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Idea Map #24 – Drawing and Designing with Confidence Series: Part One
6 Jul 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Workshops, Kaizad Irani
Kaizad Irani is the Program Director for Horticulture and Landscape Design at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. He recently attended a 2-week workshop in Kansas City called Drawing and Designing with Confidence taught by Mike Lin. Mike asked Kaizad to teach an Idea Mapping segment as a new tool to add to the participants “design toolbox.”
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Upcoming Book Signing
4 Jul 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: idea mapping book
On July 14th from 1-4pm Jamie will be signing books at the Book Cellar & Cafe in Plymouth, Michigan. This signing will coincide with Plymouth’s annual Art in the Park festival which is the 2nd largest annual art fair in Michigan. For more information see http://www.artinthepark.com/.
Idea Map #23 by Linda Rex
3 Jul 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Software, Idea Mapping Workshops, Mind Mapping Examples
Linda Rex attended the 2-day “Idea Mapping: A Learning Workshop“ held at ACH in June. She was asked to do some purchasing training on two processes/procedures, and thought this was a perfect opportunity to try mapping her lesson plan for this training. She used FreeMind 8.0 for this application.
Learning To Learn – Portrait #2
30 Jun 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, Portrait Drawings
See the June 27, 2007 posting for the background on this series of portrait drawings. Today’s portrait was completed by Alan Wall from the same ACH class I discussed earlier. Pretty amazing, huh?
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When Does Your Brain Stop Making New Neurons?
29 Jun 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: Articles, Brain Research, Vanda NorthThis article was published in the July 9, 2007 edition of Newsweek Magazine. Click here for the online version. In a nutshell, the research in this article makes a case that the brain remains a work in progress for its entire life. For those who understand that their brains can change (and not stuck with what they have), learning and motivation are much more rapid. Another case for the necessity of learning to learn.
For those anxiously awaiting the update on Vanda North, you’ll need to hold tight a bit longer. Still working at getting the photo.
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Learning To Learn – Portrait #1
27 Jun 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, Portrait Drawings
Idea Map #22 and a Miraculous Re-Connection
26 Jun 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples
On Friday June 22, 2007 I posted a map from Janet forton — a friend of mine that I had lost touch with. I had searched for her extensively when I was writing my book because I wanted to include this map which you see now. Two days after Friday’s posting, I got an email from Janet Forton! I couldn’t believe it! Yesterday we were able to catch up on the phone, and I learned that she hadn’t even seen the posting. She was doing some research on mapping for a presentation and ran across my website. She and her family had moved to Pennsylvania where she is now the Director of a library.Idea Map #21 Featured in the News-Gazette
25 Jun 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: Certified Idea Mapping Instructors, Idea Mapping Example, Kaizad Irani, Mind Mapping Examples, Mindjet
On June 23, 2007 the News-Gazette in Champaign, Illinois featured an article and the above map in their local paper. Kaizad Irani is an expert in landscape architecture and design, and a Certified Idea Mapping Instructor. He uses MindManager software to begin every landscape design. You can read this and the associated articles by clicking here. The above map was in the actual hard copy of the newspaper, but was not included in the online version.
“Learning To Learn” — The Needed Skill For A Flat World
24 Jun 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: Books, Idea Mapping WorkshopsIn Thomas Friedman’s book The World is Flat, he states the following:
Being adaptable in a flat world, knowing how to “learn how to learn,” will be one of the most important assets any worker can have…the more those with specialized education, or the ability to learn how to learn, will be in demand… (page 239).
It is my opinion that “learning how to learn” is not taught in most of our businesses or educational systems. Employees are no longer guaranteed lifetime employment, but they can enhance their employability. Friedman says, “But we can guarantee you that government and companies will focus on giving you the tools to make you more lifetime employable.”
I don’t know of any other workshop that teaches individuals to “learn how to learn” than the 2-day workshop titled, “Idea Mapping: A learning Workshop.” This is not a sales tactic, but is a plea for you to pursue further education in what ever field of expertise you are called.
Idea Mapping is one component of “learning how to learn”. But to get a full education, register for a 2-day workshop that will go way beyond Idea Mapping. Give yourself or your company this gift. You’ll leave a permanent impact for the positive.
Idea Map #20 – Effects of Caffeine
22 Jun 2007 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples
This map was created back in 1995 by a workshop participant at EDS who I have since lost track of. She was studying the effects of caffeine. Janet Forton — if you’re out there somewhere, I’d love to meet you for coffee!
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