Dec 14

Idea Mapping Workshop in Palm Beach

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Fall 09 - Idea Mapping Workshop 038Last week, an Idea Mapping workshop took place in the Palm Beach Hotel, a nostalgic establishment from the Gilded Age that is still quite charming and awfully affordable considering its location.  It was great to see old friends and meet new people, all united by deep interest in the Idea Mapping and inspired by the Idea Mapping guru Jamie Nast. 

The fact that the four Certified Idea Mapping Instructors (CIMI) attended the workshop is a proof that the workshop has a lot to offer, even to seasoned instructors. For me personally, the workshop was an excellent review of the material and helped raising my confidence level as a new instructor.  This is the third workshop I attended, and every time I was able to learn something new. Another great benefit of retuning is that we get a chance to network with like-minded people and learn from each other. I hope that we’ll continue this wonderful tradition.

I’ve been impressed with the caliber of first-time workshop participants.  They come from all walks of life – business people, entrepreneurs, academia, aviation, education, information management, etc. Like myself, they all seek new and better ways of improving their business and personal life, and they turn to Idea Mapping as a universal whole-brain learning and thinking tool to achieve new level of success. 

We were very fortunate to meet Vanda North and Richard Israel who gave us a snick pick into their new global initiative Mind Chi (I’ll share more on Mind Chi in my next post).

On the last day, Jamie led us, CIMIs, through instructions on how to build and maintain a successful blog. She deserves a lot of credit for creating a worldwide viral network of Idea Mapping enthusiasts using popular social networking sites.  And this is just the beginning!

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Jul 16

Idea Mapping Book

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There are many ways to learn about Idea Mapping (IM) and how this visual thinking and learning tool can help people from all walks of life to become better at what they do, both in business and personal lives.  If you Google “idea mapping”, you’ll get over 46000 hits.  There are many books written on the subject, particularly by Tony Buzan who’s written prolifically on the topic of mind maps, memory and creativity.  There are dozens, if not hundreds, of blogs from the idea mapping practitioners around the globe.  

Today’s growing interest in the Idea Mapping is no accident.  With increasing complexity of the world we live in, we all are looking for the right answers and better decisions, for clarity and connections.  We want to learn faster and be more effective .   Perhaps, the best way to start learning about IM is to read the Idea Mapping book by Jamie Nast.  It includes everything a beginner needs to know, with a lot of practical exaples of IM applications.  The attached idea map is the book’s visual outline demonstrating key IM concepts.  Get the book – it may become one of your best investments. 

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