Idea Mapping

Today we are celebrating two events. First is the 1-year anniversary of the release of the Idea Mapping book and the second is the debut of a new monthly column in the Mindjet Newsletter. This posting shares the two maps featured in today’s newsletter. The above link to the newsletter will be live around 1pm […]

I’m starting a series of idea maps that were created by participants of my workshop titled, “Idea Mapping: A Learning Workshop”. These professionals each create a map from an overview of Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People“. Each map ends up looking quite different, has different main branches, different levels of detail, and varied […]

On August 20th, I first introduced Erica Ervin. I noticed an unusually high amount of traffic coming to the blog from France after that posting, so here is another one of Erica’s idea maps from when she was learning French in high school. She is now in her senior year of college majoring in French. […]

A clip from Part 1 of Jamie’s BCTV interview on Michigan Entrepreneur, which aired in July, is now available to watch here. Part 2 will air twice this week. On a side note, the Idea Mapping Squidoo Lens is currently ranked #16 in business and #356 overall.

On September 4, 2007 I introduced you to pilot Michael Panebianco. He’s back with another example of how idea mapping is helping in training for emergency procedures. The asymmetric flaps map is an abnormal situation he had a few months back. It was the first map he did after buying the Idea Mapping book. He […]

Meet airline pilot, Michael Panebianco. Michael created a map that we call “fires on the airplane map”. He used this map as a visualization tool to study for emergency procedures pilots can face. It presents the big picture of dealing with one of the most dangerous situations in aviation. While existing checklists are linear, this […]

Daniel is a senior at the University of South Florida, and did his summer at a large automotive company in southeastern Michigan. One of his first assignments his manager gave him was to read the Idea Mapping book. I met Daniel in June and he was already becoming a huge fan and user of MindManager. […]

Next month I will be heading to MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University) to teach 3 workshops for the 5th year in a row. Each year Dr. Carol Ann Baily (Director of Adult Services) gathers nearly 150 students for two 3-hour Idea Mapping Workshops and another 30 or so faculty for a workshop the following day. […]

Don Snyder (better know as Don The Idea Guy) introduced me to Jim Canterucci, the author of a book called Personal Brilliance. Last month Jim and his wife Holly were in town, and I had a chance to meet with them in person. When Jim started the meeting he pulled out this map that he […]

As another school year begins, learners around the globe might be encouraged to see an Idea Mapping example created by a fellow student, Erica Ervin. In 2002, Erica was a junior at Willow Run High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It was the first of several school years where I taught Idea Mapping to the students […]