Mindmapping has caught on in recent years as a useful tool in the corporate and educational sectors. Using bright colors and attractive imagery, it is extremely useful in such things as presentations and group brainstorming sessions. However, it can be equally useful in so many other ways too. Here is a look at some of those ways.
It can be used to record information in extraordinary detail on a single page. Whilst studying for my diploma in reflexology, there were lists to learn of which combination’s of reflexes corresponded to various ailments – extremely complex stuff which I broke down into mindmaps or perhaps ‘footmaps’. I got through my exam with 96%… proof that mindmapping is effective because, giving my advancing years, I wouldn’t have achieved such a high mark otherwise!
How about using a mindmap to record a journey or a trip? Rather than pages of entries in a journal, instead simply use a mindmap to jot down places, events, impressions, people, food, colors, traditions, sights and sounds. You can even add your companions’ perspectives. When you get home, your mindmap/s will provide you with information to label your photos, write up your journal, produce an article, regale your friends…. a multitude of possibilities.
