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7th Annual Academy of Evaluation in Poland Starts Today With Idea Mapping
24 Oct 2014 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops
I first featured this project in 2008 when I was invited to be part of the initial launch of the Academy of Evaluation. Now we are about to embark on its 7th year.
Participants have been civil servants from all the Polish Ministries including the Prime Minister’s Office. These dedicated governmental employees are part of a critical effort to rebuild Poland’s infrastructure and to measure the success of those projects. This program is sponsored by the University of Warsaw, and the brain behind this effort is Warsaw University professor Karol Olejniczak, Ph.D. He is a committed part of the solution in turning Poland in the direction of continued success. Idea Mapping has been a critical tool used during this 9-month program. It has helped grow the participants’ personal and professional success.
I’m looking forward to meeting another group today.
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Standing Room Only for Idea Mapping Breakout at PMI Heartland’s Annual Conference
10 Oct 2014 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Conference Events, Idea Mapping Workshops, Memory Workshops, mind mapping workshops
The four breakout rooms were set with 75 chairs each at the PMI Annual Conference outside of Omaha, NE this past Monday. In my AM Memory session we had to pull in extra chairs to accommodate the crowd. I had 104 of the 289 conference attendees learning to memorize 20 items in order, learn to remember names & faces, and fly through their memory test of 30 images successfully.
In the afternoon Idea Mapping breakout we got a bit of a late start as we had to accommodate 140 with standing room only. Brought a case of Idea Mapping books and sold out! Great time was had by all!
Looking Forward to Teaching Idea Mapping and Memory for PMI Heartland Chapter Tomorrow.
5 Oct 2014 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Conference Events
Tomorrow nearly 300 PMP’s will join the Heartland Chapter’s Professional Development event. I’m privileged to be teaching both an Idea Mapping session and a Memory session. Will share photos of the events in an upcoming post.
Idea Map or Mind Map 468 is the First Result of My Challenge to PMI Consulting CoP Webinar Attendees – A Couple Aligns Future
27 Sep 2014 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples
Ania Plawinska from Warsaw, Poland was one of over 739 participants on the Idea Mapping Webinar I gave on September 24, 2014 to the Global PMI Consulting Communities of Practice. At the end of the webinar I challenged the attendees to send me an idea map that I could post on my blog and we could watch this group grow in their mapping skills.
Here is the description of Ania’s idea map: “My partner and I decided to prepare our own idea maps of what we want in our lives to see if our goals for the future aligned and whether we were looking in the same direction. It was at the beginning of our relationship. What came out of it was that we are happy with what we have, and we want similar things. We are not craving for luxurious goods. In contrast we are going to be happy with a few things to live comfortably, and we prefer to spend money on traveling.
1) Partner – I want to be happy with my partner… and I’m very happy with my partner Frank.
2) Apartment – I don’t need a luxurious house. I will be happy with a nice apartment. We have our own apartment, but we would like one bedroom more with our own parking space — so this is a plan.
3) Car – a decent car will suffice. Actually we got one in April.
4) Work – work that I enjoy and that pays the bills and allows to put some money aside for travels.
5) Education – Always improve – I passed my PMP exam in May this year, but when we did the map it was only a plan. I want to pass 2 more ACCA exams to gain an Advanced Diploma in Finance and Business. I started ACCA in 2005, but after passing 7 exams I had a long break. As I don’t like to leave things unfinished I decided to come back to at least complete 2 more exams and receive this diploma.
6) Photography – I love it and it is my hobby, but I don’t have time for it so my goal is to be able to spend more time getting better at photography.
7) Sports – I like playing Speedminton and I’m planning to get better at it. I would also like to complete Krav Maga (self-defence) course.
8) Traveling – I love to travel and I’ve travelled a lot already and those are the places that I would really want to visit. There are more places that I haven’t been to yet, but this map is a work-in-progress & sort of a new year resolution.”
Thanks for sharing your idea map Ania! I’ll look forward to seeing more.
