Idea Mapping

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 […]

On May 17, 2011 I was honored to present an Idea Mapping webinar for IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis).  I was invited to be a guest presenter because my Idea Mapping book is one of the best sellers in their library of recommended reading. For more information on IIBA please visit www.iiba.org. To view a similar […]

In my last posting I featured the first of several outstanding idea maps and portraits that I somehow overlooked sharing.  This is the second one from Mike Kline who used idea mapping to brainstorm the preparation for his performance review when he worked at Ford Motor Company. The main map highlights his 2006 accomplishments and […]

Yesterday I stumbled across two exceptional idea maps that I didn’t realize I hadn’t shared. Both were created by Mike Kline back in 2006. Today’s example was the result of an idea mapping activity during a season that was going to involve lots of downsizing. As you can see his mind was filled with possible […]

Meet Evin Lantz who founded ZEL (Zealous Entertainment Live!) in 2007 before he even had a drivers license. Evin is a sophomore at Luther College and a student of the well-known Dr. Tim Schweizer who started the Idea Mapping experiment with his students in the fall of 2009. He is majoring in Business Management and […]

Meet Jim Lauria – V.P. of Marketing and Business Development for Amiad Filtration Systems. He has been using mind maps for over ten years, first creating them by hand and then for the last seven years using MindManager.  Three years ago he joined Amiad and declared that he would become a thought leader in the […]

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 led the experiment.  From this date through the April 15, 2010 posting you will find many examples from this first group. For the next semester Dr. Schweizer change the assignment […]

I have a new friend named Tom Sembongi from Japan who founded the FreeMind Users Forum Japan in 2008. He is also the author of “How to grow your business with FreeMind.” In this Idea Map he describes the forum’s goal, background, participants, what they do, and contact information. If you are interested in looking […]

On Friday January 21, 2011 the team supporting the Saline Leadership Institute (SLI) in Saline, MI gathered to celebrate the retirement of Bill Lavery. Bill (who was previously a retired health care executive) was one of the three original founders of this organization. SLI is committed to helping people in the Saline community develop leadership […]

This idea map sure looks different from the original one created by hand! On January 28, 2011 I shared the story about how Siri Zimmerman and I used idea mapping to plan the content of a 2-hour session I will deliver for around 150 people at a conference in March sponsored by the Diabetes Association […]