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MIND MAPPING • MIND MAPPING IS A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY OF GETTING INFORMATION IN AND OUT OF YOUR HEAD. • IT IS ALSO A CREATIVE AND LOGICAL METHOD OF TAKING NOTES THAT LITERALLY “MAP OUT “ A PERSON’S IDEAS. • MIND MAPS HAVE AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT STEMS FROM THE CENTER AND USES LINES, WORDS, COLOR AND IMAGES WHICH WORK ON A MEMORABLE AND ORGANIZED DIAGRAM THAT WORKS IN LINE WITH OUR BRAIN IN A NATURAL WAY.

BENEFITS OF MIND MAPPING • MIND MAPPING CAN HELP STUDENTS DISCOVER IDEAS AND CONCEPTS. • IT CAN HELP PEOPLE TO EASILY RECALL FORMATION • MIND MAPPING CAN HELP IN UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS AND CONCEPTS. • MIND MAPPING HELPS IN MAKING IT EASIER TO COMMUNICATE NEW IDEAS AND THOUGHT PROCESS. • MIND MAPPING IMITATES THE WAY OUR BRAIN THINKS BY BOUNCING IDEAS FROM ONE ANOTHER RATHER THAN THINKING IN A LINEAR WAY.

MIND MAPPING

THE FIVE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MIND MAPPING • THE MAIN IDEA, SUBJECT OR FOCUS IS CRYSTALLIZED IN A CENTRAL IMAGE • THE MAIN THEMES RADIATE FROM THE CENTRAL IMAGE AS 'BRANCHES' • THE BRANCHES COMPRISE A KEY IMAGE OR KEY WORD DRAWN OR PRINTED ON ITS ASSOCIATED LINE • TOPICS OF LESSER IMPORTANCE ARE REPRESENTED AS 'TWIGS' OF THE RELEVANT BRANCH • THE BRANCHES FORM A CONNECTED NODAL STRUCTURE

5 STEPS TO CREATING EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS • ASSESS TRAINING NEEDS • SET ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINING OBJECTIVES • CREATE TRAINING ACTION PLAN • IMPLEMENT TRAINING INITIATIVES • EVALUATE & REVISE TRAINING

MIND MAPPING PERSONAL LEVEL • SPIRITUAL • PHYSICAL • CAREER • CONTRIBUTION • FINANCES • REST/HOBBIES/PLAY • RELATIONSHIPS • MENTAL /EMOTIONAL

MIND MAPPING KEY POINTS • FORM OF VISUAL OUTLINING • MANAGING INFORMATION OVERLOAD • ENABLING GROUPS TO QUICKLY CAPTURE AND ORGANIZE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF IDEAS • OUTLINE AND NOTES ARE PAGES OF MATERIAL TO REFRESH THE CONTEXT AND RECAPTURE YOUR THOUGHTS. • MIND MAPS CAN BE LARGE AND COMPLEX, AND TO CONTROL THE DEPTH, YOU EXPAND OR CONTRACT BRANCHES

REFERENCES • SPECTOR, P. E. (2012). INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE (6 TH ED. ). HOBOKEN, NJ: WILEY. • FORBES. (2009). THE POWER OF MIND MAPPING. RETRIEVED FROM HTTPS: // WWW. FORBES. COM/2009/06/09/MIND-MAPPING-WIKIS-TECHNOLOGY-CIONETWORK-MIND-MAPPING. HTML