Idea Mapping

Scott Letwin is an Electrical Apprenticeship Instructor at Red Deer College in Red Deer, Alberta CANADA. I recently met him when he attended my Idea Mapping Workshop in Palm Beach, FL December 11-12, 2013. He has been at Red Deer College for eight years and has been successfully teaching idea mapping to his students and […]

These two Idea Maps from Howard Veit and Scott Letwin summarize Covey’s 7 Habits. These examples were created during my December 2013 Idea Mapping Workshop in Palm Beach, FL using mind mapping software. They were developed during an activity whose purpose is to give course participants an opportunity to summarize an article and boil down habits like […]

Frank Adams is the Coordinator of IT for the Rinker Center for International Programs at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. I taught both an Idea Mapping Workshop and  Memory Workshop there in October 2013. This is Frank’s first attempt at idea mapping real-time. Here is a Frank’s explanation of the idea map: “Sunapsis is an international student administration software […]

Scott Letwin is no stranger to Idea Mapping, yet he’s determined to continue to grow in his knowledge of this tool and surround himself with other experts in this field. This Canadian is going to travel to Palm Beach, Florida next week to attend my public 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop along with Vanda North’s Mind […]

I am honored to be featured in this month’s Mindjet User Spotlight.  In this article I share one of my favorite idea maps using MindManager.

Chris Kordick is pre-med student at Benedictine University and a strength coach. He attended my 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop in Livonia, MI last month. During one of the workshop activities Chris created this map. Here’s what Chris said: “Utilizing the Idea Mapping or Mind Mapping ideology has made my job as a strength coach much […]

When Intel asked Clarity Creative Group in Las Vegas, Nevada, to help introduce its new microprocessor architecture to the market, Partner and Executive Art Director Gregg Stokes and his team used this idea map to focus on the complex product’s key benefits: increased computing power and efficiency derived from putting dual “cores” onto a single […]

Be creative when you are marketing a new business. A friend of mine has had a cleaning business for nearly 3 years and just incorporated under a new LLC name – “Dirt Busters.” Owner Julie Cook uses earth-friendly products and provides residential, commercial services for homes, apartments, move-outs and special events. This Idea Map gives […]

I recently taught an Idea Mapping Workshop for PRA International as part of their Leadership Retreat.  A couple weeks after returning home one of the participants (Simon) was putting his 10-year old daughter to bed. She was taking him through one of her workbooks and she said “yeah we use mind mapping all the time”. […]

Gareth Adams created this idea map during last week’s Idea Mapping Workshop that I taught for PRA International. He uses lots of images and humor to communicate his meaty message:) Enjoy this entertaining example. No veggie burgers for this man and bacon is a must! Gareth lives in the UK and is the Senior Director […]