Idea Mapping

I’ve featured a few idea maps in this blog that are resumes. The first one was Carl Giosa’s and this one is his son’s — Eric Giosa. In a competitive job market you need your resume to stand out over others vying for the same position.  I assure you that using an idea map will […]

Jim Lauria is the V.P. of Marketing and Business Development for Amiad Filtration Systems. I introduced him back in April 2011 when he shared one of his Idea Maps on Futures Trends of Urban Water Treatment. This free 30-minute webinar follows this same topic in a bit more detail and focuses on how Jim develops […]

If you have been a frequent visitor to this blog, you know that I have been following Dr. Tim Schweizer and his management students since October 2009 — shortly after he attended one of my Idea Mapping Workshops. I shouldn’t even call it an experiment anymore because Tim has developed a solid process to successfully […]

This is one of my absolute favorite Idea Maps or Mind Maps I’ve ever seen … a needed tool at an incredibly critical moment in time. An avid user of MindManager David Hill of Con Edison writes:  “A few months after 9/11 I was having coffee with my friend Lisa Frigand of Con Edison’s Economic […]

If you have been a frequent visitor to this blog, you know that I have been following Dr. Tim Schweizer and his management students since October 2009 — shortly after he attended one of my Idea Mapping Workshops. His success in teaching Idea Mapping to his students has resulted in a published research paper, a […]

The very first posting about this experiment with Luther College students was on October 23, 2009. (You can get some background there.) Dr. Tim Schweizer (who took my Idea Mapping workshop in August 2009) led the experiment.  Every semester since then Tim has taught Idea Mapping to his Principles of Management students at the beginning of each semester. Each […]

Debbie Showler is a CIMI (Certified Idea Mapping Instructor) and a Principal Instructor for the Masters Certificate Program taught by Atocrates, Inc.from Whitby, Ontario. Today I want to encourage those of you who are newer to Idea Mapping. I realize many of the examples shared in this blog are very beautiful and it can be […]

The very first posting about this experiment with Luther College students was on October 23, 2009. (You can get some background there.) Dr. Tim Schweizer (who took my Idea Mapping workshop in August 2009) led the experiment.  Every semester since then Tim has taught Idea Mapping to his Principles of Management students at the beginning of each semester. Each […]

Early in 1996 I was certified to teach Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” workshops for leaders with EDS (Electronic Data Systems). On a late Friday afternoon in August I was facing the daunting task of teaching my first two 4-day Covey workshop in Indianapolis with one of my co-workers Lisa Morgan. Unfortunately […]

The very first posting about this experiment with Luther College students was on October 23, 2009. (You can get some background there.) Dr. Tim Schweizer (who took my Idea Mapping workshop in August 2009) led the experiment.  Every semester since then Tim has taught Idea Mapping to his Principles of Management students at the beginning of each semester. […]