Idea Map 467 – Rack of Lamb Recipe For The Big Green Egg
26 Sep 2014 Author: Jamie Nast In: Big Green Egg, Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples
My September 4, 2014 posting was my first one about the recipes my husband (Kevin Nast) is grilling on his Big Green Egg. I am going to create an idea map or mind map of each of his recipes and eventually create one master idea map of all of them. This idea map was created using MindManager and is the recipe for Frenched Rack of Lamb.
It was delicious!
More Idea Maps and Mind Maps from Luther College Principles of Management Students. Examples 465-468.
16 Sep 2014 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples
This is the first set of Idea Mapping examples from Dr. Tim Schweizer’s Winter 2013 Principles of Management students. I have been blogging about Tim’s work with his students since October 2009 — shortly after he attended one of my Idea Mapping Workshops. Search this blog on “Luther College” for more examples.
Tim has developed a solid process to successfully teach Idea Mapping to his students. Tim takes the first two class periods to teach this tool to his students. Their first assignment is to create a map with “Who Am I?” as the topic. You can see many of those examples on this blog. Their second assignment is a take home assignment to create an idea map on their topic of choice. More of these here. The third assignment is for them to overview a business book and then capture their thoughts and reactions in an idea map. More of these here. The first idea map in this posting is Melanie Grangaard’s book overview on Orbiting the Giant Hairball. Next is Sam Grotnes’s thoughts about the book The Tipping Point. The third example is Devon Hovey’s review of The Start-Up of You, and lastly is Kat Marlow’s overview of Made to Stick.
Sure wish I’d learned Idea Mapping when I was in college. Thank you Melanie Grangaard, Sam Grotnes, Devon Hovey, and Kat Marlow for sharing your maps!
Idea Map 464 – Big Green Egg Lamb Loin Chop Recipe
4 Sep 2014 Author: Jamie Nast In: Big Green Egg, Idea Mapping Example, Mind Mapping Examples, MindManager
My husband’s new love over the last year has been his Big Green Egg. It is a ceramic cooker that functions as an oven, a smoker and a grill. The forums are adequate for getting ideas on prep, recipes, timing, internal meat temps and some photos. However the posts rarely include all of these. My husband has a collection of “cheat sheets” for each dish or meat that captures his perfected experience.
I decided it was time to make an idea map for each of his recipes, so here is the first one — Lamb Loin Chops! They were delicious, moist and incredibly tender. The infamous words of Kevin Nast are, “Everything tastes better on the Egg!”
For MindManager users you won’t want to miss these upcoming webinars. Today at 1pm EST you can get a preview of the new MindManager 15 and on September 8th you can get an overview of the new version specifically as it relates to managing projects. Sign up for either of these:Better Brainstorming with the Meetings Jetpack by Mindjet
26 Aug 2014 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Example, Idea Mapping Software, Mindjet
If you want to take your meetings to the next level consider using Mindjet’s new Jetpack. Mindjet has put together a package of tools, templates and tips to help you turn meetings back into a way of collaborating, making decisions and getting things done. The Meeting Jetpack provides the methodology and mechanisms to make all your meetings more meaningful.
This map from the Jetpack is a template for better brainstorming meetings. The notes included on each branch (you can’t see these in the jpg) provide excellent insights to help you be more successful.
Other idea maps included in the Meetings Jetpack include: Decision-Making, Feedback, Informational, Pre-Meeting Investigation, Problem-Solving, Stand-Up, and Work Session Meetings.
Biggerplate Interviews Jamie Nast About Upcoming UK Workshop
4 Aug 2014 Author: Jamie Nast In: Idea Mapping Workshops, Interviews, mind mapping workshops
Today Biggerplate posted an interview with me on their blog page. The interview highlights some of my background, how I first came across mind mapping, my perceived benefits of mapping, and a bit about my upcoming workshop in the UK September 17-18, 2014 in Bournemouth. Course fee is $695 USD. Registration is limited to 24 participants. You can review the course abstract here.
Vanda North – Author of Mind Chi – will also be joining us as a special guest and teaching her Mind Chi Workshop the day prior to the Idea Mapping event.
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