Do you feel like you lack creativity? Are you ever stuck trying to come up with new ideas? Is your preferred learning style a visual one? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may love a great brainstorming tool called Mind Mapping®
A Mind Map® is
- A colourful, visual form of note taking that can be worked on by one person or a group of individuals
- At its heart is a central idea or image
- The idea is explored by the means of branches representing main ideas which all connect to the central image of idea
I lucky to be introduced to the concept of Mind Mapping® when I joined the Junior League where we used it to plan a community project. It helped our team to brainstorm by documenting any ideas that popped to mind to help create a place to start our planning from. It is a brainstorming tool that I continue to return to when I am looking to spark creativity.
Mind Mapping® is very practical both professionally and personally and one can utilize this brainstorming tool in the following ways:
Professional
- Action Plans
- Agenda
- Business Plans
- Disaster Planning
- Leading a Meeting
- Launching a New Venture
- Lesson Plans
- Meeting Minutes
- Presentation Development
- Project Plans
Personal
- Event Planning
- Holiday Shopping Plan
- Interview Preparation
- Resume Development
- Study Notes
- Travel Planning
- Weekly Calendar
If you are interested in learning more, you may wish to visit these great resources from Tony Buzan, the inventor of Mind Mapping®.
Web:
http://www.tonybuzan.com/about/mind-mapping/
Books:
The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps® – Unlock your Creativity, Boost your Memory, Change your Life – Tony Buzan – 2005
Mind Maps® at Work – How to Be the Best at your Job and Still Have Time to Play – Tony Buzan – 2004
A map is worth a thousand words. Have fun and happy mapping!
FinnSpirit 