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 Maps #26 & #27 - Drawing and Designing with Confidence Series: Part Four

See the posting on July 6th for the background and Part One of this story. Part two was posted on July 9th, and part three on July 10th. Above you will see two more of the teams' Idea Maps summarizing this conference. This is the final posting in this series.

Idea Maps #26 & #27 - Drawing and Designing with Confidence Series: Part Three

See the posting on July 6th for the background and Part One of this story. Part two was posted on July 9th. Above you will see two more of the teams' Idea Maps summarizing this conference. Part four and the final posting from this conference will be up later this week. Visit this blog again tomorrow when we celebrate the 150th posting with an update from Vanda North!

Idea Map #25 - Drawing and Designing with Confidence Series: Part Two

See the posting on July 6th for the background and Part One of this story. Above you will see one of the teams at work on their draft along with the final version of their Idea Map summarizing this conference.

Idea Map #24 - Drawing and Designing with Confidence Series: Part One

Kaizad Irani is the Program Director for Horticulture and Landscape Design at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. He recently attended a 2-week workshop in Kansas City called Drawing and Designing with Confidence taught by Mike Lin. Mike asked Kaizad to teach an Idea Mapping segment as a new tool to add to the participants "design toolbox."

After Kaizad's 45-minute PowerPoint based presentation, he facilitated a breakout session with about 4 members per team and asked them to create a map of their learning experiences of the 2-week workshop. The resulting maps were great and all the participants had very positive response.

This series will feature about 7 idea maps from that breakout session. Keep in mind that these participants all had some sort of a graphics/design background, so don't be intimidated!

Idea Map #21 Featured in the News-Gazette

On June 23, 2007 the News-Gazette in Champaign, Illinois featured an article and the above map in their local paper. Kaizad Irani is an expert in landscape architecture and design, and long-time Idea Mapper. He uses MindManager software to begin every landscape design. You can read this and the associated articles by clicking here. The above map was in the actual hard copy of the newspaper, but was not included in the online version.

Idea Map #6 - Plants

Kaizad Irani, a professor from Parkland college in Illinois, created this idea map for his students. Kaizad teaches landscape architechture and uses idea maps frequently to enhance his students' learning experiences.