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Basics of Mind Mapping
Systematic Thinking for Problem Solving
Basics of Mind Mapping
Course Overview
ð§ Mind Mapping is a world-renowned phenomenon that millions of people around the world find to be a useful for promoting and enabling creative thinking, planning, and collaborating with others. There is an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence verifying that Mind Mapping boosts your memory, fosters creativity, facilitates the learning process, improves collaborative efforts and can even improve your presentation. Mind mapping is the science of the brain â it forces us to "pre-digest" information in the same way that our brain is accustomed to organizing it - this process makes learning and remembering exponentially faster and more effective.
In this course, you will learn and practice a disciplined, systematic approach to using mind mapping to brainstorm and organize your thoughts; easily convey them to others; solve problems; and identify areas of improvement. In order to achieve this, you must learn how to effectively use and apply this powerful tool. The key result of this process is to create a thoroughly thought out map of solution to a problem, a process, or a new product concept. By the end of this training you will be able to creatively generate your own mind map that is easy to understand both now and when you come back to it later to review the process.
Learning Objective
- Be able to deconstruct an idea in order to expand, organize and graphically represent it.
- Identify the ideas and concepts involved in describing the solution to a problem/concept.
- Understand what Creative Thinking is and how to leverage it to create original solutions.
- Understand the benefits of mind mapping and why it is so effective.
- Understand how to read and process a mind map.
- Understand the key principles of mind mapping and how to integrate them into new maps.
- Learn how to create a mind map on your own from scratch.
- Understand where to take it from here.
Course Outline
| Topic | Details |
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| 1. Introduction to Creative Thinking and the Concepts of Problem Solving |
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| 2. Introduction to Mind Mapping |
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| 3. The Basics of Mind Mapping |
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| 4. How to Make a Mind Map |
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| 5. Going Beyond - Application |
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| 6. Concept Evaluations |
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Introduction to Creative Thinking and the Concepts of Problem Solving
- What is an idea and where does it come from?
- What is a problem or concept?
- What is Creative Thinking and how is it useful?
- What is Radiant Thinking?
Introduction to Mind Mapping
- What is a Mind Map?
- What is Decision-Making?
- Why is Mind Mapping so effective?
- What are the benefits of Mind Mapping?
- How do we use Mind Mapping?
The Basics of Mind Mapping
- How to read a Mind Map.
- How to think differently and creatively.
- How to create organic, graphical representations of ideas/concepts.
- Grouping, Categorizing and Organizing.
How to Make a Mind Map
- Key Principles of Mind Mapping.
- How to Flow Thoughts into Organic Designs.
- Mind Mapping Workshop.
Going Beyond - Application
- How to Apply Mind Mapping in Every-day Activities.
- How to use Mind Mapping and Radiant Thinking to improve Business Processes.
- How to use Mind Mapping to Learn how to Learn.
Concept Evaluations
- Quizzes.
- Competency Reviews and Evaluation.
Workshop
ð ïļWorkshop Concept: The workshop for this program is a structured method to implement the concepts and processes discussed in this program. The purpose of this workshop is to:
- practice the brainstorming techniques involved in the creative thinking process;
- develop and practice problem solving skills using deconstruction and analysis processes;
- build a Mind Map with the group under the guidance of an experienced mapper.
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