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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tharinda07" data-source="post: 2651334" data-attributes="member: 21844">Using Mind Maps EffectivelyThis section presents information on using Mind Maps in a variety of ways. It is not meant to represent an exhaustive record of the ways in which Mind Maps can be used. It is intended to provide some illustrations of the different ways of using them together with some practical tips which you may find useful. If you want to see examples of Mind Maps, the Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan (BBC Books, ISBN 0-563-37101-3) provides additional ideas and examples.  Note TakingNote Taking from the Spoken WordThe approach suggested below can be used to take notes from, speeches, lectures, videos, television, meetings and conversations.1. Get your central image from the title of whatever it is you are listening to, watching or taking part in. If necessary wait until it becomes clear .2. It helps to have your main branches already prepared. This may be discovered by asking the speaker for the main topics.3. To build up your skill and confidence, you may want to try the following:    * Start with a “low risk” activity such as a TV show or the news. You may wish to tape the item so that you check afterwards how accurately your Mind Map recorded what was said    * Create a Mind Map from your linear notes, highlighting the KEY words for your main branches    * Work with a “buddy”. One makes a Mind Map, the other makes linear notes. Compare after the lecture or meeting    * As a back up use a small tape recorder to record the talk. If you feel you are getting “behind”, “lost” or “in a mess”, note the tape counter number and check or add to your Mind Map later. 4. If you wish to re-do or re-order your Mind Map because it looks “messy” consider what “messy” means. Does the Mind Map look messy or is the organisation of the information messy? Note that linear notes may look neat, but informationally they are often very messy; it is hard to get the information back from the notes at a glance. A hurried Mind Map may occasionally look messy, but informationally it is still neater and clearer. If it is appropriate you can always make it more beautiful and finely organised when you review or redo it. (Note: click the image to view a larger version - Mind Map of notes from interview skills lecture.)5. The most important themes and KEY words can be moved from many specific, detailed Mind Maps onto a MASTER MIND MAP. This can be magnificent review process and also can show the connections and relationships between information, even from different disciplines. Note Taking from the written wordThe approach suggested below can be used to summarise books, magazines, articles and reports1. The idea for your central image may be stimulated by the covers, logos of any other graphics or images from the material you are reading2. The major branches (Basic Ordering Ideas) could be supplied by:    * chapter headings    * division headings    * goals    * questions 3. Browse and range read (range reading is the ability to have a choice of reading speeds to adjust to your mood and the material) the information, adding layers of detail as needed4. Remember to SELECT actively the information you need and REJECT that which you do not5. HIGHLIGHT the KEY WORDS which will provide the triggers to large quantities of additional data</blockquote>

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