Mappy Awards: July 2015
Mad Mapper’s Muse: A beautiful clear and pure mind map representation of the main principles of Edward de Bono’s classic thinking primer Six Thinking Hats. I particularly like the fact that the creator has resisted the temptation to complicate things. Two levels of branch, nice images and utterly relevant colours tell the story admirably!
Author’s Comment: Thinking about it…
Web Addresses: Biggerplate ~ Thinking Business ~ DeBono Group
Mad Mapper’s Muse: Quite simply one of the most marvellous mind maps I’ve ever seen. It’s got everything: a fascinating subject, obvious dedication and love from the author and it’s a pure joy to behold! A more than worthy winner of this inaugural month’s Education category.
Author’s Comment: Thinking about it…
Web Addresses: Biggerplate ~ Wikipedia: Animal
Mad Mapper’s Muse: This one immediately grabbed my visual attention thanks to its lively, colourful presentation. Plenty of images but not too many. A non-overwhelming number of branches. And then the content. It’s really difficult to find someone else’s personal life-philosophy mantra which resonates with one’s own on all levels. But upon perusing the various branches of Major Mannix’s effort I found myself recognising many principles I fully agree with. Nice.
Author’s Comment: Thinking about it…
Web Addresses: Biggerplate ~ You Are Truly Wealthy
Mad Mapper’s Muse: I have to admit it was the gorgeous sea, sky and mountainous background that grabbed me with this one. There’s something wonderfully pure and soothing about it.
Perhaps it’s the minimal use of colours. Maybe the fun images. Or it could just be the gentle, peaceful theme.
Whatever, this is a lovely example of using a creative mind mapping software application to maximum effect. Nice!
Author’s Comment: Thinking about it…
Web Addresses: ThinkBuzan Gallery
Mad Mapper’s Muse: (Note: I’m hoping to publish a slightly larger version of this mind map shortly) I chose this mind map from Anne Baudouin as the June 2015 winner in the ‘English’ category for its simplicity and colourful treatment of a classic area of learning the English language. I also wanted to show that you don’t have to produce and incredibly detailed or complicated mind map in order to win a Mappy Award.
A lot of English teaching mind maps I see have great content but are in fact lists of vocabulary entered into a mind map without the addition of relevant images and colours used just because they are part of the software.
This one deserves an honourable mention for adding lively, useful images and a bit of fun to students’ daily English learning grind!
I’m on the lookout for other English teaching mind maps for coming months which truly exploit the best features of mind mapping to accelerate the learning process. If you know of any, let me know!
Author’s Comment: Thinking about it…
Web Addresses: Will appear here… Biggerplate ~ LinkedIn ~ About.Me
Mad Mapper’s Muse: I’m starting off the kids section, which can include mind maps by kids, about kids or for kids (or even parents). This is an early iMindMap beauty. A lad called Jack, who must be about 16 now, but was 9 at the time, created a exuberant mind map about swimming, bursting with energy. You can sense the pleasure he must have had making it – just look at all those expressive images and the lively layout. Not to mention the excellent information contained within. I couldn’t find out much about Jack, so if anyone knows how I can get in touch, drop me a line. I wonder what other mind maps he made – I bet they’re great too!
Author’s Comment: Thinking about it…
Web Addresses: Mindwerx
Mad Mapper’s Muse: Philippe probably wouldn’t think this was much of a mind map as such, with only one level of information and no colours or central image. For me, though, it’s a great example of using a specific medium creatively to perfectly convey an idea in very few words. Philippe Packu’s mind maps were the ones which really grabbed my eye when I was discovering mind mapping and showed me some of the amazing possibilities. So I’m delighted to be honouring him and his ‘Creative Branch Styles’ mind map this month. It won’t be the last!
Author’s Comment: Thank you for the award! Your comment is already great. The artifact you selected is not a content mind map. It has specially been designed to demonstrate 2 things:
1) To be memorable, a mind map does not need to be an artwork but it must contain remarkable and personal elements that reflect some affinity with the subject. It must express emotions or feeling and must remain in the mind for a while. In general, you can highlight information by adding pictures, by exaggerating the size or the style of words and by using colors. These last ones are often used to distinguish one branch from another. And it’s possible with one color only. With a bit of creativity and imagination, you can probably illustrate each main branch (and eventually secondary ones) to make it unique and help your brain to associate more firmly the content and the way it is presented. The goal was to present some example and show the way.
2) I also thought about those who want or prefer to create mind maps with a software. I initially made a handwritten mind map and very few people think it is possible to apply the same styles with a mind mapping software (I did it before iMindMap introduced Art Branch option 🙂 ). Only iMindMap, the most organic application, can offer that possibility and this awarded mind map is the proof. It contains a compilation of creative branches that people could easily add in their own creations. Even if you keep everything in black and white, your mind will remember it, and maybe even more than if you had used colored branches without creativity.
I wish you an excellent day and all the best for the future with mind maps .
Web Addresses: Biggerplate ~ Draw Me An Idea
Mad Mapper’s Muse: This marvellous mind map delighted me not least because there’s a bit of the abstract artist in me too! You really need to read the accompanying blog post linked to below to fully grasp the gravitas of this piece, and from a fellow abstract artist’s point of view, it’s worth it!
The colours are crazy, the concept wonderfully executed, and underneath it all, if you look closely enough, there lurks, yes – a mind map!
I’m therefore proud to be re-presenting this mind map to the world – a worthy winner of the June 2015 ‘Handmade’ Mappy Award. Here’s to many more 😀
Author’s Comment: Thinking about it…
Web Addresses: Why I Like Abstract Art
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