Mindmapping

Posted by jaslar
Dec 8, 2008 at 02:44 AM

For me, mindmapping has two big strengths: tackling a project (brainstorming approaches and topics to investigate), and planning a speech. Often, a big project will eventually move into other tools to develop all the details, but the visual start helps me get the big pieces right.

It really shines for both planning and giving a speech. Assuming you can talk from an outline (rather than having to read it word for word), a mindmap is just a wonderfully efficient approach. Get it down to a single page or image, and you only need one piece of paper. Alternatively, you can project it instead of PowerPoint—a single image that does something PowerPoint cannot—show how everything relates to the topic.