"The workshop was clear, concise, well-paced, easy to follow trajectory, repetition of key ideas to aid learning, personable. It is fantastic that these workshops are being offered! I may now use mind maps to plan lectures, design modules, organise workload and for time management (prioritising)"
Course attendee, University of East London, May 2017
Course attendee, University of East London, May 2017
BrainSailing's Mind Mapping seminar provides an enjoyable and effective introduction to the note-making, planning and creativity technique 'Mind Mapping'. It teaches first how to mind map on paper - a valuable individual skill in terms of creativity, time management and information handling. It also introduces options for taking mind mapping further using some of the many software options available.
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Learning Outcomes
Our principal trainer, David Creasey, was introduced to mind mapping in the late 1980s when the idea of mind mapping as a serious topic for businesses and education was still in its start-up phase. He not only put mind mapping to work; he also changed and improved the way he teaches people to use it. Here is some of the feedback from his seminars over the last decade:
Topics
- Experiment with different note-making approaches
- The principles of mind mapping
- Mind mapping software
- Ideas for integrating mind mapping with your current work skills
Learning Outcomes
- Explore different approaches to note-making
- Learn to read and use mind maps on paper
- Messy thinking or tidy thinking – it’s your choice!
Our principal trainer, David Creasey, was introduced to mind mapping in the late 1980s when the idea of mind mapping as a serious topic for businesses and education was still in its start-up phase. He not only put mind mapping to work; he also changed and improved the way he teaches people to use it. Here is some of the feedback from his seminars over the last decade:
- "Praise be to the tutor or to the new methods taught – probably both. It was invigorating and certainly not the ‘dry’ learning session I’d anticipated."
- "It’s a really engaging and interesting course."
- "The teacher’s personal experiences in relation to mind mapping were useful."
- "It is an excellent workshop which is very useful for researchers."
- "I liked all aspects of the course: great ways of learning; great delivery; exciting possibilities!"
- "Astonished by my progress. Excellent – an inspiration for my own teaching."