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The more you know and learn, the easier it is to learn and know more. - Tony Buzan

What is Mind Mapping?
Mind mapping is a visual information management tool that helps us structure, organize, memorize, arrange, brainstorm and learn information in a highly specialized way.
The past 20 years have brought us incredible insights into the human mind and our limitless capacity to think, comprehend and store vast reserves of information.

If anything, these studies have highlighted that our capacity to think effectively and quickly is very closely tied to our imagination and our ability to create associations between various information chunks.

Mind mapping has come a long way since the early days when Tony Buzan first introduced it to the world. It is now on the brink of becoming a mainstream tool used by academics, students, business professionals and many other individuals to manage, organize and reimagine information in a new and highly structured way.

These days though, mind mapping isn't just about creating a map. It's instead evolving into a visual information management tool that's transforming the way we think, work, and develop our visual thinking capacity.

The Visual Mapping Evolution

Visual mapping has slowly crept into mainstream awareness over a period of about 10 years. There are now a plethora of visual mapping software applications available on all platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS.

Our methods for organizing information are changing dramatically, and visual mapping is quietly becoming a revolutionary tool that's keeping us organized, productive, and focused. The question is...

Are you on board yet?

What follows is a beginner's overview of the principles behind mind mapping.
Along the way, we will also explore several mind mapping examples using a variety of mind mapping software programs. This exploration will provide you with a visual comparison of the features of each tool to help you figure out whether or not it might be suitable for your purposes.

We will begin our exploration by defining the process of mind mapping. After which we will delve into the benefits of mind mapping and describe a variety of uses for mind maps.

We will conclude our discussion by taking a look at the industry accepted standards of how to draw mind maps and the rules that govern their design.

A Broader Definition of Mind Mapping

Mind mapping is a method for storing, organizing, prioritizing, learning, reviewing and memorizing information.

It presents an overview and summary of a body of knowledge that fuses words and pictures together.

Mind mapping seamlessly blends logic and creative thought to help us think more proficiently and effectively about the subject we are learning.

What are the Benefits of Mind Mapping?

The benefits of mind mapping are extensive and far-reaching.

In a general way, mind mapping expands our ability to think laterally and logically in any given situation.

Listed below are several benefits of using mind maps for thinking, organizing information, and brainstorming ideas.

Mind mapping...

Helps you grasp a big picture overview of the subject under study.

Improves your capacity to explore detailed snippets of information.

Helps improve your memory, retention, and comprehension of information.

Helps you organize information into easy to remember chunks.

Helps reduce mental clutter, cope with information overload, and overwhelm.

Stimulates the imagination and encourages creative insights and ideas.

Helps enhance your level of focus and concentration while working or studying.

Helps expand your ability to take effective, better organized, and more comprehensive notes.

Makes learning and organizing information fun and exciting, which subsequently strengthens your interest in the subject matter.

Helps accelerate your ability to solve complex problems.

Improved your capacity to manage your academic workload.

Helps unlock hidden understandings within information chunks.

Helps unlock unexpected creative insights and ideas.

Helps you save time while working, studying or learning.

Helps you to prepare for tests and examinations.

Helps provide you with more clarity about your goals, ideas, and actions.

Helps triggers creative associations between seemingly unrelated bits of information.

This list of benefits is, of course, by no means comprehensive. There are many more value-added benefits that are specific to individuals who consistently work with mind maps.

To gain actual value from using mind maps, you will need to commit yourself to incorporating them into your work and study routine for at least 30 days. You will need at the very least four weeks to fully comprehend the value that mind maps can bring to your life.

Remember though, that you don't necessarily need to be a doodler to gain value from using mind maps. Mind mapping isn't about pretty little pictures and doodles. It's rather about the structure and process you use to organize and make sense of information.

What Can Mind Maps be Used for?

Since the dawn of the Internet Age, mind mapping has been growing steadily as a traditional method for collating, organizing, and expanding upon existing knowledge and information.

Over this period, many people have shared extraordinary insights about how they have used mind maps to help them organize, manage and improve their lives.

What follows, are various uses for mind maps that people from all walks of life have found of value.

