Idea Mapping

Last week I taught two workshops at MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University) for the 7th year in a row. Dr. Carol Ann Baily is the Director of the Adult Services Center and is the sponsor for these workshops. As part of my reference materials I brought with me the best book I’ve read in the […]

On January 22, 2009 I did a webinar with Mindjet titled, “Increasing Productivity with Idea Mapping”. Lisa Fait was the MC and Michael Deutch was the interviewer. Learn more about Idea Mapping and see some really cool examples from mappers around the globe! Listen to the recorded version.

Dr. Tim Schweizer is a Professor of Management at Luther College in Decorah, IA. He is also a Certified Trainer: Six Thinking Hats™, Lateral Thinking™ (Edward de Bono tools), and Vice President, Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies. He is currently on a year-long sabbatical working as an independent consultant to the Energy and Environmental Security […]

The 11th grader Melinda Dang is back with more idea maps for studying. She was first featured in the December 11, 2008 posting, again December 13, and most recently December 19. Today she is sharing more of her maps that she is creating for her school work. The top two maps are for her AP […]

MindManager Plus Art Equals a Clever and Unusual Idea Map Larisa Brigevich is the Director of the Global Research Library at Franklin Templeton. In April 2008 she completed the 5-day Idea Mapping Certification Workshop. Her first contribution to this blog was January 7, 2008 and she has had several since then. If you want to […]

Warren Arbuckle’s Business Mapping is the title of Warren’s book that was published in Japan in the Spring of 2008. We were introduced last year by our dear mutual friend, Vanda North. Ironically my Idea Mapping book in Japanese was paired with his for a while on amazon.jp. Warren has lived in Tokyo for 25 […]

Frank Medlar’s December 16, 2008 idea mapping example was the most popular 2008 posting since I start the new version of this blog in September 2008. Today I’m sharing another one of Frank’s maps that was also featured in the December 2008 Mindjet Newsletter. Frank Medlar is the Director of Workplace Learning and Career Development […]

The top postings for 2008 are as follows: #1 – Direct visits to the home page of the Idea Mapping Blog. #2 – 7 Habits of Highly Effective GTDers by Frank Medlar #3 – Franklin Templeton Library Mid-Year Results by Larisa Brigevich #4 – Idea Maps Help 11th-Grade AP Physics Studies by Melinda Dang #5 […]

I first featured idea maps from Melinda Dang on December 11, 2008 and then again on December 13, 2008. She is in the 11th grade and is the daughter of Steve Dang who was one of my Boeing workshop participants in October. If she let’s me I’m going to follow her progress right on into […]

Frank Medlar is the Director of Workplace Learning and Career Development for a Boston area college. We met in August 2008 when he attended a 2-day public Idea Mapping Workshop. Today (and for the rest of the month) one of his idea maps is featured in my column in the monthly Mindjet Newsletter. So I […]