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Social Networking – Part One

16 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Social Networking

I was first introduced to the world of social networking three years ago by the owner of Urban Verve — the company that designed my website and this blog. I started out slowly by learning to digg, got linked in, built a squidoo lens, and put idea maps and workshop photos into flickr. My digg submissions bookmark various pages of interest. Like many of you, I joined LinkedIn and now have nearly 200 connections. I followed that by building my first Idea Mapping Squidoo Lens (I now have a second lens), and finished phase 1 by creating two photo streams in Flicker. The Idea Mapping Photo Stream currently has 99 Idea Mapping Examples (and growing), and the Idea Mapping Workshop Photo Stream has 46 photos from companies like Boeing, OTPP, CPPIB, Larimer County Government, Ford, (and growing) and many others.

For those of you who are struggling with the learning curve of social networking, find a friend who is saavy in this area and learn from them. I’m still stuggling in many of these areas and will share more about that in another posting.

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Tags: Boeing, CPPIB, digg.com, Flickr.com, Larimer County Government, LinkedIn.com, OTPP, Social Networking, Squidoo.com

Idea Mapping in Brazil – Summer 2009

14 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Workshops, Mind Mapping Examples

Liz Kimura is the only Certified Idea Mapping Instructor in South America. She has three upcoming events that you won’t want to miss if you live in and around Brazil. Liz is one of the best Mind Mapping and Idea Mapping Instructors in the world, and her participants are more successful as a result of attending her workshops. I’ve spent a week with Liz on two separate occasions several years apart. I highly recommend her as a facilitator. Following is both an Idea Map of these events and a description. Details are also listed on her blog.

On June 27, 2009 from 9am – 6pm Liz will teach a one-day Idea Mapping Course in Sao Paulo for R$ 800,00 per person. Materials, lunch, coffee break, and a certificate of attendance is included in the fee.

On July 2, 2009 from 2:30pm – 4pm Liz will give a FREE lecture in Sao Paulo on the Benefits of Idea Mapping.

On July 4-5, 2009 from 9am – 6pm Liz will teach the two-day Idea Mapping Course in Sao Paulo for R$ 1.430,00 per person. Materials, lunch, coffee break, parking, and a certificate of attendance is included in the fee.

If you would like to have Liz teach at your organization or register for any of these events, contact Liz via email at Liz(at)IdeaMappingSuccess(dot)com or call her offices at (+55-11) 3271-9336. Visit her website or follow her on Twitter.

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Planning for Medical Residency – Idea Map #156

11 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example

Meet Ashay Gharat. He is a process expert and helps organizations become more successful by increasing revenue and reducing cost through effective program and service delivery management. He focuses on leading organizational change by defining the road map for change and actually following through the execution. Currently he services pharma clients including Novartis Pharmaceuticals. He is part of the management team at Elangeni Consulting.

His wife (Dr. Rashmi) is working towards her medical residency. We all know this is a challenging process. Ashay created this idea map for his wife. This is their plan on how they are going to accomplish this enduring challenge. It’s called Dr. Rashmi’s Residency map. This map entails a very detailed description of what needs to be done. Rashmi has her last step 2 medical licensing exam that she needs to take before she can join the residency program. It is a 9 hour test with only 1 hour of break time. This is not only a test of application of what you have learned, but also an endurance test to see how you can perform and give right medical judgment under pressure situations.

In his own words Ashay states, “I do a day map every morning and it has helped me become more effective, and I can already see the results with the number of things I get done. It is amazing!”

There are several things I really enjoy about this idea map.

First it solves a real concern.
It breaks the mind mapping laws and truly becomes an idea map that fits his unique purpose. (I’ve discussed this issue on my newest Squidoo Lens.)
The time line in the map is creative and clever.
I like the stethoscope around Dr. Rashmi’s neck in the central image.
I love the fact that the celebration is included!

Ashay – thank you for sharing, and best of luck to you both.

