curve
  Chapter 12
    Conclusion
  Chapter 11
    Advanced Tips & Tricks
      How to Make Mind Maps more appealing
        add images and diagrams
        use dashed (or red) lines to draw connections
        color code different trains of thought and topics
      KISS!
      Creative ways to create mind maps
        run away from linear thought
        images, images, images
      Creative ways to add to mind maps
        most creative = images
        add colors that mean something to you
      Modeling great mind maps
      Redo mind maps later to see what has changed
  Chapter 10
    How Mind Maps Can Make Your Life Better
      Life vision and purpose
      Creating your ideal future
      Creative problem solving
  Chapter 9
    Shocking Ways Your Can Use Mind Maps
      Work
      Running a meeting
      Job interview
      Writing and essay
      Networking
      Social life
      Shopping for gifts
      Romantic Weekend
      Daughter's Wedding
      Designing Your Garden
      Life
      Planing Family Events
      Learning a foreign language
      Planning a budget
      Starting a new venture
  Chapter 8
    What YOU Can Use Mind Maps For
      To-Do LIst
      Writing
      Research
      Brainstorming
      Studying
      Planning
      Problem Solving
      Estimating Project Time
      Taking Notes
      School
        Teachers
        Students
  Chapter 7
    Why Does Mind Mapping Encourage Creativity?
      avoid thinking linearly
      open you to creativity
      more realistic
      naturally hook to right brain
    Different Types of Learners
      Watchers
      Readers
      Listeners
      Mind Maps hit 2 of the 3 styles
    Helps to Solve Problems
      Helps you visualize problems
      gets your mind out of your mind's way
    Visually Powerful
      Talks to your brain the way it understands
    Improves Learning & Memory
      make connections - this is how the brain works
    Overcome Procrastination & Blocks
      no organization roadblocks
      nothing to do but add content
      adding meaningful images, helps your brain recall
• Mind mapping can be seen as an act of identifying and naming our thoughts (and, often, emotions) and arranging them into a hierarchical classification.
• Show what a mind map looks like
◦ Diagram with arrows, etc
• Need to embed this image in the book
• Mind Mapping in history (act of doing)
• First mind map traces back to the 3rd century BC
The ancient greeks were also know to use mind mapping. In fact the technical term to describe mind maps, taxonomy, is Greek.
There is even reference to mind mapping (taxonomy) in the Bible:
Adam naming the animals represents a taxonomy naming system.
▪ The first notion of the term mind map you will find in the book of Charles Williams.
▪ The first mind maps as we know them appear around 1200, mainly to memorize texts better.
▪ The first mind map in the twentieth century is by Walt Disney (not only great mind map, but also the first cross medial strategy).
▪ The first radial concept is from Evelyn Wood.
▪ The first mind map as we know it, is from Tony Buzan.
▪ The first mind map book is by Tony Buzan.
▪ The first computer mind map is from Peter Barrett.
Porphyry of Tyros (philosopher) first known to use mind mapping as a form of teaching to others
Leonardo Di Vinci - mostly for note taking
• Albert Einstein, a genius of the 20th century, also rejected the forms of linear, numerical, and verbal creative thinking, like leonardo and Galileo before him believed that the tools are useful but not necessary, and are far more important is his imagination.
• Einstein said "Imagination is more important than knowledge because imagination is unlimited." In a letter to Maurice Solovine his theme, he explained the difficulty use words to express the scientific philosophy, because he did not think it was: he was more thinking in diagrammatic and schematic.
• Dr Collins is considered Father of Modern Mind Mapping because of his extensive commitment to publish researches about his creativity, graphical thinking and learning
• Ricard Feyman, Nobel Prize winning physicist, when he was young he realized that imagination and visualization are the most important part of the process of creative thinking, That way he played the game-play of imagination and learn to draw.
• Such as Galileo, Feynman did not imitate his colleagues are using more traditional recording, and decided to put all the quantum electrodynamic theory to form a new visual and diagrammatic. This lead to the development of the now famous Feynman diagrams that respresentasi picture of particle interactions, which are now in the use of students throughout the world to help them understand, remember, and create new ideas in physics and scientists relisme.
Tony Buzan- created rules for modern mind mapping
• He claimed the idea was inspired by Alfred Korzybski's general semantics as popularized in science fiction novels, such as those of Robert A. Heinlein and A.E. van Vogt.
The Boeing Aircraft was created by using a huge mind map. It was 25 feet long!
Include an image of a mind map (perhaps the same one we created for the first chapter)
Image in the center of the Map
Each Keyword has its own 'branch'
Show associations in the Mind Map
Using same or similar text/box color
By making connections in your brain
This is how the brain remembers and stores things
using a visual map
After every paragraph find a few words that describes what you just read & write them down. Think about the most important parts of the reading & ignore the rest.
