How I use Mind Mapping For Presentations (brilliant!)

Mindmapping for presentations
Using
Ayoa
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Another great mind mapping tool is MindMeister
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[larrybrnjac]

I read Tony Buzan's Book on Mind Maps some years ago. So far my Maps are quite organic and free flowing and have helped to focus. Thank you.

[lafamillecarrington]

I used mind maps as a summary when teaching. The ability to add documents, notes, diagrams was key. I also found that getting my students to create their own mind maps really help to embed the content and link different topics.

[georgegeorgiou]

I bought/read a couple of books by Tony Buzan back in 1995 (more than 25 years ago!) - No internet of apps at the time.. Only paper + pencil.. I really love mindmaps and I try to use them for all my projects/project ideas.. Great tool!

[FunnFoto]

I teach Mind Mapping in my classes. I had a tough time in Grad school and a professor introduced this to me and I never let it go. I was able to knock out my disertation in a few weeks with this process. I later told them that they needed to lead their classes this way because it helped bring so much clarity to their material. Keep rocking.

[mikkolevala]

Thanks for promoting mindmapping idea! I've been using mindmapping since -90's and it's mighty method. Xmind is my daily tool today. I use it for brainstorming, presenting, note taking, business planning etc etc... I've been testing many aplications e.g Mind Manager (expensive but powerful), Simple Minds, FreeMind, Xmind and web based tools.

[Cheneyjoan]

Back in my corporate years, we made strategic plans with mindmaps. It helped keep it focused, and you could envision the tactical plan that should come out of each branch.

[artiecisneros]

When I was a kid Junior High age, I began taking notes this way, it seemed natural the way the way I was thinking. In school they were teaching diagram, I believe it was called where you used either numbers or capital letters and then the subject, and so forth. I couldn't listen and concentrate on the notetaking technique, so I used mind mapping which at that time I had never heard that word. My brother encouraged me to continue taking notes that way.😀

[tnewdad]

Great tips! Long-time mind-map user here. I have used TheBrain (formerly ‘Personal Brain’), as a more dynamic, almost 3D knowledge management system. It is similar to Evernote in its indexing capabilities and can replace your entire folder system if you so choose. The “thoughts” (think ‘nodes’) are very flexible and can hold any number of different file types, most of which can be indexed and instantly searched across your entire “Brain”. I have been using it since v4 and it’s been a part of my work-flow for many years now! I love being able to access any information quickly and view it in relation to other linked knowledge in my Brain. Thanks for this view into your own application of mind maps!

[EthanJerryMings]

Nicely done. I'm a long time user of Mind Mapping. A great resource on different Mind Mapping tools is Biggerplate.

[LawyerKatherineLizardo]

I didn’t know about mind map until I saw your video. I think it’s very effective! I love the visual. I’ll definitely try it for my next presentation. Thanks for your wonderful videos! I love your channel 🥰

[Biggerplate]

Love this! Mind mapping is a super powerful technique both for planning what you want to say, and for the actual presentation delivery. Most bad presentations are actually about an incoherent or non-existent structure or flow to the content. Mind mapping helps you to structure your thoughts more clearly, and even if you don't actually use the mind map to present, whatever presentation format you use will be improved by having mapped out your ideas first!

[PaulMcCannWebBuilder]

One of the reasons I left Evernote for Obsidian is Mermaid, a text-based diagramming tool. Creating simple mindmaps is easy and I can style them, display them on notes, slides, web pages etc.
Originally I used it to quickly create website flowcharts but mindmapping is quick, once you've learned the code. Other diagrams like Gantts and pies are possible, all the way to more complex diagrams for programming.
It's not a beginner tool, but it's fairly easy to learn.
Ayoa is probably better for most people, since you can create maps as fast as you can think, especially with the ability to add more content to nodes and collapse/expand sub-nodes (semi-possible in Mermaid with some fancy CSS/JS) but anyone already using Obsidian should take a look at it.

[AndrewZhilenko]

Wow! I am a big fan of Mindmaps - but have been pasting screenshots of mindmaps into Google slides for years. Will definitely try this new way!

[spacebetweenideas]

Freak, that's perfect. I'm starting to create a weekly one pager and facilitator online course style video and started today. After I began the second one pager, I realized I had too much information on the page.

Thank you for this video. You've given me a method to break down the concepts in order to create a series of one pagers in an organized fashion.

Perfect timing! 🥰

[meritsolutions]

Awh. I was hoping to see a MindMeister tutorial. :) You are my go-to guy for tutorials.

[kathleenrubin]

Watching your mindmapping video reminds me of the versatility if this tool. And, it generated two ideas: try using it in team brainstorming and to quickly unravel complexity in one thorny issue that's keeping me awake. I'm excited. Thanks, Steve

[coop-co]

Be sure to, (1) add links to nodes for additional demonstration or explanatory material. I link out to PowerPoint slides, resident and Youtube videos, pdf files, calculators on another website, graphics, quiz or poll, signup form, etc., and (2) add a branch at the end of the map to present a compelling summary or (3) interact with the audience and co-create a summary from their input using call-and-response facilitation.

[AmazingPhilippines]

Thanks much. I have been using the paper mode too long and will check out a few of these apps.

[SteveWish]

Thanks, Steve - once again I am a bit late in life to this "mind mapping" game - however - I now recognized how it may well even benefit a rather ADDish mind like mine. I waste hours trying to organize my thoughts and actions. So much so that I think I actually make myself nervous? BTW - I started to look into this after your WW # 207 presentation - along with other free productivity and processing applications that you outlined!

[ceafva]

Glad you posted this. I've been teaching mindmapping for over 30 years. Many years with MindManager. Unfortunately they raised their price so much in the past few years I've decided not to use them any longer. I have returned to having fun doing them by hand with a white board at first, then a drawing table with color or a draft in pencil. I've reviewed all the MM apps out there and none compare to MindManager. I'm semi-retired now; thus, don't need all the interaction that program uses. I'm so spoiled though. Want to choose one soon though. I'll check this one out.