Idea Mapping

This is one of my absolute favorite Idea Maps or Mind Maps I’ve ever seen … a needed tool at an incredibly critical moment in time. An avid user of MindManager David Hill of Con Edison writes:  “A few months after 9/11 I was having coffee with my friend Lisa Frigand of Con Edison’s Economic […]

Meet Jim Lauria – V.P. of Marketing and Business Development for Amiad Filtration Systems. He has been using mind maps for over ten years, first creating them by hand and then for the last seven years using MindManager.  Three years ago he joined Amiad and declared that he would become a thought leader in the […]

Mindjet Founders, Mike and Bettina Jetter, have created a new Web 2.0 Life Coaching application Coaching Sanctuary. Putting a technological twist on tradition, Coaching Sanctuary brings life coaching online through innovative design and interactive technology for coaches and end-users. It is designed for Life Coaches, their clients and YOU! Coaching Sanctuary is like no other […]

This idea map sure looks different from the original one created by hand! On January 28, 2011 I shared the story about how Siri Zimmerman and I used idea mapping to plan the content of a 2-hour session I will deliver for around 150 people at a conference in March sponsored by the Diabetes Association […]

No she didn’t trace it! This portrait drawing was created by Stephanie Neill during my recent 2-day public Idea Mapping Workshop held at the Mindjet Offices in San Francisco. The purpose of this activity is to put adults into learning situations they think impossible. Then they apply a learning model and some brief instructions in […]

Planning for a new baby can be overwhelming, but this Idea Map has helped Wayne Chan get his arms around the many things he and his wife will need to prepare for. Last week I taught a 2-day public Idea Mapping Workshop at the Mindjet Offices in San Francisco. During one of the activities participants […]

We had a terrific experience during this week’s Idea Mapping Workshop held at the Mindjet offices in San Francisco! Here is the first round of photos for you to enjoy. The top photo features Ray Sheffield from Sheffield Estate Planning, Brett Robblee from Raytheon, Tim Cox from Wells Fargo and Wayne Chan from Mindjet.  Next […]

As a result of an email blast on Friday afternoon by Mindjet, registrations for the November 10-11, 2010 public Idea Mapping Workshop started coming in yesterday. Participants from Wells Fargo, Raytheon and other companies will be joining us for the event. The Idea Mapping course will be held at the Mindjet offices in San Francisco, […]

In the January 26, 2009 posting one of Tim Schweizer’s idea maps was featured along with a mention about the above map being featured in the Mindjet Newsletter. Tim is the Professor of Management at Luther College. This idea map and the story only stayed on the Mindjet Newsletter site for 4 weeks. I am […]

I’m fascinated by statistics and trends especially as it pertains to how social networking impacts blog and website statistics. I’m also intrigued by trends in book sales. Some books have a life for a year or so and then die out. Others become classics. Here’s what I’m seeing happen to my Idea Mapping Book … […]