Idea Mapping

Kaizad Irani, Certified Idea Mapping Instructor, is back again with one of his masterpieces.  Kaizad Irani is the Program Director for Horticulture and Landscape Design at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. All of his contributions have been outstanding. Search this blog on “kaizad” and see more of his beautiful idea maps. This is one of […]

I was looking through some of my idea mapping examples that had been created by students and realized that I had not shared these examples previously. They date back to April of 2005 when I taught a workshop for 126 business owners who were part of an organization called “Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence” which is […]

I first introduced Melinda Dang in a December 2008 posting. Since then Melinda has contributed numerous idea maps to this blog on topics like using Idea Maps to study for AP Physics, Spanish, studying for the SAT’s and other subjects. These examples are the idea maps she created to finish out the year and study […]

Here’s an ironic story… Last month I was one of the speakers for the sold-out New Jersey PMI (Project Management Institute) Annual Conference. This is the second largest chapter in the USA. The morning started with a great spread of food and attendees strolled the bookstore and the vendor booths. I noticed that the bookstore […]

Liz Kimura is the only Certified Idea Mapping Instructor in South America. She has three upcoming events that you won’t want to miss if you live in and around Brazil. Liz is one of the best Mind Mapping and Idea Mapping Instructors in the world, and her participants are more successful as a result of […]

Meet Ashay Gharat.  He is a process expert and helps organizations become more successful by increasing revenue and reducing cost through effective program and service delivery management.  He focuses on leading organizational change by defining the road map for change and actually following through the execution.   Currently he services pharma clients including Novartis Pharmaceuticals. […]

I am a huge fan of Daniel Pink who wrote the book, “A Whole New Mind“. You can even see a detailed Idea Map I created of his book. I recently received an email from a long-time client and friend who works for a large automotive company in southeastern Michigan.  She forwarded a link to […]

Yesterday I returned from teaching an Idea Mapping Workshop at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) in Toronto. One of the participants was Dan Houle who is the VP of Investment Operations. He has been and avid mind mapper and user of MindManager since 2005. He estimates that he has easily created over 650 maps using […]

On September 4, 2007 I first introduced you to Michael Panebianco who is a seasoned airline captain.  His infamous “Fire in the Plane” idea map was one of many emergency procedures he has mapped in order to commit the responses to memory. This is a revised idea map that he created after actually experiencing a […]

Idea Mapping has a rich heritage in mind mapping. However I often get this question, “What is the difference between idea mapping and mind mapping?” I use the term “Idea Mapping” rather than “Mind Mapping” for several reasons. First I use the term idea mapping out of respect for the mappers who map strictly by […]