Mind mapping is a diagramming technique for visually organizing information around a central concept. It uses a non-linear graphical layout that is meant to mimic the way the brain naturally thinks and recalls information. Some key aspects of mind mapping include having a central idea with branches radiating out to show sub-ideas and sub-topics, using images and colors to enhance recall, and allowing for organic growth of ideas without strict hierarchies or orders. The technique aims to take advantage of both left and right brain thinking to improve processing and retention of information.

1. mindmapping
a simple brainstorming technique
RAKESH DAHIYA

2. what is a mind map?

3. a mind map is an
easy way to
brainstorm thoughts organically
without worrying about
order and structure
It allows you to visually structure your ideas to help with
analysis and recall

4. Subject
Idea
Idea
Idea
Idea
sub-idea
sub-idea
sub-idea
sub-idea
sub-idea
sub-idea
sub-idea
sub-idea
A mind map is a diagram for representing tasks, words, concepts, or items linked to and
arranged around a central concept or subject using a non-linear graphical layout that allows the
user to build an intuitive framework around a central concept.
A mind map can turn a long list of monotonous information into a colorful, memorable and highly
organized diagram that works in line with your brain's natural way of doing things.

5. 5 essential characteristics of mind mapping
1. The main idea, subject or focus is
crystallized in a central image
2. The main themes radiate from the central
image as 'branches'
3. The branches comprise a key image or
keyword drawn or printed on its associated
line
4. Topics of lesser importance are represented
as 'twigs' of the relevant branch
5. The branches form a connected nodal
structure
main Idea
branch
branch
branch
twig
twig

6. How to make a mind map
● Think of your general main theme and write that
down in the center of the page. i.e. Food
● Figure out sub-themes of your main concept and
draw branches to them from the center, beginning
to look like a spider web i.e. Meats, Dairy, Breads
● Make sure to use very short phrases or even
single words
● Add images to invoke thought or get the message
across better
● Try to think of at least two main points for each
sub-theme you created and create branches out
to those
food
meat
breads
dairy
milk
egg

7. theory

8. Radiant Thinking
a clearer, more natural and more efficient way of using our
brain
What happens in your brain when you taste a ripe pear, smell
flowers, listen to music, watch a stream, touch a loved one, or
simply reminisce? The answer is both simple and amazingly
complex. Each bit of information entering your brain, every
sensation, memory or thought, which incorporates every word,
number, code, food, fragrance, line, color, image, beat, note and
texture can be represented as a central sphere from which radiate
tens, hundreds, thousands, even millions of hooks.
Each hook represents an association, and each association has its
own infinite array of links and connections. From this gigantic
information processing ability and learning capacity derives the
concept of Radiant Thinking of which the Mind Map is a
manifestation. Your brain's Radiant Thinking pattern may thus be
seen as a gigantic Branching Association Machine - a super bio
computer with lines of thought radiating from a virtually infinite
number of data nodes.

9. Left and Right Hemispheres
Almost the moment Mind Maps came into use another major
piece of scientific research confirmed their validity as a
brain-compatible thinking method. In California, Dr. Roger
Sperry, who won a Nobel Prize for his research, confirmed
that the evolutionarily latest part of the brain, the 'thinking cap'
of the Cerebral Cortex, was divided into two major
hemispheres, and those hemispheres performed a
comprehensive range of intellectual tasks, called cortical
skills. The tasks included: Logic, Rhythm, Lines, Color, Lists,
Daydreaming, Numbers, Imagination, Word, Gestalt (seeing
the whole picture).
Sperry's own research confirmed that the more these
activities were integrated, the more the brain's performance
became co-operative, with each intellectual skill enhancing
the performance of other intellectual areas. When you are
Mind Mapping, you are not only practicing and exercising the
fundamental memory powers and information processing, you
are also using your entire range of cortical skills.

10. use cases

11. idea generation
brainstorming
strategy planning
root cause analysis
problem solving
solution design
documentation
process definition
and more...

16. workshop