If you like to see lots of Idea Mapping examples in thumbnail format (then you can click on the ones that interest you), I recommend that you visit the Idea Mapping Gallery of my Idea Mapping Squidoo Lens. I copied the first two rows out of 20 just to give you a sample.

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Idea Mapping Website Becomes an Authority Site in Google

8 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Web Statistics

I find the whole online world a fascinating space. My Idea Mapping Website went up 3 years ago this month. At that time I knew NOTHING about creating a website and hadn’t heard of blogging. With the guidance of Cornel Ivanescu (Founder of Urban Verve — ranked one of the top 10 web design companies in the Midwest), the amount of traffic coming to my site has soared in the last 3 years. I’ll give you some examples:

In June of 2006 (first month of existence) we had 834 unique visitors view 10,362 pages within the site. We had 49,553 hits and 145 referrers that month. In June of 2007 I had 4,256 unique visitors view 11,514 pages within the site. We had 223,621 hits and 751 referrers.

In June of 2008 we had 16,627 unique visitors view 66,434 pages within the site. We had 365,432 hits and 1,321 referrers. We closed out 2008 with over 1/4 of a million visitors. Last month we had 44,748 unique visitors view 159,061 pages within the site. We had 599,087 hits and 2,902 referrers. We are on track for over 1/2 of a million visitors this year!

Last month Google made the Idea Mapping Website an authority site. This is an honor. I’ve learned so much in the last 3 years and I want to personally thank Cornel for being such an important business partner in this area. In today’s world, if you don’t have a presence on the internet, you won’t be found. I also want to thank you — the readers of this blog, the website visitors, and the many, many workshop participants over the years. Your willingness to share idea maps, mind maps, portraits, and suggestions is what makes this community valuable to all.

If you want some expert assistance on developing a blog or a website, I encourage you to contact Cornel by visiting his site – UrbanVerve

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CPPIB (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) – Part 1

5 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, Name Tent Activity

In April 2009 I posted about the first Idea Mapping Workshop for CPP Investment Board in Toronto, and shared an idea map that Jason Koulouras (Director of Data Services) created. I would now like to share a few more details about that course.

As you have seen in previous postings, each participant is asked to create a name tent similar to the game “Concentration”. Here are 5 name tents for you to see if you can guess the names of the participants. I will announce your name if you guess any of the names correctly and link back to your blog and/or website!

Game On!

P.S. If you want to see more idea maps and workshop photos my Flickr Photostream currently has 191 photos with over 11,400 views.

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Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

4 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Articles, Book Reviews, Idea Mapping Example, Interviews

I am a huge fan of Daniel Pink who wrote the book, “A Whole New Mind“. You can even see a detailed Idea Map I created of his book.

I recently received an email from a long-time client and friend who works for a large automotive company in southeastern Michigan. She forwarded a link to an interview Oprah recently did with Daniel Pink where they discuss the creative class, the sourcing of technology development, and ways to adapt to the “conceptual” age. If you haven’t read Daniel’s book, I highly recommend it.

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Tags: A Whole New Mind, Conceptual Age, Daniel Pink, Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Example, Oprah

Workshop or Seminar or Training or Course?

3 Jun 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Certification Workshops, Idea Mapping Workshops

Back in the 1990’s I taught my 2-day workshop under several names: Mind Mapping Course, Mind Matters Workshop, Mind Mapping Seminar, Radiant Learning Class, Mind Mapping Workshop, Think, Learn and Create Course, Mind Mapping Training, and probably a few others that have since slipped my mind. Finally the title Mind Mapping Seminar evolved into Idea Mapping: A Learning Workshop, so that the title gave a broader description of the contents of the learning experience.

I think that the term Workshop best describes this kind of training because it is a highly interactive, fun, enjoyable, crazy, experiential way to teach skills to others that will make them more successful. See just a few of these crazy workshop photos below from thousands I’ve taken over the past 17 years:

When I hear the word Seminar I think: business attire, boring, listening to lectures, PowerPoint slides, rows of chairs with no tables to write on, little involvement, and certainly without fun and toys. I’m exaggerating a bit, but that’s why I think that “Mind Mapping Seminar” of past and now today’s “Idea Mapping: A Learning Workshop” is a better title.