Mind Mapping for Work Productivity

Here are examples of ways professionals use mind mapping at work:

Planning sales strategy

Planning marketing strategy

Organizing and managing projects

Organizing and managing meetings

Preparing for networking events

Preparing for interviews

Business planning

Research and development

Mind Mapping for Academic Success

Here are examples of ways students use mind mapping at school:

Mind Mapping for Life Management

Here are examples of ways people use mind mapping to manage their life:

The things that can be achieved and the amount of information we can manage at one time using mind maps is absolutely extraordinary. And this list only scrapes the surface of what's possible.

How do I Draw a Mind Map?

Drawing a mind map involves a rather simple process. All that's required is an understanding of its underlying structure.

Mind mapping is, in fact, a process that requires very little step-by-step explanation. For that reason, I will break it down for you here in only a few brief steps.

Here are several quick guidelines to help you get started drawing your very first mind map:

1. Take out a large sheet of paper and place it horizontally in front of you.

2. Draw a reasonably sized (colored) memorable central image that represents the topic you are going to be mapping. Alternatively, draw a circle and write some words inside the circle to represent that image.

3. Draw at least four thick organic looking branches radiating outwards from the central image. Using a different color for each branch is helpful.

4. Write key-words (headings) along these branches that represent the central image and the topic you are mapping.

5. Draw additional branches that extend from your main branches. The words on these branches are sub-topics of the words you wrote on your main branches.

6. Keep expanding the mind map outwards with additional sub sub-topics/keywords and branches.

7. Refer to the mind mapping rules presented in the next section to help improve your memory and recall of the information you are mapping.

For more information about how to draw mind map step-by-step, please see Drawing a Mind Map from Start to Finish.

What are the Rules for Mind Mapping?

The content in this section is built upon the mind mapping software examples presented in the next section.

You will gain significant value by downloading these images and referring to them as you work through the mind mapping rules listed below.

These mind mapping software screenshots will likewise provide you with a visual representation of the critical points of emphasis discussed below.
To improve your memory and recall of the mind map you are creating, it's essential to use some creative tools that will help stimulate deeper conscious awareness and free association.
Please keep in mind that it's not necessary to follow all the guidelines listed below. However, it can be incredibly helpful if you check all of them off your list. That's because following each guideline will help improve your memory and recall of the information you are mind mapping.

Okay, here are several mind mapping rules you should keep in mind when creating your mind maps.

Use symbols to classify different types of thoughts and ideas.

Use keywords on lines. Short phrases can also work well.

Use multi-headed arrows of varying color, size, style and dimensions.

Use codes to help draw your attention to specific sections of the map.

Use proper spacing between topics to separate your ideas.

Use stimulating images and colors throughout the map.

Use images to represent words in a metaphorical, sound-like, or in a direct manner.

Create boundaries and borders to draw attention to specific branches.

Create linear hierarchies of ordered numbers, lists and letters.

Create a hierarchy of lines where they start off think then thin out as they expand outward.

Draw thick branches that radiate outwards away from the central image.

Create word-hierarchies by varying word sizes to emphasize their level of importance.

Use UPPER and lower case to emphasize the importance of each word.

Create a memorable central image and complementary visuals that come off the main branches.

Draw different shapes to represent ideas and segments of the map.

Vary font styles to separate ideas and topics.

Vary branch colors to distinguish different topics.

Vary branch endings to emphasize words and phrases.

Vary branch thickness to highlight specific ideas.

Vary image colors, emphasis, and size to improve memory and recall.

For information on how to study using mind maps, please have read of mind mapping study skills.
Drawing mind maps in this way help stimulate our imaginations, form stronger visual associations while improving memory and recall of the information we are learning.
Below is a mind map that was drawn by Paul Foreman. It presents the above-mentioned mind mapping rules in a visually beautiful and practical way.
Drawing mind maps in this way allow for greater flexibility and freedom. It provides your brain with avenues for creative self-expression.
To see more of Paul Foreman's collection of creative and inspirational mind maps, please visit his Mind Map Inspiration website.

