The next Pump-Up your Productivity with Mind Mapping Workshop in Birmingham is on the 15th March at the refurbished G-Casino at Birmingham FIve WaysFull details can be found here:
On 02.11.11, In Blatant Advertorial, by Barry Mapp
The next Pump-Up your Productivity with Mind Mapping Workshop in Birmingham is on the 15th March at the refurbished G-Casino at Birmingham FIve WaysFull details can be found here: Tweet This Post
Here colleague Phil Chambers talks about how he uses Mind Mapping in his business. Phil and I trained in Mind Mapping with Tony Buzan back in the mid 1990′s. Phil was also Chief Arbiter when I competed in the World Memory Championships back in 1997. Tweet This Post
Here colleague Phil Chambers talks about how he uses Mind Mapping in his business. Phil and I trained in Mind Mapping with Tony Buzan back in the mid 1990′s. Phil was also Chief Arbiter when I competed in the World Memory Championships back in 1997.
On 09.18.10, In Mind Mapping, by Barry Mapp
Found this video today with Mark Channon (previously of the TV programme Memory Masters) talking in USA about Mind MappingMark starts off telling the audience about how he remembers numbers and then goes on to talk about Mind Mapping. Tweet This Post
Found this video today with Mark Channon (previously of the TV programme Memory Masters) talking in USA about Mind MappingMark starts off telling the audience about how he remembers numbers and then goes on to talk about Mind Mapping.
On 09.09.10, In Blatant Advertorial, Where and When, by Barry Mapp
Pump Up Your Productivity with Mind Mapping (Two-hour Workshop) If you’d like to know how and why Mind Mapping (done properly) can give a boost to your Business Productivity and you live within commuting distance of Redditch then this lunchtime workshop is for you. Some studies have suggested you can get a 30% improvement in [...]
Pump Up Your Productivity with Mind Mapping (Two-hour Workshop)
If you’d like to know how and why Mind Mapping (done properly) can give a boost to your Business Productivity and you live within commuting distance of Redditch then this lunchtime workshop is for you. Some studies have suggested you can get a 30% improvement in Productivity using Mind Mapping. That’s all well and good but will it work for YOU. Come on this workshop and find out. Next date is Tuesday 12th October. Full details are here: http://sponsalislearning.eventbrite.comIn this two-hour Mid-morning Learning Session you get to learn and try out for yourself (under the watchful eye of one of the UK’s top Mind Mapping Trainers) the business productivity tool called Mind MappingMind Mapping is often described as the Swiss Army Knife for the Brain as it is a seemingly simple and flexible tool for enhancing productivity. However it’s virtually impossible to learn both correct technique and the power of its applications from reading a book (like it’s impossible to learn to ride a bike by reading a book) – this is why most business owners/managers have either never heard of it or they can’t get the hang of it.The best way to learn Mind Mapping is to have an ‘expert’ coax and coach you through it. If you can spare a long lunch break in Birmingham (free parking is available!) then we have put together this wonderful learning opportunity for you to get to understand and use this highly versatile productivity techniqueIn this interactive session you will learn how and why Mind Mapping improves productivity in the following areas:• Planning and Preparation• Project Management• Thinking clearly and simplifying seemingly complex issues• Organising ‘Cluttered’ Thoughts• Preparing a workshop• Learning and Remembering new stuff (eg New Product Specs or New Client details)• Improving the Sales Process (Cold Calling, product info etc)• Improving Confidence• Delivering a Speech or a Biz PresentationYou will also learn how to:• Differentiate Mind Maps from Spider and Bubble Diagrams and why this matters• Construct effective Mind Maps, read other people’s Mind Maps and how the Mind Mapping Principle organises the brain (and even how it can be used to organise your computer hard drive!).The meeting opens around 11.40am for registration and networking and the Mind Mapping Workshop starts at 12.10pm and finishes at 2pm (though you can stay and network till 2.30pm if you wish). Refeshments and ‘nibbles’ are available during this working workshop.Workshop TakeawaysAfter the workshop you have immediate access to a web page with all the handouts and follow-up material available. Takeaways include practical examples where Business Owners are currently using Mind Mapping to enhance productivity across different areas of their business.See the full details here: http://sponsalislearning.eventbrite.comThis event is being run in partnership with Sponsalis
If you’d like to know how and why Mind Mapping (done properly) can give a boost to your Business Productivity and you live within commuting distance of Birmingham then this lunchtime workshop is for you. Some studies have suggested you can get a 30% improvement in Productivity using Mind Mapping. That’s all well and good [...]
