Dear Arthur,
A nice and tidy site! Depending on the level of your course (undergrad,
postgrad ...) there's a lot more you can do with mind maps. If you look at
two pages from my site, addresses below, you'll see how I used mind maps to
map the segmented UK car industry. I also go through a bit of the background
of mind maps, as you have.
http://business.fortunecity.com/discount/29/seg.htm
http://business.fortunecity.com/discount/29/mind.htm
When I developed these pages, I was working with A level business studies
students.
You'll also see that I mention mindman's software and have used their
software. I tried other software but didn't like it.
Unless you are going to set massive projects, I find that a spreadsheet and
plain old fashioned pencil and paper are just as effective as getting people
to master and then apply a software package. Indeed, as Buzan was working on
his mind mapping ideas, I suppose that he only had pencils and paper to work
with anyway.
I have introduced mind maps to MBA students and found it really effective to
MAKE them use them: in presentations and seminar work. Some people love them
and never throw them away. Others just don't get it!
In my every day work these days, I do use them as I tour factories and
develop product costing systems. I also used them in less formal ways in
meetings to help with my note taking.
I hope this is useful; but please note that the pages I am sending you to
were written using MS Front Page in the dark days when it didn't work that
well and my ISP didn't really support it. Sorry for the shoddy appearance
... one day I'll tidy them up!
Best wishes
Duncan Williamson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur McKeown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, 25 June, 2001 18:14
Subject: Creativity and innovation software
> Hi!
> In the last few weeks I have been developing an interest in how I
> can use mind mapping in courses I teach in Entrepreneurship at the
> University of Ulster.
> You can see the current state of my thinking at
> http://www.arthurmckeown.com/mmm
> Please have a look and guide me in the way that I should be going
> next.
> Best wishes from Belfast
> Arthur McKeown
>
> PS It works best in Explorer 5, with F11 (on the very top row of your
> keyboard) on.
> Enjoy!
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