http://mindmapswitch.com Switching your thoughts to mind mapping Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few weeks back I wrote about a nifty little note taking technique called sketch noting. Unlike mind mapping, sketch notes are made in a linear form as they're best done on small notebooks that are easy to carry around. After writing this post I wanted to condense down some of ... http://mindmapswitch.com/mindmaps/sketch-notes-mind-map/ This month has seen some brilliant posts by those in the mind mapping community. Arjen ter Hoeve has continued posting great content for mind mappers. Last month he outlined the 4 stage process of mind mapping and looked at 5 major mistakes made in mind mapping. Paul Foreman shared his 10 favourite ... http://mindmapswitch.com/links/mind-mapping-links-june-2009/ A few months ago I started posting some mind mapping tips on Twitter with the #mindmaptips hash tag. Now 6 months on, I wanted to review this form of sharing tips and get some feedback on it. Tips themselves are generally small pieces of advice and I thought that Twitter would be ... http://mindmapswitch.com/tips/update-mind-map-tips-hashtag/ A while back I stumbled across a really great note taking technique called sketch notes. It's a form of note taking that I first seen being used by Mike Rohde. Unlike mind mapping, sketch noting still flows in a linear form but consists of varying sizes of text, images and symbols. ... http://mindmapswitch.com/techniques/sketch-notes-quick-mind-mapping/ I'm going to let you into a little secret. Mind mapping isn't for everyone. If your a mind mapping fan and think this is a terrible thing to hear then just compose yourself for a minute and listen why. Mind mapping isn't for everyone because we're not all the same. We're all ... http://mindmapswitch.com/learning/2-awesome-alternatives-mind-mapping/ It's been a busy month in the mind mapping community, with lots of insightful and helpful articles, but we open this months post with news of a new blog in the mind mapping community. Mind Maps Unleashed is a new blog from mind mapping trainer Arjen ter Hoeve. There's been a ... http://mindmapswitch.com/links/mind-mapping-links-2009/ When you're writing an article, an essay or even taking on the task of writing a book, there are times when you just don't know where to start.  From generating ideas to research and then the final draft, there's always space in your writing process where mind mapping can help. Generating ... http://mindmapswitch.com/tips/mind-mapping-writing-aid/ Recently the Stepcase Lifehack blog posted an article on things you can do with a Moleskine notebook.  On the list was nice idea that I thought would be great the next time I need to start a new notebook, the mind map atlas. The mind map atlas is a book of ... http://mindmapswitch.com/techniques/3-types-mind-map-record-mind-map-atlas/ Using mind mapping to educate children at school is not a new idea. I used mind mapping as a study aid at school but I was only introduced to the idea when I was in secondary education. I was recently informed that a local nursery in the West of Scotland ... http://mindmapswitch.com/interviews/mind-mapping-children-nursery/ Imagine having volumes of information at your fingertips without having to thumb through pages of a book to look for that vital bit of information? Mind maps are often seen as the best way of conveying large amounts of information in a small readable format.  I regard these mind maps as ... http://mindmapswitch.com/techniques/3-ways-helper-mind-maps/