3. What is a Mind-map?
Tool to visualize thoughts, ideas, plans and tasks
Items are arranged radially around a central key
word or idea
Effective in:
Idea generation: enables free, unstructured flow of thoughts and
ideas
Content visualization: brings out a clear picture of intended action
Data classification: helps in categorizing info, tasks and other
elements
Information organization: serves as an abstract knowledge base
6. Advantages
Better focus on the central idea
Reduces mental clutter, Better clarity of thoughts
Triggers creative associations and relationships
Reduces note-taking and content-organizing time
A great way to add structure to brainstorming
sessions
Non-linear approach stimulates creativity and free
flow of thoughts
Ability to see the bigger picture without losing
attention to details
Improves memory and retention
8. Mind Mapping Tools
Commercial: Mind Free: FreeMind
Manager Free, desktop
Feature-rich, industrial application
strength Keyboard-friendly
Ribbon interface Export to
Seamless integration HTML, XHTML, PDF,
with MS- Office and PNG, SVG, Flash, Wi
MS-Project ki
Export to multiple Extensive support and
formats documentation!
9. Mind Mapping Tools
Web-based: Other: Pen & Paper!
MindMeister Pen-and-paper is one
Free, web-based of the most effective
Minimal, simplistic UI combinations
Export to text Writing helps you
outline, PDF, JPG, PN remember!
G, or GIF.
10. Creating a mind-map
Start with a central idea.
Draw at least 4 branches radiating outwards from
the central image.
Write “key topic” words along these branches.
Draw additional branches that extend from your
main branches. The words on these branches are
essentially sub-topics of the words you wrote on
your main branches.
Keep expanding the Mind Map outwards with
additional sub sub-topics / key words and
branches.
Interlink the branches/nodes with each other
whenever an association exists.
13. Case Study: Orange Byte
transformation
Orange Byte is the quarterly newsletter
published out of Persistent Systems, Nagpur
center.
The team used mind-maps for the
October/Diwali 2012 edition.
Mind-maps covered:-
Milestones Planning
Framework Set-up
Content Gathering
Design Decisions
Tools Implementation
Owner Responsibilities
15. Case Study: Orange Byte
transformation
Business Benefits / Value Addition:
Professional and structured approach to
newsletter release to ensure that the edition was
published on time and exceeded the reader
expectations
A content-rich edition that boasted maximum
number of articles, poems and sections. It is
worth noting that the team decided to reserve
some of the content for future editions.
Elegant design that perfectly reflected the festive
season of Diwali
16. Mind-maps: Industry view
Virtually all Fortune 500 companies use Mind Mapping*, including:
IBM BBC
Hewlett-Packard Boeing
Oracle General Motors
Microsoft Walt Disney
―…advanced software can help us slice and dice information in ways
that were impossible only a decade ago. But while we‘ve gone a long way
towards optimizing how we use information, we haven‘t yet done the
same for knowledge…
OneNote and a new generation of ‗mind-mapping‘ software can be used
as a digital ‗blank slate‘ to help connect and synthesize ideas and data—
and ultimately create new knowledge.‖ – Bill Gates, Newsweek, (2009)
* InnovationTools.com, Dec.2009
17. Further mind-mapping…
Mind Map Inspiration Blog by Paul Foreman
“The Mind Map Book” by Tony Burzan (1993)
LifeHacker.com