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Informationen zum Autor Florian Rustler is a licensed Mind Mapping trainer based in Munich, who trained with Tony Buzan. Within the last six years he has given more than 300 Mind Mapping seminars. Some of the organisations he has worked with include Bosch, MTU, Siemens and Volkswagen as well as various trade chambers and universities. Klappentext The key to unlocking the power of your mind Mind Mapping is a powerful, structured visualisation technique that can dramatically improve clarity, focus, memory, productivity and creativity in all areas of your personal and professional life. In Mind Mapping For Dummies, Florian Rustler explains how the system works and walks you through proven Mind Mapping techniques for everything from project management to maximising creativity; improving memory to studying for exams. Organise the chaos in your head - learn simple pen-and-paper techniques for organising information in books, during meetings and while preparing talks and lectures Get cybernetic - find the best Mind Mapping software for you and discover how your computer can magnify your Mind Mapping abilities Go for academic gold - learn how Mind Mapping can enhance your academic performance by boosting reading comprehension and recall and by helping with exam preparation Open the book and find: Heaps of Mind Maps - in full colour How to organise and structure information with Mind Mapping The most effective way of using Mind Mapping branches How to develop your own Mind Mapping style Explanations of different Mind Mapping software Tips on choosing the right colours and graphical style Inspiration to help you become more creative Proven Mind Mapping techniques for storing and retrieving information Learn to: Unlock your brain's potential with powerful Mind Mapping techniques Maximise your creativity with Mind Mapping Prepare for exams and improve your memory Make sense of Mind Mapping software Zusammenfassung Unlock your brain's potential using mind mapping Mind mapping is a popular technique that can be applied in a variety of situations and settings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword xvii Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book is Organised 2 Part I: Mind Mapping: The Swiss Army Knife for the Brain 3 Part II: Traditional Mind Mapping in Practice 3 Part III: Mind Mapping Software 3 Part IV: Advanced Strategies for Mind Mapping 3 Part V: The Part of Tens 4 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part I: Mind Mapping: The Swiss Army Knife for the Brain 7 Chapter 1: Introducing Mind Mapping 9 Presenting Information Visually 9 Give it a try! 10 Taking the Mind Map a stage further 12 A little reflection please 13 A Simple Technique with Many Applications 14 'Cribs' for lectures and presentations 15 Taking notes from texts and books 15 Taking notes from presentations and discussions 15 Project management 16 Knowledge management 16 Pen and Paper or Computer? 17 Revising Mind Maps 18 Advanced Strategies Using Mind Mapping 19 Chapter 2: Visualising Information 21 How and Why Visualisation Can Help You 21 Text as a form of visual information 22 Reducing complexity and presenting information in a different way 22 Two examples 22 Visualising Information as a Core Skill 24 What science has to say 25 The visualisation method used for Mind Mapping 27 Chapter 3: Generating Mind Maps 29 The Basic Rules: Helping You to Use Mind Mapping Effectively 30 Branches - it...
