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Upcoming Surprise Idea Mapping Workshop for 60 Professionals!
8 May 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, mind mapping workshops
Shhhh! It’s a secret!
In 21 years of teaching I have never had this happen before. The CEO of a large international company has me teaching a 1-day workshop to 60 of his top people from all around the globe very soon. They have no idea what they are walking into, and for those of you who have attended in the past — you know they will be surprised and have a blast while they learn.
I can’t tell you when or where and risk spilling the beans, but I will definitely share the outcomes after the workshop is over.
To be continued …
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New Idea Mapping Page on Facebook
7 May 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: Messages from Jamie
Idea Mapping has its own Facebook page as of May 3, 2013! I started my Jamie Nast Facebook page primarily as a professional page. Over the years more and more friends and family have connected with me there. I didn’t want to burden friends with Idea Mapping news or business contacts with personal information they were not interested in. Now I can have the best of both worlds!
So I invite you to like either my Idea Mapping page or my Jamie Nast page.
Idea Map 431 – Recipe For E. Wedel’s Famous Czekolada (Hot Chocolate)
6 May 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples
Last fall when I was teaching a 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop for the Learning Ministry in Warsaw, Poland I had a little extra time to spend with friends Wojtek and Ania Korsak.
We took an adventure to E. Wedel’s famous Chocolate Cafe where we sipped on three different recipes of liquid chocolate. The Korsak’s surprised me with a gift of E.Wedel’s hot chocolate mix!
This week I decided it was time to break into this delicious chocolate, but I couldn’t read the Polish instructions. So I called upon my friends for help. In response I received this Idea Map from a very clever Wojtek. I enjoy a good map that is both useful, fun and full of images! Thank you Korsak’s!
Wojtek Korsak is a fellow Idea Mapping expert and the owner and founder of Explorer-Consulting in Warsaw, Poland.
Idea Map 430 – Using Idea Mapping or Mind Mapping to Plan and Deliver a Presentation.
3 May 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples, Presentations
Drew Davis is a Senior Business Analyst at Larimer County Public Works Division in Fort Collins, Colorado. I met him in June of 2008 when I taught my first 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop for Larimer County.
The top attached map was created by Drew (using Mindjet) and used to prepare an innovation award nomination presentation (using PowerPoint) to his Senior Management Team. The map was used to summarize how the innovation was conceived, what was innovative about Larimer County’s implementation of Fleet Services as a Utility, and what he believed the potential outcomes to be.
All the information in this map is somehow included in his presentation. In order to show you how he went from this map to an 11-slide PowerPoint presentation, I’m highlighting 4 areas on his map and sharing an image of how each one of the 4 was dropped into a slide.
For those of you interested in more details on how this map was used, I’ll let Drew tell you in his own words:
“Fleet Services at Larimer County traditionally performed the repair and maintenance on light duty (cars, pickups, vans, police cars) and heavy equipment such as road graders, bulldozers, and dump trucks. The customer departments paid the cost of repairs, maintenance, and fuel and in most cases the County’s general fund paid for the replacement of the equipment. Under the traditional model there were issues determining the cost of delivering services to our customers and defining the decision making process between Fleet Services and the customers.
- Fully understand the full cost of acquiring and using vehicles and equipment
- Makes the cost more predictable and easier to budget
- Give offices and departments more choices in what services they purchase with their budgeted funds
While it Lasts – Huge Amazon Discount on Nast’s Idea Mapping Book
1 May 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: idea mapping book
Just saw an email that came out from Amazon alerting readers that the Idea Mapping Book is on sale for $14.14 at a 43% discount. I don’t know how long the sale will last, but if you’ve been tempted to purchase in the past, now’s the time to pull the trigger! Here’s the Amazon link.
More Idea Maps and Mind Maps from Luther College Principles of Management Students. Examples 427-429.
30 Apr 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples
This is the 8th set of Idea Mapping examples from Dr. Tim Schweizer’s Spring 2012 students. I have been following Tim’s work since October 2009 — shortly after he attended one of my Idea Mapping Workshops. Search this blog on “Luther College” for more examples.
Tim has developed a solid process to successfully teach Idea Mapping to his students. Tim takes the first two class periods to teach this tool to his students. Their first assignment is to create a map with “Who Am I?” as the topic. You can see many of those examples on this blog. Their second assignment is a take home assignment to create an idea map on their topic of choice. These examples are from this second assignment. The first one is about Kurt Bearinger’s Future, the second is Natalie Sim’s idea map about ballroom dancing, and lastly is Nellie Nelson’s example about basketball. More of these here.
Sure wish I’d learned Idea Mapping when I was in college. Thank you Kurt Bearinger, Natalie Sims, and Nellie Nelson for sharing your maps!
Digital vs. Paper Debate at Visual Literacy 2013
19 Apr 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: YouTube Videos
YouTube DirektDigital vs. Paper Debate at Visual Literacy 2013
A 3-person panel (comprised of Brandy Agerbeck @loosetooth, Karl Gude @karlgude, and Jamie Nast @jamienast) was given the topic “Paper vs. Online”. Coming squarely down in Paper was Brandy, Karl held strongly to Online, and Jamie took the middle ground. The whole thing was expertly moderated by Matt Pierce @mattpierce, host of The Forge. That was then followed up by an interview with Ryan Coleman @ryancoleman on visual brainstorming.
2013 VizLiteracy Conference Recap – Part 2
18 Apr 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Conference Events, VizLiteracy
The 2nd Annual Visual Literacy & Thinking Conference held on Saturday April 13, 2013 in Birmingham, Michigan was a great success. The number of participants doubled to 134. I was thrilled to be among the facilitators for this event.
These photos were from the Idea Mapping Breakout Session where 54 new idea mappers put their new skills to work. Here you can see them in action. Finally a big thanks to Paul who drove my PowerPoint when we weren’t using the flip chart and markers!
New Free Happy Hour App for iPhone. (And also compatible with iPod Touch, iPad, and iPad mini)
17 Apr 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: Apps
Tom Crawford is the owner and founder of Moveable Bytes – Creator of the HappyHour App. He has designed and developed user interfaces and experiences for over 25 years including 16 years in web and 12 in mobile. I met Tom through my involvement with the VizThink and Visual Literacy & Thinking Conferences.
Thought you might enjoy downloading this app to find deals at your local watering hole!
2013 VizLiteracy Conference Recap – Part 1
15 Apr 2013 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Conference Events, VizLiteracy
The 2nd Annual Visual Literacy & Thinking Conference held on Saturday April 13, 2013 in Birmingham, Michigan was a great success. The number of participants doubled to 134. I was thrilled to be among the facilitators for this event.
Once again Brandy Agerbeck – author of The Graphic Facilitator’s Guide graphically captures the keynote presentations. Les said a few words of introduction as the day got started and Jessica Hagy – author of How to be Interesting gave the first keynote.
Great time had by all.
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