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Mind Maps

Mind Maps. Department of Management and Marketing. You may not have known it, but you stand over a 99 per cent chance that your brain has been in a ‘non-Creativity’ prison from the time you started school to the time you are now reading these words Buzan The Power of Creative Intelligence 2001.

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Mind Maps

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  1. Mind Maps Department of Management and Marketing

  2. You may not have known it, but you stand over a 99 per cent chance that your brain has been in a ‘non-Creativity’ prison from the time you started school to the time you are now reading these words Buzan The Power of Creative Intelligence 2001

  3. Session Outline • Introduction to Mind Mapping • The Mind Mapping Technique • The uses and application of Mind Maps

  4. Definitions • “The Mind Map is an expression of Radiant Thinking and is therefore a natural function of the human mind.” • “The mind map can be applied to every aspect of life where improved learning and clearer thinking will enhance human performance” Tony Buzan (1994)

  5. Characteristics • The subject of attention is crystallised in a central image • The main themes of the subject radiate from the central image as branches • Branches comprise a key image or key word printed on an associated line. • The branches form a connected nodal structure. • Enrich Mind Maps with colour, pictures, codes which will aid creativity, memory and recall.

  6. Lets Practice • Place an image or symbol of yourself in the centre of your mind map. • Use topics such as skills, education, family, friends, hobbies etc to create the ‘branches’ of the map • Use colour, symbols,

  7. Effective Mind Mapping (Gelb 1988) • Start the map by drawing a picture of the topic in the centre of the paper • Use keywords • Connect the words with lines radiating out from the central image • Print the keywords • Print one keyword per line • Use Colours, pictures and codes for emphasis • Free associate, then organise

  8. Exercise • Develop a mind map to help you ………… • Make a presentation on your group project • You can then use this mind map in your individual PDP portfolio

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