Mind
Mapping your speaking presentation
You have a speaking presentation to make. You have been given a
topic or have chosen one and there are a multitude of ideas buzzing
around in your head. Or maybe there is a frightening LACK of ideas!
Or maybe you can think of no way to organise those thoughts into
something memorable. A mind map will help you.
WHAT ARE MIND MAPS??
Mind maps are a way of collecting and organising ideas and
information, in a visual way, and were created in the 1960’s by Tony
Buzan.
A
mind map will
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Give
you an overview of your subject
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Enable you to plan routes/make choice
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Help
you to gather data
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Encourage you to create new pathways
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Enable you to be extremely efficient
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Be
enjoyable to look at, read, muse over and remember
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Attract and hold your eye/brain
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Let
you see the whole picture and the details at the same time
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Assist YOU!
Mind Maps work so well because they integrate the rational, logical,
linear left-brain with the playful, special, non-verbal and big
picture right brain. So they have a much greater advantage than
simple left-brain methods such as taking notes on lined paper and a
single colour pen.
HOW TO MIND MAP
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Turn an A4 or A3
white sheet of paper on its side (landscape). You can also use
flip-chart paper, whiteboards and computers.
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Gather a selection
of coloured pens, ranging from fine nib to medium and
highlighters
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Start in the centre
with an unframed image
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Make this central
image stand out. You might use dimension, expression and at
least three colours to attract attention and aid memory.
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Draw “branches” out
to “chapter headings”. They can be straight or they can be wavy
to make them more organic. You can make these thicker because
they are central.
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Branch off thinner
lines to hold supporting data.
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Use images wherever
possible, or use a variety of size and abbreviation for words.
Use codes, symbols and dimensions that have meaning for you
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Select keywords and
print using upper or lower case letters
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Each word/image
should be alone and in its own space. You can put them on the
lines or make an area for each
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Use colours in your
own special code to show people, topics, themes or dates and to
make the Mind Map more beautiful.
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Show associations
and create possible order for the presentation
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Flood the page
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Capture all ideas
then edit, re-organise, make more beautiful, elaborate or
clarify as a second stage of thinking.
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Develop your own
personal style of Mind Mapping. Keep practising until the
process becomes natural.
Now it simply remains for you to find the words to express the ideas
you have found and created, the bridges between them, and an opening
and closing that package them well and make them memorable.
Enjoy this wonderful tool!
©Bronwyn Ritchie
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Bronwyn Ritchie is a professional librarian, writer, award-winning
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