This is a plan of the above learning strategy (one or more) that will work best for you.
This is going to help you learn about yourself and how you learn best. And pick methods and tools to help you get the most out of your time and effort.
When you use a mind map, it displays large amounts of text in graphical form. Enabling your brain to wrap around the topic better. This gets rid of distractions (like formatting and layout) and enables you to quickly and easily get down your thoughts. The way the mind map works (both in creating and final product) keeps your brain engaged from multiple angles (both sides of the brain) and helps to remove blocks.
keep it simple (or short) stupid!
One word or 3 max. This makes your brain think about the entire subtopic (even though you only used 3 words) and how it relates to the whole.
The further you get from linear thought, the better your mind map will be and the more it will mean to your viewer.
The more images you use the better your mind map will be.
When an image works for a word use it! Especially if it makes more sense.
You should strive to have at least one images on every subtopic branch
Brain storming or idea exercise
If you're writing a book about something you know well, do a mind map every day or every few days for a month at different times of the day. At the end go back and compare everything and compile it all. This will help force you to think of new creative ideas and new angles about the same topic
Another exercise you can do is give the same topic to 3 of your team members (or whoever) and have each one (and yourself) create a mind map about that topic. Then compare all 4 and you'll see new ways of thinking or doing that you wouldn't have thought of.
Think about, and write down, what makes you, you. Outlay all the things that make you happy and all the things you strive to and want to be.
It also helps if you hang this up somewhere to remind you who you want to be.
Think about where you want to be in 1, 5, and 10 years. Put all this on the mind map.
Then put the steps you see to get you there.
Don't make this too rigid. Life changes and you need to allow for movement in your place - otherwise you're setting yourself up for failure!
Whether it's a problem in your personal life, work life, or just a hard problem - write everything down on a mind map. This will help you make connections and see the whole problem in one glance. Then just keep writing - think about different ways to solve the steps. Before you know it, you'll have the problem solved!
try using mind maps instead of powerpoint
also allow people access to the mind map so they can add their own thoughts
This is helpful for those friends you just and how you met them. This also keeps all your connections straight.
• What: Outline you to do list to see how everything relates to each other.
• Why: Makes more sense than a vertical to do list because humans don’t work that way. If you’re like me, you jump around a vertical list - depending on what mood you’re in (you feel like creating that new product not like vacuuming and visa-versa).
⁃ Laying everything out in graphical form enables you to create connections and mark things off as you want to – also making you more productive.
• What: Sketch out your table of contents or thoughts for your book before you start writing.
• Why: This enables you to add elements and see everything on a page. If you keep it short, every time you look at it you may have new ideas that you can add to your topic.
⁃ This also keeps you constrained by laying everything out vertical and in progression. Get everything on paper first and then figure out the order later – this will help to keep you on track and producing content.
What: As you’re researching a topic, put everything on a mind map and draw connections.
Why: This will enable places for every topic and enables you, when completed to see how everything relates to each other. This is how the brain works – it makes connections. And based on those connections is how it stores it in your ‘hard drive.’
What: Brainstorming relates to both writing and research. As your brainstorming, write everything down on a mind map. Another helpful hint is to pass it over to your team or friends/family and see what they have to say.
Why: The same way it helps your researching and writing steps the mind map outlays your thoughts like the brain would – and enables you to make connections. This will also help you to create connections to move on to the next step.
• What: When you’re reading or studying materials (on your own or in a class with a teacher), add everything to a mind map. As more thoughts are presented add them and draw a dashed line to the connections.
• Why: This will keep you thinking about connections and increase your memory.
What: When you start that new project to build a desk or build a website, outlay all the steps on a mind map.
Why: This will make sure that you don’t miss anything and give you progress on how everything is going. When building that website or report (or anything visual) give the same topic to a few of your team members or clients and have them complete the same exercise. This will help you learn what labels or titles or contents are most important and help people understand the point.
What: If you’re having trouble with a specific problem or equation write it out in mind map form.
Why: This will help you break out the difficult problem into easy-to-understand and easy to solve parts.
Similar to planning, when starting a new project outlay all the steps on a mind map.
This will help you visualize the entire project and assign times (always allow more!) to each step. This ail make sure that you don't forget any parts and give you a good estimate on how long the entire project will take.
Write down your notes - remember to keep it short!
This will help you see the connections between the articles. Linear thinking is not how the brain remembers content - it makes connections. Notes with mind maps will also enable you to see the entire picture & drill down to the finer points. Keeping it short will force your brain to think about the content and recall that information.
making notes during class
planning an essay
studying for exam
Creative Inspiration (for writing that book or painting that project)
Problem solving (great for math! break down that long equation into it's parts)
Making presentations
Group study
everyone bring a mind map they created alone and discuss
Linearly thinking is limited and often gets in the way of working
Most thoughts aren't orderly to begin with
where creativity and intuition can help you