Training feels like an old term to me. I picture leading a step by step set of directions similar to software training. Although participants are technically being trained, I don’t think the term belongs in the title.

Course is an interesting word. It reminds me of high school and college, and again less interactive. But I’ve found that it is also a culturally preferred word in some areas of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the world.

Because I’ve had a couple people lovingly challenge me on terminology, I thought I’d throw the question out to you. Any thoughts?

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Idea Map #155 – Photography Tips

28 May 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Software, Idea Mapping Workshops, Mind Mapping Examples, Mind Mapping Software, MindManager

Yesterday I returned from teaching an Idea Mapping Workshop at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) in Toronto. One of the participants was Dan Houle who is the VP of Investment Operations. He has been and avid mind mapper and user of MindManager since 2005. He estimates that he has easily created over 650 maps using Mindjet’s software and he shared several of those with the class.

This is the first of his examples that I will share until we make sure any proprietary information is removed from his others. For Dan’s fellow photographers, I think you will enjoy his tips. As usual, email me if you want to have this idea map in the original MindManager format. jamie(at)ideamappingsuccess(dot)com

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Fire in the Plane – Revised Idea Map #154

21 May 2009 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples

On September 4, 2007 I first introduced you to Michael Panebianco who is a seasoned airline captain. His infamous “Fire in the Plane” idea map was one of many emergency procedures he has mapped in order to commit the responses to memory. This is a revised idea map that he created after actually experiencing a fire during one of his flights earlier this year. I’ll let him tell the story in his own words.

“The “lightbulb moment” that I had was the actual visualization of the original map during a high stress and adrenaline situation. While there are checklists to perform, and guidance from aircraft manuals and procedures, the one thing they leave out is the human element. The effects of adrenaline on the cognitive skills we need to operate a complex function can be detrimental. This is why pilots train in simulators so frequently, and go through mental checklists every single phase of every single flight. This map is a living pathway that I created to complement the existing checklist for the emergency procedure. The one I created previously, and you posted, was produced in conjunction with the existing procedure and “training” events experience.

The new map was created after experiencing the actual condition. For confidentiality purposes, no identifiable information is enclosed, and in no way do either of the 2 maps reflect any operating procedure from any company, or any governing agency. This is my personal interpretation of priority, thought process, and motivation to deal with a smoke/fire situation on an aircraft. I have removed references to checklists, as they are run continuously from the identification of any problem.

The biggest challenge in any emergency is to keep present in the fight. While it is stressful and our fear is a constant detriment, the map is a way to keep priority, and keep moving into the problem and towards a successful outcome. I could teach a 2 hour seminar on this type of situation and still not cover the quality a good idea map can bring to our efforts of resiliency in conflict. In keeping with the principle of practice makes perfect, I quote Coach Tony Blauer; “Practice Does not Make Perfect. Perfect Practice Makes Perfect”.

The new map cleaned up associations and priority. Memory, or immediate action items were consolidated with a warning for Oxygen use. Rather than presenting the golden rules of aviation (aviate, navigate, communicate) in separate terms, they are now coupled for clarity, and flexibility. Sometimes they are interchangeable in order, and should occupy the same root idea. The scenario dictates the order. Firefighting was also consolidated. There are many variables, and they fit under this new common heading. They all lead to an arrival, and the manner in which that arrival is made.

The arrival and landing have been added to the map due to the possibility of dealing with an ongoing problem once on the ground. Passenger communications have been omitted from the map, as they are assumed, and every situation will call for a different approach. After conferring with attendants, a decision on the communications will be made for the cabin.

The new map is more concise, and flows a bit better. It takes more into consideration, and omits things that are mostly covered in the checklists. A mental plan is the true goal. After experiencing it for real, even though the problem was handled early, nothing teaches like experience.”

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