Paul also has a beautiful Drawing Tips for Mind Mapping ebook where he teaches how to create mind maps from scratch.

For further insight into Paul's drawing and mind mapping techniques, have a read of How I Drew My Mind Maps ebook. There Paul discusses how he draws his mind maps using a simple and easy to follow process of steps.

Creating a Mind Map Using Mind Mapping Software

These days there are a wide array of mind mapping software applications available on the market. Whether you're on a PC, a MAC, using Android, iOS, or Linux, there is a mind mapping application available for every platform.

Below I have represented the mind mapping rules (discussed above) using 3 leading mind mapping software applications.

As you will see below, each mind mapping application represents these rules in a slightly different way. I have also provided a short explanation of each software applications unique features below each image.

These images will provide you with a good point-of-reference of what each software application is capable of. However, do keep in mind that each software has many other additional features that I do not explore in this article.

iMindMap

iMindMap is a cartoon-like mind mapping software applications that most closely resembles the hand-drawn mind maps created by Paul Foreman. The design of this software is also very heavily influenced by Tony Buzan's rules for mind mapping.

The software is relatively simple to use, allowing each user the ability to draw and extend branches with their mouse or a digital pen.

Content is added to each branch via the keyboard once that branch (line) has been selected. Colors, fonts, images, symbols, and discrete notes can also be added to each branch as required.

The software is quite pleasing to the eyes from a graphical perspective and is probably most suited to young children and those who are starting out with mind mapping.

In recent years, iMindMap has been adding a ton of new features and capabilities to each version of their software. It began as a straightforward mind mapping tool. However, today it has a plethora of features for students, business professionals, or those looking for a robust information management tool. Definitely one of the better options on the market today.

MindManager

MindManager is a feature-rich mind mapping application that structures content and information in a very systematic and organized way.

MindManager's primary market seems to be business professionals. Their approach to mind mapping is very elegant and straightforward.

It doesn't look as flashy from a graphical perspective when compared to iMindMap. However, it has a vast array of features for managing information, projects, goals and more.

MindManager provides the user the ability to organize, arrange and categorize information in a variety of ways. It also integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Office and Outlook.

MindManager allows you to attach discrete notes to every branch, to insert symbols, images, web-pages, file shortcuts, folder links, and more. It also has a Gannt Chart and Flowchart feature.

MindManager also comes with an integrated web browser and permits users to save their mind map creations in an interactive pdf format that can be shared with others who don't have access to the software application.

I have personally used MindManager extensively since 2008 to plan my blog posts, set goals, organize my time, manage the information I am learning, brainstorm ideas, and much more. My life would no doubt be very cluttered without it. 🙂

NovaMind

NovaMind seamlessly blends the features found within iMindMap and MindManager and improves on them in several respects.

Within NovaMind you can position the branches exactly where you want them on the map. Moreover, you can create different branch styles as you can see in the example above.

NovaMind also gives users the option to use a variety of layouts and to attach graphics and text to their mind maps. They have a fantastic graphics libraries, all of which help the user produce beautiful mind maps.

NovaMind is excellent for teaching and learning, as it provides a number of unique and helpful features like the Suggesterator which suggests new ideas related to what you already have on your mind map.

There is also the BranchStorm capability which helps you blast ideas out very quickly. The user can also print out mind maps without text on the branches to assist with note-taking, memorization, and revision.

NovaMind also has specialist features for screenwriting, presentations, and project management, as well as a long list of import and export options.

NovaMind hasn't received as many updates or upgrades as iMindMap and MindManager over the years. However, it's still a fantastic option for those on a budget who are looking for a reliable mind mapping software solution.

Finally, I would also recommend taking a look at Xmind. They offer a free and paid version of their mind mapping software application.

Concluding Thoughts

I hope that this introduction to mind maps has helped answer some of the questions you might have had about mind mapping and the various software applications that are available on the market today.

Mind mapping is growing in popularity every year and gaining an ever greater foothold within niche specific industries where information management is of critical importance.

As a result, it will continue to grow, evolve, and adapt to our ever-changing information management needs.

