Mind Mapping

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Mind Mapping

• Prof. Dr. Arthur Sybrandy
• Cairo, Egypt
• January 2007

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Mind Mapping

• Mind mapping is a graphical technique developed
  by Tony Buzan in the late 1960s.
• Mind mapping is a powerful technique allowing you
  to make the best use of your brain power.
• It is designed to improve thinking, learning, and
  creativity
• The technique uses a full range of cortical
  skills
• Words
• Images
• Numbers
• Logic
• Rhythms
• Colors
• Spatial awareness

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Mind Mapping

• Unlike the outlining methods you learned in high
  school, mind mapping doesn't constrain your
  creative inclinations by requiring you to think
  sequentially.
• It has Four important characteristics
• The subject is represented by a central image.
• The main themes of the subject radiate from the
  central image as main branches.
• Minor themes are linked to the main themes.
• All the branches are connected forming a nodal
  structure.
• The pictures and their structure allows the right
  half of the brain to be better utilized.

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Mind Mapping Structure
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Mind Mapping Structure - Levels
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The Laws of Mind Mapping

• Start to draw in the center of a blank, unlined
  page of paper, with an image of the desired
  topic, using at least three colors.
• Use images, symbols, codes and dimension
  throughout your Mind Map.
• Select key words and print - using capitals or
  lower case letters.
• Each word/image must stand alone, on its own
  line.
• The lines must be connected, starting from the
  central image. In the center, the lines are
  thicker, organic and flowing, becoming thinner as
  they radiate outwards.

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The Laws of Mind Mapping

• Make the lines the same length as the word/image.
  
• Use colors - your own code - throughout the Mind
  Map.
• Develop your own personal style of Mind Mapping.
• Use emphasis and show associations between
  different related topics in your Mind Map.
• Keep the Mind Map clear by using numerical order
  or outlines to surround your branches.

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How to Mind Map

• Place a large white sheet of paper horizontally,
  or use a Mind Map pad.
• Gather a selection of colored pens, ranging from
  thin nib to highlighter.
• Select the topic, problem or subject to be Mind
  Mapped. This will be the basis of your central
  image.
• Gather any materials, research or additional
  information that is needed, so that you have all
  the facts at your fingertips. Now start to draw
  in the centre of your page.
• Start in the centre with an unframed image -
  approximately 1½ inches (3cm) high and wide for
  A4 and 4 inches (10cm) for A3.
• Use dimension, expression and at least three
  colors in the central image in order to attract
  attention and aid memory.

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How to Mind Map

• Make the branches closest to the centre thick,
  attached to the image, and 'wavy' (organic).
  Place the Basic Ordering Ideas (BOIs) or chapter
  headings on those branches.
• Branch thinner lines off the end of the
  appropriate BOI in order to hold supporting data.
  
• Use images wherever you find it is possible.
• The image or word should always sit on a line of
  the same length.
• Use different colors as your own special code to
  show people, places, topics, themes, dates and to
  make the Mind Map more attractive visually.
• Capture all your ideas, or those that others have
  contributed, then edit, reorganize, make more
  beautiful, elaborate, or clarify as a second and
  yet further advanced stage of thinking.

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Uses and Benefits of Mind Mapping

• Learning
• Reduce those 'tons of work'. Feel good about
  study, review and exams. Develop confidence in
  your learning abilities.
• Overviewing
• See the whole picture, the global overview, at
  once. Understand the links and connections.
• Concentrating
• Focus on the task for better results.
• Memorizing
• Easy recall. 'See' the information in your mind's
  eye.
• Organizing
• Parties, holidays, projects, etc. Make it make
  sense to you.

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Uses and Benefits of Mind Mapping

• Presenting
• Speeches become clear, relaxed and alive. You can
  be at your best.
• Communicating
• Communicate in all forms with clarity and
  conciseness.
• Planning
• Orchestrate all aspects, from beginning to end,
  on one piece of paper.
• Meetings
• From planning to agenda, chairing, taking the
  minutes ... these jobs can be completed with
  speed and efficiency.
• Training
• From preparation to presentation, make the job
  easier.

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Uses and Benefits of Mind Mapping

• Thinking
• The Mind Map will become a concrete record of
  your thoughts at any stage of the process.
• Negotiating
• All the issues, your position and maneuverability
  on one sheet.
• Brain Blooming
• The new brain-storming, in which more thoughts
  are generated and appropriately assessed. It is
  often assumed that the greater the quantity of
  ideas generated, the more the quality declines.
  In fact, the reverse is true. The more you
  generate ideas and the greater the quantity, the
  more the potential quality increases. This is a
  key lesson in understanding the nature of your
  own creativity.
• Lectures
• When you attend a lecture, use a Mind Map to keep
  a vivid visual memento of it.

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More Uses of Mind Mapping
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MindMapper Software Output Example
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Example Hand Drawn Mindmap
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MindMapper Software Output Example
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MindManager Software Output Example
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Automatically Generated PowerPoint