Idea Mapping

Professionals are required to solve problems every day. Client problems, technical problems, employee problems, strategic problems, and the list goes on and on. The pressure to make the right decision can be overwhelming and confusing. Here is my suggestion: Choose one problem you are currently facing. Put an image or image/word combination that represents this […]

June 1st is the official start of hurricane season in the Atlanta and Gulf areas of the USA. I can’t help but be reminded of a great adventure that 9 of us shared during Hurricane Wilma. Joanne Lo from Hong Kong created this map which describes her feelings, experience, and learning while attending a certification […]

This map was created by Leo Martin who has a Bachelor of Science, Berner Fachhochschule, in Medical Technology. He works at a center named “Ausbildungszentrum Insel Bern, Switzerland (AZI)” which is the education center of the University Hospital Inselspital in Bern. Leo and his wife Monika have been long-time idea mappers and friends. Computertomography is […]

This map was created by Judy (Grewell) Bess and John Grewell, and it is featured in Jamie Nast’s book titled, Idea Mapping (John Wiley & Sons, September 2006). This map documents all of the final planning for Judy’s husband John, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He passed away 6 weeks after the completion of […]

T.J. Rivard is the program director for a program called ABC3 which is a chapter of Dollars For Scholars at Willow Run High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan. (See 4-17-07 posting for related entry.) In this map, T.J. outlines the program’s goals, meeting dates, contact information for all involved, programs offered to the students, and student […]

Today’s postings are a double whammy! I am going to contrast two idea maps. They contain identical data, but one of them also includes images. These maps were created in MindManager by Vickie Flis. She wanted to prove to her sons that you could create a map of a book. She read John Maxwell’s book, […]

Today’s postings are a double whammy! I am going to contrast two idea maps. They contain identical data, but one of them also includes images. These maps were created in MindManager by Vickie Flis. She wanted to prove to her sons that you could create a map of a book. She read John Maxwell’s book, […]

If you have been following the conversation between myself and Steve Rothwell (Reading, UK) on the April 13th posting, you will be excited to see Steve’s maps today. Idea Maps #10 (posting below) and #11 prove that your maps don’t need to follow any rules or be beautiful to be effective. I’ll let Steve describe […]

If you have been following the conversation between myself and Steve Rothwell (Reading UK) on the April 13th posting, you will be excited to see Steve’s maps today. Idea Maps #10 and #11 (above) prove that your maps don’t need to follow any rules or be beautiful to be effective. I’ll let Steve describe this […]

My husband and I were invited to a luncheon today at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM). It was called “Celebration of Education” and was sponsored by the Willow Run/Ypsilanti, Michigan Dollars for Scholars (DFS) organization. My role began with DFS during the 2001-2002 school year and went four consecutive years. During that first school […]