Mind Mapping

Natural joys

The Natural Joys mind map will help you to appreciate the amazing world around us that we often take for granted. The mind map breaks down, in images only, some of the sights, sounds, textures and colours around us. In addition the mind map highlights human achievements and the beauty of nature.

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Visual Representation

The Visual Representation mind map will help you to see different ways to represent words in images. The mind map breaks down illustrating direct representations of words, drawing parts of words and words within words, or making imaginative connections by sketching associated or alternative meanings.

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Wind Cries Mary

The Wind Cries Mary mind map will help you to see the potential of image only mindmaps. The mind map breaks down the lyrics of a Jimi Hendrix song called The Wind Cries Mary using pictures only to capture the words of the song.

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Creativity and Innovation

The Creativity and Innovation Mind Map captures the contents of a workshop of the same topic conducted with two different groups of participants. The workshop started off with an Intro of the trainer and visual recorder/judge. It progresses quickly to the next branch which defines Creativity and Innovation. The participants take a creativity test which will subsequently release them into the infinite possibilities universe with whole-brain techniques and Mind Mapping. The activities reinforce the power of the Mind Map in stimulating creativity. This Mind Map itself was done live as the workshop was progressing. The colouring after the workshop took more than 6 hours to complete.

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Creativity Principles

The Creativity Principles Mind Map will help you to appreciate what creativity is. The Mind Map breaks down a wonderful quote from the book “Head First” by mind map inventor Tony Buzan (ISBN 0722540469). The mind map looks at how creativity comes about by stretching the imagination and making new associations to establish new ideas that add value. In addition the mind map looks at how creativity gets away from the norm to shock, startle, surprise and provoke new thinking.

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To Do List

The To Do List Mind Map on the left provides a comparison with a linear list on the right. The Mind Map is a creative thinking tool which transforms the items in the list into a fun and colourful visual record. It starts with the reframing of the “To Do List” into “Die Die Must Do” deadline with a central image that brings the fun energy into an otherwise stressful task. In addition, you will appreciate the power of visual thinking and metaphors used in this Mind Map i.e. the web-site to stimulate creative thinking.

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Workshop

The Workshop Mind Map provides an overview of the brain-based learning concepts, tools and activities.  The Mind Map breaks down the workshop into an over-view, introduction, benchmarking creativity, whole-brain learning, mind-mapping and a review.   In addition, you will appreciate the effectiveness of this Mind Map as a creative thinking tool.

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Paintbrush Mindmapping

The Paintbrush mindmapping Mind Map will help you to appreciate the infinite variety of ways to create unique painted mind maps. The Mind Map breaks down various mediums and mixed media, methods of illustration and mind map branch creation. In addition the mind map looks at using and developing lettering styles, expressing your artistic side plus ways to encourage individual finesse.

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Mind Map Rules

The Rules Mind Map sets out Tony Buzan’s laws of mind mapping which will help the mind mapper to analyze large amounts of information and synthesize the ideas into one mind map.  The mind mapper and observer will be able to see more visuals associated to the ideas and draw connected images.  The first rule on the use of blank paper in landscape enhances the critical and creative thinking skills in a fun manner. This Mind Map itself was designed over more than 6 months.  Ideas continue to flow in and even the background provides a third dimension to the overall mind map.

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Naturally Digital

The Naturally Digital Mind Map will help you to focus on key areas to consider when hand-drawing or digitally-drawing a mind map.  The Mind Map itself has both hand-drawn portions and digital portions. Observers are challenged to identify these portions.  Ultimately, instead of debating over the pros and cons, it will be more creative and cost-effective use of our time to manage both natural and digital equipment together towards our learning.

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