If you’d like to know how and why Mind Mapping (done properly) can give a boost to your Business Productivity and you live within commuting distance of Birmingham then this lunchtime workshop is for you. Some studies have suggested you can get a 30% improvement in Productivity using Mind Mapping. That’s all well and good but will it work for YOU. Come on this workshop and find out. Next date is Wednesday 8th September at the Grosvenor Casino Birmingham Five Ways. Full details are here: http://lunchtimelearning1.eventbrite.com/In this two-hour Lunchtime Learning Session you get to learn and try out for yourself (under the watchful eye of one of the UK’s top Mind Mapping Trainers) the business productivity tool called Mind MappingMind Mapping is often described as the Swiss Army Knife for the Brain as it is a seemingly simple and flexible tool for enhancing productivity. However it’s virtually impossible to learn both correct technique and the power of its applications from reading a book (like it’s impossible to learn to ride a bike by reading a book) – this is why most business owners/managers have either never heard of it or they can’t get the hang of it.The best way to learn Mind Mapping is to have an ‘expert’ coax and coach you through it. If you can spare a long lunch break in Birmingham (free parking is available!) then we have put together this wonderful learning opportunity for you to get to understand and use this highly versatile productivity techniqueIn this interactive session you will learn how and why Mind Mapping improves productivity in the following areas:• Planning and Preparation• Project Management• Thinking clearly and simplifying seemingly complex issues• Organising ‘Cluttered’ Thoughts• Preparing a workshop• Learning and Remembering new stuff (eg New Product Specs or New Client details)• Improving the Sales Process (Cold Calling, product info etc)• Improving Confidence• Delivering a Speech or a Biz PresentationYou will also learn how to:• Differentiate Mind Maps from Spider and Bubble Diagrams and why this matters• Construct effective Mind Maps, read other people’s Mind Maps and how the Mind Mapping Principle organises the brain (and even how it can be used to organise your computer hard drive!).The meeting opens around 11.40am for registration and networking and the Mind Mapping Workshop starts at 12.10pm and finishes at 2pm (though you can stay and network till 2.30pm if you wish). Refeshments and ‘nibbles’ are available during this working workshop.Workshop TakeawaysAfter the workshop you have immediate access to a web page with all the handouts and follow-up material available. Takeaways include practical examples where Business Owners are currently using Mind Mapping to enhance productivity across different areas of their business.See the full details here: http://lunchtimelearning1.eventbrite.com/As a special gift from us why not use the code xxxx to get a £5 discount on the booking price
On 06.17.10, In Me, Where and When, by Barry Mapp
Details of the next Brummie Forum Tuesday 29th June 12 – 2pm Grosvenor Casino Birmingham Five Ways(Originally Posted by Nina Slingsby on LinkedIn and copied here) The sales section of this year’s presentations is now well under way and having so far covered who and how to target, along with targeting specific markets [...]
Details of the next Brummie Forum Tuesday 29th June 12 – 2pm Grosvenor Casino Birmingham Five Ways(Originally Posted by Nina Slingsby on LinkedIn and copied here)
The sales section of this year’s presentations is now well under way and having so far covered who and how to target, along with targeting specific markets in June we will cover more in-depth sales techniques.
We will be joined by Marian Hubble who will focus on Success in Business with NLP. This will include steps to maximising sales, overcoming challenges and being the best you can.
Barry Mapp will follow with a presentation on “Mind Mapping in the Sales Process”.
Mind Mapping has been described as the Swiss Army Knife for the Brain because it is so useful for many different brain activities and tasks. In this session Barry outlines what Mind Mapping is (and it isn’t “spider diagrams”!) and then shares examples of the usefulness of the technique in assisting the Sales Process.
We meet at 12pm for a light lunch and networking followed by our speakers and your chance to ask questions and find out how to increase sales in your business. Event charge of £10 payable on the day but please call Karen on 0121 631 3535 or email sm_gc-birmingham@rank.com to confirm your attendance to this forum and feel free to invite along friends and colleagues to this popular networking event.
Over 18′s only and ID required (passport or driving licence) if this is your first visit to the Casino.
On 10.05.09, In Creativity, personal productivity, by Barry Mapp
I am a great fan of Mind Mapping as a Memory and Study Tool but not much of a fan of Acronyms for Memory (acronyms only help you remember things you already know quite well – example ROYGBIV to remember the colours of the rainbow is not much good if you don’t know your colours [...]
