unlock the creative thinking power of your mind. learn to mind map now!
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Unlock the Creative Unlock the Creative Thinking Power of Thinking Power of
Your MindYour Mind
Learn to Mind Map Learn to Mind Map Now!Now!
How to Mind Map
Some Benefits of Mind Mapping
It helps develop Creative Thinker skillsIt helps develop Creative Thinker skills It mirrors the way the brain looks at thingsIt mirrors the way the brain looks at things It stimulates the right (pictures) and left (words) sides of It stimulates the right (pictures) and left (words) sides of
the brainthe brain It helps link ideasIt helps link ideas It makes use of different learning stylesIt makes use of different learning styles It makes ideas easy to rememberIt makes ideas easy to remember It saves time – you only record the key wordsIt saves time – you only record the key words It is easy to review, easy to recreate from memory and It is easy to review, easy to recreate from memory and
brilliant for revision!brilliant for revision! It makes use of many different types of intelligence It makes use of many different types of intelligence
The Quick Start Guide to Mind Mapping
The following 10 Steps to Making Steps to Making Great Mind MapsGreat Mind Maps have been
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To find out more about the power of Mind Mapping To find out more about the power of Mind Mapping and to see some great mind mapsand to see some great mind maps
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
1. Set your purpose/goal1. Set your purpose/goal
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
2. Start in the CENTRE of a blank 2. Start in the CENTRE of a blank piece of paper turned to piece of paper turned to LandscapeLandscape view view
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
3. Quickly sketch a small IMAGE of 3. Quickly sketch a small IMAGE of your purpose, goal or focus in the your purpose, goal or focus in the centre of the papercentre of the paper
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
4. Leave lots of SPACE around your 4. Leave lots of SPACE around your key ideas so you can add to your key ideas so you can add to your mind mapmind map
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
5. Use SYMBOLS to reflect your 5. Use SYMBOLS to reflect your ideas and ARROWS to guide the ideas and ARROWS to guide the eyeeye
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
6. 6. COLOUR stimulates the right COLOUR stimulates the right hemisphere of the brain so use a hemisphere of the brain so use a different colour for each of your different colour for each of your main branch lines main branch lines
Use at least 3 ADDITIONAL Use at least 3 ADDITIONAL COLOURS for emphasis, structure, COLOURS for emphasis, structure, texture and creativitytexture and creativity
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7. Draw GENTLY CURVED lines, 7. Draw GENTLY CURVED lines, radiating from the centre (thick tapering radiating from the centre (thick tapering to thin) CONNECTING the main to thin) CONNECTING the main branches at each level to the central branches at each level to the central image image
Remember to make the main branches Remember to make the main branches thicker to show the importance of the thicker to show the importance of the ideas on themideas on them
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
• 8. Use only one key word or image 8. Use only one key word or image per line for more power and to per line for more power and to reflect flexibility in your thinking reflect flexibility in your thinking The length of the lines you draw The length of the lines you draw needs to fit the length of the key needs to fit the length of the key wordswords
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
9. Use capital letters for the main 9. Use capital letters for the main branch ideas and make all the key branch ideas and make all the key words sit words sit onon the linesthe lines
Use lower case letters for any lower Use lower case letters for any lower branch words branch words
These will go These will go close underneathclose underneath the the main branch lines main branch lines
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
10. Use IMAGES throughout to attract the 10. Use IMAGES throughout to attract the eyeeye
Images stimulate the right hemisphereImages stimulate the right hemisphere
Eyes take in images faster than words Eyes take in images faster than words (and recall them for longer too) (and recall them for longer too)
Remember a picture paints a thousand Remember a picture paints a thousand words!words!
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
Remember: PERSONAL STYLE is very important PERSONAL STYLE is very important It is your mind map for YOU It is your mind map for YOU Develop your own styleDevelop your own style
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind MapsMind Maps
Finally:
When learning is FUN, you learnWhen learning is FUN, you learn
faster and you remember it morefaster and you remember it more
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind Maps – A SummaryMind Maps – A Summary
1.1. Set your purpose/goal. Set your purpose/goal.
2.2. Start in the CENTRE of a blank piece of paper turned to Start in the CENTRE of a blank piece of paper turned to LandscapeLandscape view. view.
3.3. Quickly sketch a small IMAGE of your purpose, goal or focus in the centre Quickly sketch a small IMAGE of your purpose, goal or focus in the centre of the paper. of the paper.
4.4. Leave lots of SPACE around your key ideas so you can add to your mind Leave lots of SPACE around your key ideas so you can add to your mind map.map.
5.5. Use SYMBOLS to reflect your ideas and ARROWS to guide the eye.Use SYMBOLS to reflect your ideas and ARROWS to guide the eye.
6.6. COLOUR stimulates the right hemisphere of the brain so use a different COLOUR stimulates the right hemisphere of the brain so use a different colour for each of your main branch lines. Use at least 3 ADDITIONAL colour for each of your main branch lines. Use at least 3 ADDITIONAL COLOURS for emphasis, structure, texture and creativity.COLOURS for emphasis, structure, texture and creativity.
10 Steps to Making Great 10 Steps to Making Great Mind Maps – A SummaryMind Maps – A Summary
7. 7. Draw GENTLY CURVED lines, radiating from the centre (thick tapering to Draw GENTLY CURVED lines, radiating from the centre (thick tapering to thin) CONNECTING the main branches at each level to the central image. thin) CONNECTING the main branches at each level to the central image. Remember to make the main branches thicker to show the importance of Remember to make the main branches thicker to show the importance of the ideas on them.the ideas on them.
8. Use only one key word or image per line for more power and to reflect 8. Use only one key word or image per line for more power and to reflect flexibility in your thinking. The length of the lines you draw needs to fit flexibility in your thinking. The length of the lines you draw needs to fit the length of the key words.the length of the key words.
9. Use capital letters for the main branch ideas and make all the key words 9. Use capital letters for the main branch ideas and make all the key words sit sit onon the linesthe lines
Use lower case letters for any lower branch words Use lower case letters for any lower branch words These will go These will go close underneathclose underneath the main branch lines the main branch lines
10. Use IMAGES throughout to attract the eye. Images stimulate the right 10. Use IMAGES throughout to attract the eye. Images stimulate the right hemisphere. Eyes take in images faster than words (and recall them for hemisphere. Eyes take in images faster than words (and recall them for longer too). Remember a picture paints a thousand words!longer too). Remember a picture paints a thousand words!
A Few Mind Maps to Get You A Few Mind Maps to Get You ThinkingThinking
• These are on a wide range of subjects These are on a wide range of subjects including including The Life and Achievements of The Life and Achievements of Marie CurieMarie Curie and and HappinessHappiness!!
• Remember that you can mind map Remember that you can mind map anything you like – just put the topic in anything you like – just put the topic in the middle of the piece of paper and off the middle of the piece of paper and off you go!you go!
Now it’s over to you! Now it’s over to you!
Just choose your topic!Just choose your topic!
RACISM
•Holocaust
•Ethnic Cleansing
•Ku Klux Klan
•Immigration
• Asylum Seekers
Superficial
Stero typing
Put downs
Disillusioned
Ideology