August 2nd, 2017 by
iMindMap
In today’s
corporate world filled with monotone, text-heavy handouts, you may be forgiven
for thinking that colourful Mind Maps have no place. How professional can a
brightly coloured Mind Map be? You’re no longer in the classroom, after all.
However, as
businesslike as black-and-white text can seem, it doesn’t strike a chord with
most people. Ask anyone to memorise the contents of ten pages of text, and
they’re unlikely to recall every key piece of information. So, how exactly do
you grab and hold someone’s attention and make the facts really sink in? Here
we turn to Mind Mapping. Mind Maps are, by their very nature, visual tools with
very little focus on the written word. The rules behind the concept actually
state that colour and images are the most important elements of Mind Maps,
along with radiating curved branches and the use of keywords. Colourful Mind
Maps have been proven to boost memory, enhance cognitive processes and spark
creativity.
Read on to find out
exactly how a Mind Map’s colours and images can be used in the office to
inspire, motivate and engage you and your colleagues using iMindMap…
A burst of colour for
a boost of memory
Adding visual
elements, such as colour and images, to your notes and presentations has been
proven to enhance memory. By including plenty of colour in your Mind Map, you
are able to link together associated ideas and concepts and differentiate
between themes. Assigning colours to key ideas will help you to recall that
branch’s information. Plus, colour and language are processed by separate sides
of your brain. By including colour in your Mind Map, you are fully engaging
your brain in the thinking process and maximising its potential.
Share your ideas with
others using iMindMap’s Presentation View. You will find the more visually rich
your Mind Map is, the more attention your audience will pay. Highlight the most
vital takeaways by colour coding branches and painting a picture for your
audience that will engage them with your ideas – this way your talk won’t be
easily forgotten.
Unleash your creative
potential with images and sketches
Tony Buzan once
said, ‘Images are […] more evocative than words, more precise and potent in
triggering a wide range of associations and thereby enhancing creative
thinking.’ Images leave a more lasting effect on the brain in comparison to
full sentences. In fact, it has been proven* that people can remember lots more
information when it is conveyed through a mixture of images and keywords
compared to oral or text-based material. In iMindMap’s Mind Map View you can
easily insert images from iMindMap’s image library. The more you can connect
with your images, the better, so why not upload your own images and create
visual cues that are meaningful to you? These personalised shortcuts will help
boost your memory and strengthen your recall power.
For an added creative
boost, try using iMindMap’s Sketch feature and have fun thinking up ways to
represent your ideas through colourful doodles as well as words. By using
easily recognisable images on your Mind Map’s branches, you should easily be
able to generate fresh ideas. These images, combined with a radiant layout,
mirror and magnify your brain’s natural pattern of association by bouncing from
one idea to the next. The unrestricted nature of Mind Mapping with iMindMap
gives you the freedom to explore your ideas on an infinite canvas without the
limits of a page.
Get a grasp of the
bigger picture with a Mind Map overview
A visual Mind
Map that is rich with images and colour can give you a simple overview of a
complex project and help you to understand the bigger picture. When dealing
with a lot of information, create a Mind Map summary using iMindMap. By Mind
Mapping a topic or project using colours and images, you have instant access to
a top-down overview that will spark fresh ideas and highlight your best next
steps.
Plus, iMindMap’s
insert feature allows you to attach any extra supporting resources to your Mind
Map’s branches, such as audio files, video links or documents. These
attachments remain hidden until clicked on, so even with an extra layer of
information, your visual Mind Map never loses its simplicity.
The old saying rings
true: a picture paints a thousand words. Unleash the full creative power of
your brain and retain more information than ever before by including more
colours and images in your next Mind Map using iMindMap.
Md. Nasir Khan
Director
Central Academic Research & Development
(CARD), Manipur Creative School
ThinkBuzan Licensed Instructor
MindMap, iMindMap, MemorySkills,
SpeedReading & CreativeTeaching
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