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Portrait Drawing From Idea Mapping Workshop at Mindjet
19 Nov 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, mind mapping workshops, Mindjet, Portrait Drawings
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 order to accomplish tasks they didn’t think they could do. This provides not only a new skill, but a model that can be applied to learning other things in business and life. Thanks Stephanie and great job!
Several others from this class planned on finishing their portraits after the class, so I’ll share those as they roll in.
Search for “portrait drawing” on this blog to see other examples of this activity.
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How to Plan for a New Baby – Idea Map 268
16 Nov 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Workshops, Mind Mapping Examples, Mindjet
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 are asked to choose a business or personal application to practice their new Idea Mapping skills. Wayne chose baby prep! Although he is not new to mind mapping or idea mapping, parenting is going to be the new learning.
I thought this was a clever use for idea mapping and thought I would share with readers of this blog.
Photos From This Week’s Public Idea Mapping Workshop Held at Mindjet
13 Nov 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Group Idea Maps, Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Workshops, Juggling, mind mapping workshops, Mindjet
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 is an Idea Map from one of the first activities.
The third photo is from the juggling activity and the fourth is Michael Deutch clowning around. Number five is Laurel Martinez from Blue Shield CA during the personal vision/mission activity. The weather was beautiful, so some took advantage of the outdoors during this time of contemplation.
The last shot is of Prabhjot (Jolly) Saini. This was an idea map that his group created of all the personal and professional uses they are going to implement for Idea Mapping. A great time was had by all. More photos to come in following posts.
Creating an Idea Map of a 40-Minute Reading Assignment
5 Nov 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Book Reviews, Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples
In the October 23, 2009 posting I first introduced readers of this blog to Dr. Tim Schweizer from Luther College in Decorah, IA. He attended one of my public Idea Mapping workshops in August of 2009 and has been experimenting using Idea Mapping with his college students in a variety of ways ever since. Search this blog on his name or “Luther College” and you will find many, many idea mapping examples from his students and some of his examples as well.
Today he is sharing 3 examples that were maps created in about 15 minutes. The students read a book for 35-40 minutes, then mapped what they remembered. It was not supposed to be an outline. They read for fun, then mapped. This shows a visual overview of what they could recall when reading for a rather short period of time.
The top example from Mallory Bazan is from the book Free Prize Inside by Seth Godin. The second example from Sam Meyers is an overview of a reading from Expert Thinking by Kenneth Gilhooly and Robert Hoffman. The third idea map summarizes Matt Moen‘s reading from The Necessary Revolution by Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Laur and Sar Schley. Matt titled his Idea Map “Expanding Our Thinking.”
Dr. Schweizer sent me quite a few more examples that I will share over the upcoming weeks.
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9 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE PUBLIC IDEA MAPPING WORKSHOP IN SAN FRANCISCO
1 Nov 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, mind mapping workshops
You still have time to register for the public Idea Mapping Workshop that will be held November 10-11, 2010 at the Mindjet offices in San Francisco, CA. You will join professionals from companies like Wells Fargo, Raytheon, Blue Shield of California, Red Bull and more. Registration is required in advance.
Students Stop Studying and Start Learning with a New Book Titled Concise Learning by Toni Krasnic
26 Oct 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Books, Idea Map
If you are a student or have a student that wants to strengthen their learning skills, Concise Learning: Learn More & Score Higher in Less Time with Less Effort is for you. This book will help you learn more and score higher on tests in less time and with less effort.
Learning how to learn has historically been one of the most overlooked skills not taught to students. As a result learning continues to be a challenge into adulthood. I see this all the time with the participants of my Idea Mapping Workshops. Even very successful engineers, leaders, and IT professionals have rarely been taught strong learning techniques – rather they have been TOLD to learn and left to figure the rest out on their own.
The few learning tips students and adults are provided are often boring or nothing more than rote memorization. The stress and pressure this creates can be replaced with success by applying Toni Krasnic’s Concise Learning Method. This learning method is specifically designed for students and combines a 5-phase process (Preview, Participate, Process, Practice, and Produce) with Idea Mapping (Toni calls this visual mapping).
You can order the book at www.conciselearning.com. For additional information see Toni’s blog at http://conciselearning.tumblr.com/.
Registrations for the Public Idea Mapping Workshop at Mindjet Started Rolling in Yesterday
26 Oct 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, mind mapping workshops, MindjetAs 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, CA. Seating is limited to the first 30 people. Author Jamie Nast will be the instructor.
For details on this event see the Mindjet Blog and register for this workshop today.
Mindjet Posted a Detailed Blog About the Upcoming Public Idea Mapping Workshop at their San Francisco Offices
23 Oct 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, mind mapping workshops
Everything you want to know about this upcoming event at Mindjet can be found in this posting. Thanks Garret!
Last Two 2010 Public Idea Mapping Workshops in Palm Beach and San Francisco
21 Oct 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, mind mapping workshops
This is a reminder that the last two 2010 public Idea Mapping Workshops will be held in San Francisco, California at the Mindjet offices November 10-11, 2010 and Palm Beach, Florida December 6-7, 2010.
The San Francisco workshop is limited to 30 people and the Palm Beach workshop is limited to 16. Register today or browse through the course abstract.
Idea Map 262 Shares How a College Student Memorized Chemistry Guidelines
19 Oct 2010 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples, Studying for Exams
Idea Mapping has been helping Luther College students since the fall 2009 semester. This is the first example from the fall 2010 classes. You can search on this blog for “Luther College” to find over 25 other examples from last school years’ students.
Again Dr. Tim Schweizer spent one 60-minute class teaching them the concepts and guidelines of Idea Mapping. They read chapters 2-5 of the Idea Mapping book, and then spent a second 60-minute class practicing and applying their new skills.
Their assignment was to create an idea map that would be relevant to them either personally, professionally, or academically. He gave them several topic suggestions and allowed for either hand drawn or computer generated maps.
Above you will find Idea Map #262. It was created by Shelby Eaton about one of her chemistry lessons. Here’s what she said about this Idea Map:
“When I made this idea map, we had just started some basic chemistry guidelines that I was having trouble memorizing and keeping straight. By creating an idea map for this material, it really made me sit down and figure out all of the different rules that I had been having trouble with, which considerably helped. I have been tested over this material, and I found that section on the test to be quite easy.”
Thank you for sharing this Shelby!
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