What is Idea Mapping?

  Idea Mapping is a powerful whole-brained visual thinking tool that enhances memory, note-taking skills, thought organization, planning, creativity, and communication.  It uses color, keywords, lines and images to connect thoughts associatively.  Idea Maps are the natural expression of the way the brain processes information associatively. (See more examples on this site and many more on the Idea Mapping Blog.)

   Idea Mapping is a simple and profound tool that helps individuals and organizations improve productivity, clarify thinking, save time, and enhance learning, while simultaneously producing incredible results.  An Idea Map is a colorful, single-page diagram that visually captures ideas in a non-linear format and engages both hemispheres of the brain.  This technique gives people the increased ability to more competently plan, organize, communicate, remember, innovate, and learn -- and accomplish these faster than ever before! 

This approach frees you to think, see, and understand the whole picture far more efficiently than when using a multi-page, linear document outlining the same information.  The associative process that Idea Mapping uses is easy to learn.  Ready to get started? Watch an Idea Mapping Video Clip of Jamie creating an Idea Map during a TV interview.

How Can You Learn to Idea Map Successfully?

   Take an Idea Mapping Workshop taught by author Jamie Nast.  For more information about Idea Mapping Courses, see the Idea Mapping Workshop Course Abstract. Not only will you learn how to create idea maps, but you will experience learning other skills that most adults believe to be impossible -- including "learning how to learn!"

   "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..."

Thomas Friedman -- Author of The World is Flat, page 239

  Idea Mapping Workshops can be followed by an Idea Mapping Certification course that will give you the necessary skills to teach Idea Mapping as part of your business or give you a much deeper understanding of the workshop content and creating Idea Maps.

  Read the Idea Mapping book which teaches readers how to create and read idea maps, describes the three keys to developing idea maps, and guides readers in overcoming potential obstacles when initially learning this skill.  Idea Mapping (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., September 2006) includes a wide array of actual maps (and the stories behind them) created and used by 21 successful business people around the globe. 

  Whether you’re an overwhelmed businessperson, an overworked entrepreneur, or someone who just wants to solve problems better and faster, Idea Mapping is a perfect guide for anyone who wants to work more efficiently -- and achieve success in business and life.  Jamie Nast brings her practical workshop right to the reader.

  A CD-Rom (PC or MAC) is packaged with each Idea Mapping book and includes: a 21-day trial version of MindManager software by Mindjet (the world’s most successful mind mapping software provider), Flash demos that show this product in action, and PDFs that provide more information on how to use the software, as well as information on how others have used it themselves.

  To help you discover how to Idea Map faster and increase your knowledge level, we offer: a Client Idea Maps area displaying your own Idea Maps or your fellow idea mappers' creations, and an idea mapping forum to then discuss your accomplishments.

  Remember to check out our first custom-designed Idea Mapping Kit which will equip you with all the material needed to get started!

Idea Mapping Book Endorsement (More Endorsements)

"Jamie Nast’s work in Idea Mapping enables those with creative minds to clearly lay out their thinking process and those who are more process-minded to become creative.  If your organization is looking for a pragmatic, step-by-step guide to this valuable tool of Idea Mapping, this is it."
                         Chris Brown - Executive Vice President,
                         DTE Energy Resources, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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3-Minute YouTube Video from Idea Mapping Workshop in Jordan

The next public Idea Mapping Workshop is scheduled for March 14-15, 2012 in Livonia, Michigan. See abstract.

The next certification workshop for Idea Mapping Instructors will be April 23-27, 2012 in Palm Beach, FL. See certification process and prerequisites.

Project Management Professionals(PMPs) can earn 15 PDUs by attending the Idea Mapping Workshop and reporting PDUs under Category 4 - "Other Providers".

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NEW MEMORY WORKSHOPS!

These 1-day workshops are now available for your company.  See the abstracts for Memory Power or Memory & Speed Reading courses.

For New Idea Maps each week, hints, and lots of Idea Mapping fun visit the

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Press, Articles & Events
for info on Idea and Mind Mapping Articles, TV appearances, and Webinars. Watch Jamie's BCTV appearance where she creates an idea map for viewers.

Jamie's two 30-minute television interviews can be viewed on the Press Page.

Photos of Idea Mapping

workshops and related items can be viewed here. 

"Please join me for an Idea Mapping Workshop soon!  In addition to having fun, you'll learn many other valuable skills in addition to Idea Mapping -- skills you can immediately apply to your business and life."

Jamie

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