Idea Map #57 - Did We Read the Same Article (Map 6 in the Series)?

On September 16, 2007 I started a series called "Did We Read the Same Article?" Professionals attending the Idea Mapping workshop each create a map from an overview of Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Each idea map ends up looking quite different, and I'm sharing a series of these maps so you can see how people capture similar information in drastically (yet beautifully) different ways. The second example was posted on September 22, 2007, the third on September 26, 2007, the fourth on October 2, 2007, and the fifth on October 10, 2007. This idea map was created by Derek Roberts - a product design engineer who attended a recent workshop at ACH.

For the pdf version of this map go to my website. If you click on any column it will sort alphabetically and you can then search by author or map title, etc. See Derek's other idea map from a design meeting on the October 15th posting.

Idea Map #48 - Did We Read the Same Article (Map 5 in the Series)?

On September 16, 2007 I started a series called "Did We Read the Same Article?" Professionals attending the Idea Mapping workshop each create a map from an overview of Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Each map ends up looking quite different, and I'm sharing a series of these maps so you can see how people capture similar information in drastically (yet beautifully) different ways. The second example was posted on September 22, 2007, the third on September 26, 2007, and the fourth on October 2, 2007. This posting features a map from Idea-Mapping Instructor Debbie Showler from Whitby, Ontario in Canada. Her maps are filled with color, details, and imagery. Hope you enjoy her work.

Idea Map #46 Did We Read the Same Article (Map 4 in the Series)?

On September 16, 2007 I started a series called "Did We Read the Same Article?" Professionals attending the Idea Mapping workshop each create a map from an overview of Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Each map ends up looking quite different, and I'm sharing a series of these maps so you can see how people capture similar information in drastically (yet beautifully) different ways. The second example was posted on September 22, 2007 and the third on September 26, 2007. This posting features a map from Karen, who participated in one of my ACH workshops. She used a color-coding strategy by using the same color for the main branches and another color for the second level of detail.

Idea Map #45: Did We Read the Same Article (Map 3 in the Series)?

On September 16, 2007 I started a series called "Did We Read the Same Article?" Professionals attending the Idea Mapping workshop each create a map from an overview of Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Each map ends up looking quite different, and I'm sharing a series of these maps so you can see how people capture similar information in drastically (yet beautifully) different ways. The second example was posted on September 22, 2007. This posting features Kaizad Irani's map of this subject. Search for other maps from Kaizad in this blog.

Idea Map #44: Did We Read the Same Article (Map 2 in the Series)?

On September 16, 2007 I started a series called "Did We Read the Same Article?" Professionals attending the Idea Mapping workshop each create a map from an overview of Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Each map ends up looking quite different, and I'm sharing a series of these maps so you can see how people capture similar information in drastically (yet beautifully) different ways. This example was created by Denny Sikkila from Mindjet -- and yes, he actually drew it by hand!

Did We Read the Same Article? Idea Map #43. Hint #15

I'm starting a series of idea maps that were created by participants of my workshop titled, "Idea Mapping: A Learning Workshop". These professionals each create a map from an overview of Covey's "7 Habits". Each map ends up looking quite different, has different main branches, different levels of detail, and varied amounts and types of images. In a recent workshop during the debrief of this activity, I had someone ask, "Did we read the same article?" I thought that comment was profound and that there was a lesson and a hint in its content.

The hint is that despite reading the same information or hearing the same speech or being part of the same project, each person has unique ideas and associations which make their maps one-of-a-kind. This is the first map in the "Did we read the same article?" series. The lead idea map comes from Alan Wall of ACH. Enjoy!

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