I’m sure that some of you have seen Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address – a moving speech from U.S. history that is a marvel of brevity and impact – converted into a PowerPoint presentation. Created by Peter Norvig, his goal in creating it was to demonstrate how this visual presentation medium can often obscure rather than […]
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GoalEnforcer: A visual goal mapping tool
Here’s an interesting application of visual mapping: GoalEnforcer is a specialized software program that utilizes a simplified form of mind mapping to enable you to record your goals and break big goals down into smaller, more manageable ones. You start by brainstorming your goals, recording your ideas quickly. Next, you drag and drop your goals, […]
A new visual mapping technique: Summapping
Arjen ter Hoeve, author of podcasts and training materials focused on mind mapping, has written an e-book on a new visual mapping technique he has developed called "summapping." Briefly summarized, it looks a lot like mind mapping, except that maps can contain items that may be closely related to one another (and therefore are located […]