Comments on: The versatility of mindmapping

By: Rob Wilson

Rob Wilson — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:57:23 +0000

Glad to find someone who finds Mindmaps as useful as myself. I mainly use them for planning and brainstorming as you are able to quickly record and then later re-organise the thoughts on a topic.

I would slightly disagree on the point about Mindmaps not allowing you to explain things. I have used Mindmaps and a screen recorder to record a video talking around the content of a mindmap - but I suppose that is cheating. All the best Rob.

By: Mediaman

Mediaman — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:17:49 +0000

Mindmapping is useful, as are other ways of organizing random, creative-style thinking. The danger is in getting “locked-in” to a pattern.
Going back and forth from sites like www.creax.net to your own mindmaps is helpful.
I have a difference between the “creating” and the doing-the actual work of getting something from the creative stage to the realization stage- altogether unhelped by collaborative thinking. It is as though, for me, I have to create first, then go through the process of mapping the course of action, which in fact may be helped by collaboration.
Kinda like taking an idea to the business plan stage; there may be surprises out there.

By: PatricH

PatricH — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:39:12 +0000

By far one of the best articles I have read on mind mapping in a long time, kudos to you. Mind mapping is so beneficial to businesses and as you said widely underused, which is really quite unfortunate. I have introduced mind mapping to many clients and the responses are amazing after the first or second time they explore their use. Many people just don’t believe how much more productive even a simple meeting can be with the use of these techniques, hopefully we will begin to see more businesses adopting the use of mind mapping in the future.

By: Web Design Lincolnshire

Web Design Lincolnshire — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:39:31 +0000

I find mind mapping an excellent method of writing ideas. I will usually rewrite my ideas and generate even more.

Pen and paper is my favourite method, because I can focus more on the ideas, rather than creating a pretty layout on the computer. After I’ve created a good mind map, I will use a computer to update it.

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By: kumar

kumar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:24:44 +0000

This article is very good. The methodology is layed out in a very phased manner.. Let me try to implement these steps in my work life. When I googled I found one mindmap website. Does that belong to you?

Thanks
kumar
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