Time to Assimilate these Concepts

Did you gain value from this article? Is it important that you know and understand this topic? Would you like to optimize how you think about this topic? Would you like a method for applying these ideas to your life?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I'm confident you will gain tremendous value from using the accompanying IQ Matrix for coaching or self-coaching purposes. This mind map provides you with a quick visual overview of the article you just read. The branches, interlinking ideas, and images model how the brain thinks and processes information. It's kind of like implanting a thought into your brain - an upgrade of sorts that optimizes how you think about these concepts and ideas. 🙂

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If you're new to mind mapping or just want to check things out, then register for the Free 12 Month Membership Program. There you will gain access to over 90 mind maps, visual tools, and resources valued at over $500.

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Free Articles and Resources

Here are a number of highly recommended free articles and online resources that will further help expand your understanding of mind mapping:

Mind Mapping Software Applications

Here are several mind mapping software applications you might like to check out.

These applications are either free, or they come with a free trial period. Some of these applications are cloud-based, and ideal for collaboration.

Many of them are also cross-platform applications that can be used on a Mac or PC. Xmind, Mindomo, and FreeMind have Linux versions. You will also find iOS and Android versions of some of these apps. Visit each website link for more information.

Recommended Books

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The Complete Guide on How to Mind Map for Beginners

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The more you know and learn, the easier it is to learn and know more. - Tony Buzan Mind mapping is a visual information management tool that helps us structure, organize, memorize, arrange, brainstorm and learn information in a highly specialized way.

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Ključne podatke (o čem je miselni vzorec, kratek opis, definicija)

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Preglednost, berljivost (kako hitro lahko razbereš osnovne podatke, velikosti pisav)

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Vsebovanje slik

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Vsebinska vstreznost

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Logična povezanost med elementi

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Mind Mapping A mind map is a tool for the brain that captures the thinking that goes on inside your head. Mind mapping helps you think, collect knowledge, remember and create […]

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Concept maps are a graphic representation of students' knowledge. Having students create concept maps can provide you with insights into how they organize and represent knowledge. This can be a useful strategy for assessing both the knowledge students have coming into a program or course and their developing knowledge of course material.

Concept maps include concepts, usually enclosed in circles or boxes, and relationships between concepts, indicated by a connecting line. Words on the line are linking words and specify the relationship between concepts. See an example (pdf).

Designing a concept map exercise

To structure a concept map exercise for students, follow these three steps:

1. Create a focus question that clearly specifies the issue that the concept map should address, such as "What are the potential effects of cap-and-trade policies?" or "What is materials science?"

2. Tell students (individually or in groups) to begin by generating a list of relevant concepts and organizing them before constructing a preliminary map.

3. Give students the opportunity to revise. Concept maps evolve as they become more detailed and may require rethinking and reconfiguring.

Encourage students to create maps that:

Employ a hierarchical structure that distinguishes concepts and facts at different levels of specificity

Draw multiple connections, or cross-links, that illustrate how ideas in different domains are related

Include specific examples of events and objects that clarify the meaning of a given concept

Using concept maps throughout the semester

Concept maps can be used at different points throughout the semester to gauge students' knowledge. Here are some ideas:

Ask students to create a concept map at the beginning of the semester to assess the knowledge they have coming into a course. This can give you a quick window into the knowledge, assumptions, and misconceptions they bring with them and can help you pitch the course appropriately.

Assign the same concept map activity several times over the course of the semester. Seeing how the concept maps grow and develop greater nuance and complexity over time helps students (and the instructor) see what they are learning.

Create a fill-in-the-blank concept map in which some circles are blank or some lines are unlabeled. Give the map to students to complete.

