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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 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
Idea Mapping Blog Updates (See Blog)
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| Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER) was established in 1999 to take over the responsibilities of refining operations from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Forward Training and Consulting, LLC (the Middle East Idea Mapping team headquartered in Amman, Jordan) was responsible for negotiating this 2-day Idea Mapping Course and we will be working on this [...] | ||||
| Idea Mapping helps three final Luther College students. The first posting for this Spring’s Idea Mapping Experiment at Luther College was May 19 where there is more background. Now get ready for Part 7!This will wrap up all of the examples from Dr. Schweizer’s students. Next examples will be [...] | ||||
| Here are a few more photos from the Idea Mapping Workshop I taught in Jordan in May 2010. You can find additional photos and idea maps from this event in the June 29, 2010 posting, the June 12, 2010 posting, the May 27, 2010 and the May 10, 2010 posting. The first photo was taken in [...] | ||||
| Idea Mapping helps two more Luther College students. The first posting for this Spring’s Idea Mapping Experiment at Luther College was May 19 where there is more background. Now get ready for Part 7! Dr. Tim Schweizer spent one 60-minute class teaching them the concepts and [...] | ||||
| Is your resume boring? Does it blend in with thousands of others? On August 2, 2010 I introduced something we call profile maps which are basically summaries of information that can be shared with others using Idea Mapping. It’s a non-linear, visual, non-boring and whole-brain way of communicating information. In this case again I’m sharing the [...] | ||||
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Idea Mapping Returns to the Middle East!
The first two workshops (Feb & May 2010) were such a hit that we're coming back!
for details on the third public Idea Mapping Workshop that will be taught in Amman, Jordan Oct 10-11, 2010. Register now and get the early bird special!
Excellent YouTube video featuring Idea Mapping Workshop participants from Jordan
Link to Jamie's 2010 Workshop Schedule
Project Management Professionals(PMPs) can earn 15 PDUs by attending the Idea Mapping Workshop and reporting PDUs under Category 4 - "Other Providers".
The next public Idea Mapping Workshops are scheduled for July 17-18, 2010 in Washington D.C., August 19-20, 2010 in Montreal, Canada, October 10-11, 2010 in Amman, Jordan, and December 6-7, 2010 in Palm Beach, FL. See abstract.
The next certification workshop for Idea Mapping Instructors will be December 6-10, 2010 in Palm Beach, FL. See certification process and prerequisites.
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Announcements!
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
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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