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Idea Mapping Examples #163-165: Eighth-Grader Plans a Presentation For Oral Exam
20 Jul 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Workshops, Presentations, Studying for Exams
I was looking through some of my idea mapping examples that had been created by students and realized that I had not shared these examples previously. They date back to April of 2005 when I taught a workshop for 126 business owners who were part of an organization called “Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence” which is sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh.
It happened to be “Bring Your Daughter to Work Day”, so an eighth-grader joined her mom for this Idea Mapping Workshop. She was a quick learner, and created a couple of these idea maps during some of the activities, and finished the final one up at home. The top mind map is the instructions for an assignment she was given to deliver an oral report. The second example shows some of the research and information gathering for her oral exam on an organism. The third map is her actual script and the visuals she wanted to include in this presentation.
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Welcoming Dave Gunby to the Idea Mapping Blog Farm
17 Jul 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Certified Idea Mapping Instructors, Dave Gunby
Dave Gunby and I met back in 1992 when we both worked for EDS. He worked out of the Plano, TX offices while I was in Michigan. He was actually certified as a Mind Mapping Instructor just prior to me. We even left EDS in 1997 two weeks apart. Ever since then Dave has had his own company and is considered an expert in creativity, presentation techniques, and idea mapping.
Today Dave has jumped on board and joined the idea mapping blog world. Check out his blog and website. I know you’ll enjoy and learn alot from what he has to say!
Portrait Drawing From Boeing Workshop Participant
15 Jul 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, Portrait Drawings
In April of 2009 I taught two Idea Mapping Workshops at Boeing. A few days ago I received an email from Gordon Kranick with this portrait attached. Here was Gordon’s message to me:
“Tired aerospace engineer finishes art project for rejuvenation 2.5 months later! Your class was on 4/28 and I found the half finished sketch this past Sunday while at my desk at work, working on a term paper for school. So a 2.5 month delay is a good note to encourage your students to keep the dream alive and don’t lose their sketches. Finishing my sketching got me sidetracked and I took a peek at local artist http://www.jenniferbowman.com. She does classes in the area and I thought it would be fun to go to a class with my son.”
Gordon – You did a fabulous job on this sketch and how cool would it be to take a class with your son! Congrats! To learn more about the purpose of this activity see the first portrait drawing that went up on this blog in June 2007.
Student & Faculty Rebate on Upcoming Public Idea Mapping Workshop
13 Jul 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops
Every September I teach several 3-hour Idea Mapping Workshops for the students and faculty of MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University). Numerous participants have wished that they could attend the full 2-day version. This year for the the first time the 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop will be offered in Murfreesboro, TN on September 22-23, 2009 — the two days prior to the annual MTSU events.
Also for the first time, there will be a $200 rebate for any student and faculty attending. You will receive this rebate after paying for the course. Non-student and faculty are also invited to attend and have in fact already begun to register. Rebates are also available for groups of 5 or more. Register for this event today.
The class will be held at the DoubleTree in Murfreesboro. Participants must register in advance so that materials can be ordered and shipped to the facility.
Idea Maps #158-162 – High School AP Physics Studying
6 Jul 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples, Studying for Exams
I first introduced Melinda Dang in a December 2008 posting. Since then Melinda has contributed numerous idea maps to this blog on topics like using Idea Maps to study for AP Physics, Spanish, studying for the SAT’s and other subjects. These examples are the idea maps she created to finish out the year and study for her last AP Physics exam. She is going into her senior year of high school now. Search this blog on “Melinda Dang” to see her may other idea mapping examples.
The above maps from top to bottom cover the following material:Â Blackbody Radiation & Quantum Numbers, Photons & Compton Effect, Young’s Two slit Experiment, an unlabelled map (maybe I can get Melinda to shed some light on this), and Superposition & Interference.
June 2009 Blog Stats
1 Jul 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Blog StatsI’m fascinated by watching more and more visitors come to this blog. Last month the Idea Mapping Blog had the highest number of visitors and page views since its launch in 2006. There were 11,574 page views and 4,978 unique visitors. Wow!
CPPIB (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) – Part 3
30 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, Portrait DrawingsOn June 5, 2009 I began to share about a recent workshop I taught at CPPIB in Toronto. Part two was posted on June 26, 2009, and today is part three.
