Steps

Map Branches

• Self
  • Your subject is the Mind Map title
  • Imagine you have an "inner advisor" who gives you ideas and solutions
  • Add your first idea off the title
    • Add forthcoming ideas as siblings and children
  • Stop
    • When ideas run dry
    • Have collected a sufficient number
  • Evaluate
    • Delete Duplications
    • Delete those not relevant
  • Organize
    • Group according to hierarchy
  • Expand on the favorites
    • Add child branches with further detail
• Group
  • Assign
    • A "recorder"
      • Records each idea
    • A session Leader
      • Controls who's turn it is to speak and maintains the flow of ideas
    • Everyone else is "the panel"
      • The more people the more ideas - but a group of 15+ is hard to manage
    • The Leader and Recorder can participate too
  • Brainstorm individually first!
    • 25 studies
  • Setup
    • Remind everyone the reason for the session
    • Title the Mind Map with your subject
  • Commencing
    • The Recorder adds the first branch
      • Ready for the first idea
      • Add siblings for subsequent ideas!
    • You can go around the table clockwise to open the floor
  • Proposing Ideas
    • Are spoken spontaneously
    • In rapid sequence
    • Don't elaborate (yet!)
  • Stop
    • When desired results are achieved
  • Evaluate
    • Delete Duplications
    • Delete those not relevant
  • Organize
    • Order according to preference
      • Use the Outliner
      • Click and drag
  • Expand on the favorites
    • Add child branches with further detail

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