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Mind Mapping:how to maximize your brain’s
potential
Mind MappingTony Buzan
Why Mind Map?
• Organize thoughts when brainstorming• Effective method of taking notes• Harnesses the full range of cortical skills –
word, image, number, logic, rhythm, color and spatial awareness
• Aid creativity, memory, and specifically the recall of information
Mind Maps Use:
Lines
Symbols
Color
Images
WORDS
7 Steps
1. Start in the center of a blank page turned sideways.– Give your brain freedom to spread out in all
directions
7 Steps
2. Use an image or picture for your main idea.– An image helps your imagination. It is more
interesting and keeps your focused helping you to concentrate.
7 Steps
3. Use colors throughout.– Colors are as exciting to your Brain as are images.
Color will add energy to your creative thinking.
7 Steps
4. Connect your main branches to the central image etc.– Your brain works by association. It likes to link two
(or three, or four) things together.
7 Steps
5. Make your branches curved instead of straight lined.– Having nothing but straight lines is boring to your
brain.
7 Steps
6. Use one key word per line– Single words give your Mind Map more power and
flexibility.
Nes
t
Bird
Tre
e
Nes
t
Bird
Tre
e
7 Steps
7. Use images throughout– Each image, like the central image, is worth a
thousand words!
Brainstorming Words
Happiness
Hmmm………
How many words will be the same for everyone?
How many will be common to all but one member?
How many words will have been chosen by only one person?
My Results
HappinessShopping
Reading
Friends
GardeningTrave
l
Spring
Pet
Let’s Compare!
Brainstorming Images
My House!
MY HOUSE!
Verbal Mind Mapping
HappinessShopping
Reading
Friends
GardeningTrave
l
Spring
Pet
Mind Mapping
Shopping
Reading
Friends
Gardening
Trave
l
Spring
Pet
Kindle
School Friends
Mind Mapping Software
• Project Management• Knowledge Management• Running meetings more effectively• Enhancing team collaboration
MindJet MindView 5 Business
MindGenius Business 4 iMindMap6
MindMapper
http://www.mindmapping.com/mind-mapping-software-review.php