As part of the Idea Mapping Workshop, participants are taught skills they don’t think they perform so that they have to come face-to-face with their disbelief. I use a learning model to then help them break tasks into manageable pieces. To learn more about the purpose of this activity see the first portrait drawing that went up on this blog in June 2007.
These drawings are among some of those who were able to finish within the 40-minute timeframe. Some of the instruction comes from the work of Betty Edwards. Daniel Pink, author of “A Whole New Mind“, took the week-long Betty Edwards class (Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain) and he talks about that experience in his book.
To see more portraits from workshop held for other organizations (like Boeing, Mayo Clinic, Larimer County Government, OTPP, etc.) search for the word “Portrait” within this blog.
CPPIB (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) – Part 2
26 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping WorkshopsOn June 5, 2009 I began to share about a recent workshop I taught at CPPIB in Toronto. Jason Koulouras (Director of Data Services) saw a posting I did last year about a similar organization in Toronto, OTPP (Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan), and had just recently been introduced to the Mindjet software. Long story short, Jason brought the Idea Mapping training to CPPIB.
When participants are learning to create idea maps, one of the ways to expedite this process is to have them share the maps they’ve created. This way they see a variety of applications and how they might capture similar information in completely different ways — and both can be correct.
There are tons of other workshop photos from other Idea Mapping Courses at companies like Boeing, BP, Mayo Clinic, Ford, University of Warsaw in Poland, etc. Or my Flickr Photostream has quite a few as well. More idea mapping examples can be found in Flickr as well.
Idea Mapping Book – In Top 10 For Project Managers
21 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: idea mapping book, Project Management, WebinarsHere’s an ironic story…
Last month I was one of the speakers for the sold-out New Jersey PMI (Project Management Institute) Annual Conference. This is the second largest chapter in the USA. The morning started with a great spread of food and attendees strolled the bookstore and the vendor booths. I noticed that the bookstore was selling my Idea Mapping book. They sold out quickly. After my session in the afternoon, I did a book signing and also sold out of the case of books I had Wiley ship to NJ in advance.
Last week my editor at Wiley sent me a screen shot off of their computer system showing us that Amazon has re-ordered more Idea Mapping books (because they sold all their stock). On the screen shot that only looked at the 12 or so most recent orders, I noticed that a company called Project Management Bookstore had placed a rather large order. They are owned by RMC Project Management, one of the largest project management training and development firms in the world. Currently the bookstore carries about 130 titles from many of the industry’s best-selling authors, and offer books on a range of topics including Fundamentals, Virtual Teams, Program Management, Communication, Time Management, Leadership, Requirements, and PMOs — along with some soft-skill areas.
When I googled them I discovered that they were looking for authors (whose books they sell) to do webinars for their clients. Since nearly all of my clients use idea mapping for some part of the PM process, and I’ve done webinars for PM’s before (450+ Boeing PMPs for example), I popped them an email. I got a very quick reply from a gal that said she was laughing when she read the note. She was from the same bookstore that was working the PMI New Jersey event last month! Now to my point. She said that since the inception of the bookstore mid 2007, the Idea Mapping book has been in the top 10 best sellers. Pretty cool! So if you are a project manager (or even if you’re not) and looking for some additional help, maybe the Idea Mapping book is just the thing for you.
Social Networking – Part 2
20 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Social NetworkingSeveral days ago I started posting about my journey into social networking. Once I got a basic understanding of Digg, Squidoo, Flickr, LinkedIn, I added other bookmarking and networking sites such as Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Reddit, Propeller, Google, Slashdot, and ThisNext.
I went in kicking and screaming when I was told by my web designer that I needed to have a presence in Facebook and on Twitter. I’m now in over my head. All I know how to do in Facebook is to upload my blog postings there. Besides that I’m pretty clueless. What are snowball fights and all the other silly things that people do there? I think I need to take a Facebook class. For now I’m only using Facebook for business purposes. If I want to connect with people, I prefer to call or we can go to lunch.
Finally we come to Twitter. It’s a hot place to be, but I just don’t get it. One of my certified instructors, Liz Kimura, is using it all the time and generating business from it. This is where I definately need some education. How could any one person keep up with all the Tweets? Am I the only one that is struggling? …and yes, I will tweet about this posting (smile).
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