I am a great fan of Mind Mapping as a Memory and Study Tool but not much of a fan of Acronyms for Memory (acronyms only help you remember things you already know quite well – example ROYGBIV to remember the colours of the rainbow is not much good if you don’t know your colours in the first place. If you do know all the colours then the Acronym is quite useful to arrange the main colours in their correct sequence (Red, Orange, Yellow.Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)However the acronym STINKS is of no use in remembering this list of Mind Mapping Benefits but it was good in grabbing your attention. If you think you hate Mind Mapping because it never seemed to work for you, you come here for mutual support. My message to you would be find a really good teacher who will guarantee you will get it or your money backORYou are a champion of Mind Mapping – you saw the headline and thought “what drivel is this guy promoting?”So anyway here is STINKSMind Mapping:
- Is great for SORTING the thoughts and Ideas you have in your Head. We often suffer from Mental Clutter. Mind Mapping is a great de-clutterer for your thinking. Mind Mapping is first and foremost a “Thought Organisation Tool”
- is a great tool for TEACHING. Teaching yourself to learn and using it as a guide to help you help others learn. Mind Mapping was originally devised by Tony Buzan as a tool for study and learning
- is exceedingly useful for INTEGRATING thoughts and Ideas. Helps you see the wood from the trees and in doing so helps to integrate important ideas together into a new ‘whole’
- means NO MORE LISTS. Well not quite. Lists are very useful if they are for temporary stuff – like doing a to-do list, stuff that you want for today but you won’t need it for tomorrow. The great thing about lists is they take no time to prepare. However for stuff that you need to remember for the longer term Lists are useless and they are lazy. It takes much much more time to learn and remember a list than it does a list that has been reformatted as a Mind Map. (But it takes longer to format a Mind Map than it does a list). So the golden rule lists for temporary stuff Mind Maps for remembering stuff
- helps you to uncover the KNOWLEDGE that you didn’t know you knew (the ‘trigger’ effect of Mind Maps can rekindle past memories)
- is very good for SPEAKERS. Good to plan a speech, rehearse a speech, and deliver a speech – it just saves so much time compared to any other technique (I did a presentation on this last year at the Annual Convention of the Professional Speakers Association that went down really well).
Oh and the ‘S’ can also stand for SEXY. Mind Maps are just so much sexier than lists or bullet points.So there you have it. Mind Mapping STINKS
On 08.25.09, In personal productivity, by Barry Mapp
Mind Mapping -its personalA mini series on HOW Mind Mapping improves personal effectiveness and productivity,whilst comparing and contrasting the various alternative graphical mapping techniques with ‘scores on the doors’Lists or bullet points do not easily show the big picture, key points and the detail easily or clearly on a single page. All graphical mapping techniques [...]
Mind Mapping -its personalA mini series on HOW Mind Mapping improves personal effectiveness and productivity,whilst comparing and contrasting the various alternative graphical mapping techniques with ‘scores on the doors’Lists or bullet points do not easily show the big picture, key points and the detail easily or clearly on a single page. All graphical mapping techniques do better than lists. The rules of Mind Mapping enable more information to be summarised on the paper space than is possible with other graphic techniques. More efficient use of the paper space with less clutter is a key USP for Mind Mapping over other graphical mapping techniquesSo how good is each technique at seeing the big picture, key points and detail?Lists 1/10Spider Diagrams 5/10Concept Bubble Diagrams 5/10Mind Maps 9/10
Hierarchy – Good for Learning, Bad for LeadershipThe brain loves to make new connections. New connections are of course new associations. When associations are random in nature they are easily misplaced (in the brain as well as in your filing cabinet) and thus easily forgotten.Therefore as far as learning and remembering are concerned ‘ordered’ associations [...]
Hierarchy – Good for Learning, Bad for LeadershipThe brain loves to make new connections. New connections are of course new associations. When associations are random in nature they are easily misplaced (in the brain as well as in your filing cabinet) and thus easily forgotten.Therefore as far as learning and remembering are concerned ‘ordered’ associations are best. Hierarchical ordering of associations is the way the brain can most quickly absorb and retrieve information.A hierarchical arrangement of ideas allows the brain to quickly move between different levels of meaning. To quickly ‘zoom out’ to the big picture or to zoom in to a component or detail.The most effective tool for helping us to pre-order or re-order any new and existing associations is the Mind Map (by the way NOT spider diagrams) basically because one of the ‘rules’ of Mind Mapping is to order information in this highly effective hierarchical way.If you live in the UK and you want to learn how to be more effective as a learner, check out my Mind Mapping and other workshops hereHierarchy is however bad for business because it leads to ‘command and control’ mentality (see here)