Idea Mapping

Mindjet is going to have a booth at the SaaS World Conference & Expo in Tokyo beginning tomorrow and running through December 11, 2008. Since the newly translated Idea Mapping book in Japanese does not include a trial version of MindManager, this is your opportunity to stop by their booth and get a personal demo […]

In my September 19, 2008 posting, I talked about the HSMAI conference in D.C. I spoke at two weeks ago. This is a follow up to that posting on a more personal note. I went to the conference not knowing a soul. I was fortunate enough to meet some veterans of this organization who took […]

Last week I was privileged to speak at the HSMAI National Conference in Washington, D.C. This organization offers three conferences per year to meeting planners. What differentiates HSMAI is that there is no fee for attendees. I had 90 people attending a 75-minute Idea Mapping session. The photos you see are from the Association Activity […]

What is Artrain? Artrain USA is America’s Hometown Art Museum. A nonprofit organization, its mission is to enrich lives and build communities through the arts. As an art museum housed in vintage rail cars and traveling via the nation’s railways, Artrain USA brings world class art exhibitions and art education programs to communities and their […]

On Friday February 1, 2008 I blogged about the VizThink Conference in San Francisco for which I was fortunate to be a speaker. This posting is solely dedicated to the breakout session that Susi Watson and I did together on January 28, 2008. I’ll describe these maps from top to bottom. The first map is […]

I was fortunate to be one of the facilitators at the VizThink ’08 Conference this week in San Francisco, CA. On Saturday I began to study the various session descriptions to see which ones I wanted to attend. I looked at a list of session titles which showed the time, location, and last name of […]

VizThink is a new conference that will be held for the first time January 27-29, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Mindjet is among the sponsors of this event. I am teaming up with Susi Watson to facilitate a highly interactive session we are calling, “Mapping a Great 2008”. (Jamie’s profile and Susi’s profile) For more […]

This is photo #2 in today’s trilogy. This is a close-up shot of one of the tables. When participants arrive it gets even more colorful when the set of markers contained in the Idea Mapping Kits also decorated the table. Notice all the toys? Wouldn’t this be an inviting classroom?

This link is provided by Jay Cross, author of “Informal Learning”. Participants at Learning 2006 (Orlando, Florida) loved the Graphic Learning Gallery. For photos see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaycross/tags/learninggraphics/ Jay took this opportunity to raise the training industry’s consciousness of the power of graphics. Idea Maps from Megan Clark (Ford Motor Company, Michigan), Debbie Showler (Whitby, Ontario), and […]

Jay Cross, author of Informal Learning, is putting together a Gallery of Exemplary Learning Graphics for the Learning 2006 Conference in Orlando, FL. The conference is hosted by Elliott Masie and is co-sponsored by ASTD. Included in Jay’s gallery will be several idea maps including one from Debbie Showler of Whitby, Ontario, Megan Clark of […]