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Ontario Teachers Pension Plan – Part 2
29 Jul 2008 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops
Why all the toys, you may ask? In many of the Idea Mapping Workshop photos in this blog you see people playing with various toys — lots of them! Many were the toys we grew up playing with. Here is the rational behind their value:
- When learning is fun it is more memorable.
- It provides a multi-sensory learning environment. Some of the toys
- Prevents boredom. During the occasional activity when one person finishes before another, there is plenty of available entertainment to pass a bit of time.
- Helps recapture the child-like (not childish) fascination for learning.
- It brings out the creativity in people. I’ve seen some amazing innovations — whether they were Playdoh creations, Etch-A-Sketch drawings, or Gumby doing something crazy.
- Because I can…smile!
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Ontario Teachers Pension Plan – Part 1
26 Jul 2008 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping WorkshopsI’m still catching up with news from some of the workshops I taught in June. This series will be from an organization out of Toronto called the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. We have 22 new Idea Mappers! Niles created this map during the workshop and brings us up to Idea Map #116.
I’m SO sorry about the technical problems on today’s webinar. This idea map was used to drive my piece of the program. Double click on the map you see a clearer view. You can listen to the recording here.
The following links and maps are for the idea maps that I couldn’t share because I could not connect to the meeting.
Jennifer Webb’s U of M Accounting Map
Paul Shorock’s “About Golf” Map
Mike Kline’s maps on Career Possibilities and Performance Review
Read about the following map by Beth Schultz in my Idea Mapping book.
Idea Map #113 – An “Image Only” Map
18 Jul 2008 Author: Jamie Nast In: Certified Idea Mapping Instructors, Idea Mapping Example, Image-Only Maps, Mind Mapping Examples
Glenn Stennes is a brilliant consultant and CIMI (Certified Idea Mapping Instructor). He recently created this fun idea map to plan a barbeque. In some instances it might be challenging to understand someone else’s idea map. In this case I’m sure you can figure out what all the images represent. The colors and images bring Glenn’s event to life! Wish I could have been there to enjoy the fun.
Larimer County Government – Part 3
15 Jul 2008 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Workshops, Mind Mapping ExamplesThis is the third and final posting updating you on the Idea Mapping Workshop I taught in June for the Larimer County Government in Ft. Collins, CO. This first photo shows Dan’s idea map summarizing an overview of Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits. (I’ve shared 6 previous maps on this same topic — all different. If you want to see any of those, search on “Covey”.)
Bubble gum helps Dave recapture the child-like fascination for learning!
Finally a big thanks to Mark Pfaffinger for being a fabulous leader. He was the driving factor behind bringing this learning to Ft. Collins.
Larimer County Government – Part 2
13 Jul 2008 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping WorkshopsThis is a follow-up to the previous post on July 11, 2008. In June 2008 I taught a 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop to the Larmier County Government organization. This first photo shows the group attempting to juggle before they actually learned. It’s total chaos and tons of FUN to watch!
The second photo shows idea maps where participants created a “to do” map instead of their normal list.
One more posting on this topic to come.
Two-day Workshop at Larimer County Government – Part 1
11 Jul 2008 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops
I promised photos from some of my recent workshops. This is Part 1 of photos from a 2-day class I taught in June 2008 at Larimer County Government in Ft. Collins, Colorado. We had 26 enthusiastic participants!
Over many years I have collected a plethora of toys to entertain my workshop participants. Recently I found Gumby and Pokey at a Cracker Barrel in Tennessee. They debuted their appearance as new toys during this class (Top photo). The second photo shows nearly the full class. More photos coming in the following posting.
Portrait Drawing #6 – John Wayne
7 Jul 2008 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, Portrait Drawings
As I mentioned in my June Update Posting, I recently taught the 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop at Boeing in Seattle. I promised to share idea maps and portraits from Boeing and the other Companies I visited in June. The first of these finished portraits is from Joel Landoe (Boeing) who has contributed several maps to this blog in the past. Yes, engineers can draw!
Several other portraits have been posted on this blog and can be seen by searching on “portrait”. The point of the activity is discussed in other postings, however here is a summary:
- Learning a new skill has great value from a neurological perspective.
- We often set ourselves up for failure or don’t even try a new skill because we’ve decided in advance the “I can’t”.
- By breaking overwhelming tasks into small component pieces, it makes the task manageable.
- We learn to set goals that are both reasonable and incremental.
- You prove to yourself that you can do something previously believed to be impossible!
- It’s fun!
VizThink – Free Mind Mapping Webinar
3 Jul 2008 Author: Jamie Nast In: WebinarsRegister here to join guests Jamie Nast and Chuck Frey Tuesday July 22, 2008 for this 1-hour webinar hosted by Tom Crawford, CEO of VizThink.
Today’s Mindjet Newsletter – A Review of Mindjet Connect
2 Jul 2008 Author: Jamie Nast In: Book Reviews, Certified Idea Mapping Instructors, Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Practitioners, Vanda North
The release of the Mindjet Newsletter was originally scheduled for June 17, 2008, so the original post went up that day.
This map reviews “Connect” from a beginner’s mindset. For more on this new collaboration tool see the June 17, 2008 posting. This idea map is featured in today’s Mindjet Newsletter.
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