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Using Concept Maps - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University

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Kriterij za vrednotenje (Anton, Oskar in Mojca)

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Kriterij za vrednotenje (Anton, Oskar in Mojca)

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-  povezava konceptov
-  barvna usklajenost
-  omejenost na bistvo
-  slikovne ikone za lažjo predstavo
-  grafična razporeditev
-  vključenost konkretnih primerov

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- zajeto bistvo
- lepo pregledno
- uporaba različnih barv
- uporaba grafičnih elementov
- smiselna razporeditev miselnega vzorca

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- glavni koncepti zapisani in povezani med seboj
- različne reprezentacije
- primeri
- barve

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Why should you self assess your concept maps? For the same reason you assess your writings - to improve them and ensure you have accurately captured knowledge. Jonassen (1996) provides examples of how concept maps can be used to assess learning. Use the following information to assess your concept maps. However, keep in mind that there is no "right" concept map. Each student, or group of students, will likely build a different map, based upon their personal experiences. It is also important to understand that assessment of a concept map must be consistent with the needs of the content domain (Jonassen, et al., 1997).

Assess the change in your map at various stages of a course.
Concept maps can be a dramatic way to view how your knowledge changes as a result of instruction. Concept maps that you create at the beginning and end of the course provide evidence of your growth in knowledge.

Compare your concept map to the concept map of an expert.
Your concept map can also be compared to the concept map of an expert, most likely the course instructor. Before selecting this model, however, it is important to understand that one of the major advantages of concept maps is that they allow learners to represent knowledge through their personal experiences. So a novice's model will be very different from an expert's model. Thus, this assessment technique somewhat compromises an important advantage of concept maps.

Compare your map to the goals of the course.
A third model is to compare your concept map to the course goals. Reviewing individual concept maps will provide evidence of how much the individual learner progressed toward these goals.

Checklist for Concept Maps

An additional tool you may want to use to evaluate your concept maps is a checklist. A downloadable RTF of this checklist is included in the left sidebar of this page.

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Why should you self assess your concept maps? For the same reason you assess your writings - to improve them and ensure you have accurately captured knowledge. Jonassen (1996) provides examples of how concept maps can be used to assess learning. Use the following information to assess your concept maps.

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Mind Map Rubric

Good
4 pts

Fair
3 pts

Poor
1 pts

Organization

Good

The main idea is supported by details, the categories make sense, and the reader is able to follow and understand what is written.

Fair

The main idea is supported by details, some categories do not make sense, and at times the reader is not able to follow what is written.

Poor

There is no recognizable pattern to the ideas. They seem to be a list of thoughts that confuse the reader.

Depth

Good

The map has at least 4 subtopics and a minimum of 2 ideas under each subtopic.

Fair

The map has 3 subtopics and/or is missing the required amount of ideas under each subtopic.

Poor

The map has only two subtopics and/or is missing ideas under each subtopic.

Design

Good

The map is well layed out, the font is a good size, and it easy to read.

Fair

Some ideas are difficult to read, but the overall layout is good.

Poor

The layout is poor and difficult to read.

Creativity

Good

The map is interesting to the eye and uses colors that work well together.

Fair

Some of the colors do not work well together making parts of the map difficult to read.

Poor

The colors are conflicting, and it is very difficult to read the map.

Spelling/Grammar

Good

No errors

Fair

1-2 errors

Poor

3 or more errors

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iRubric S7C648: A rubric for grading mind maps created by students as they brainstorm subtopics for a research project.. Free rubric builder and assessment tools.

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Tema: Pogojni stavki in vejitve    (Špela, Danuša in Sandi) 

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Tema: Pogojni stavki in vejitve    (Špela, Danuša in Sandi) 

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Za začetek ustvarjanja miselnega vzorca smo na podlagi najdene vsebine izpisali pojme, kateri so po našem mnenju ključni za učenje o pogojnih stavkih in vejitvah.  Potem smo jih poiskusili, kar se je le dalo smiselno, med seboj povezati in tako ustvariti željeni miselni vzorec.

Pojmi:

Računalniški program

Pogojni stavek

Pogoj

Vejitev na (vsaj dve) veji

Relacijski operatorji (<, >, ==, !=, ipd.)

Logični pogoj --> Resničnost pogoja (True/False)

Logične operacije (in, ali, negacija)

Sicer oz. Else

Spremenljivka

Izid

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Miselni vzorec_ pogojni stavek in vejitve

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Popravljeni miselni vzorec (Špela, Danuša, Sandi)

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Popravljeni miselni vzorec (Špela, Danuša, Sandi)