Making and Managing Mind Maps

Organizing complex thoughts on a topic can be a challenge, especially if the topic has many different directions you can take it. It can be difficult to keep everything straight and follow the threads that are most important. Mindmaps are an organizational tool that lets you group similar thoughts and find links between them. They can be used to investigate test cases and test plans, create personas, work through presentations, and more!

Jenny will take you for a dive into the history of mind maps, some modern tools, and some interesting use cases like menu creation for a restaurant, settings pages for an app, or creating presentations. Participants can expect to create mind maps collaboratively with the group on a range of topics as well as learning good mind map practices using colors, images, and other rich media.

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1. MAKING AND MANAGING MIND MAPS @jennydoesthings
2. USE THE HASHTAG #STARWEST TAG @JENNYDOESTHINGS POST ON TWITTER! @jennydoesthings
3. HI, I’M JENNY HUMAN INTERFACING IS MY FAVORITE THING MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER @jennydoesthings
4. @JENNYDOESTHINGS AGENDA ▸ Introduction to mind maps ▸ History of mind maps ▸ Deep dive into the elements of a mind map ▸ Making Mind Maps
5. WHAT ARE MIND MAPS? FIRST, @jennydoesthings
6. A DIAGRAM FOR REPRESENTING TASKS, WORDS, CONCEPTS, OR ITEMS LINKED TO AND ARRANGED AROUND A CENTRAL CONCEPT OR SUBJECT USING A NON-LINEAR GRAPHICAL LAYOUT THAT ALLOWS THE USER TO BUILD AN INTUITIVE FRAMEWORK AROUND A CENTRAL CONCEPT. mindmapping.org @ENNYDOESTHINGS
7. AN ORGANIZATIONAL TOOL THAT SHOWS RELATIONSHIPS MIND MAPS ARE… @jennydoesthings
9. WHERE DID MIND MAPS COME FROM? LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY @jennydoesthings
10. WHO CAME UP WITH MIND MAPS? LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY @jennydoesthings
11. SO…WHO CAME UP WITH MIND MAPS, THEN? LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY @jennydoesthings
12. OKAY…BUT…WHO STARTED MIND MAPS?? LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY @jennydoesthings
13. HOW FAR BACK DOES THIS GO??? LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY @jennydoesthings
15. MIND MAPS HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY @jennydoesthings
16. MIND MAPS ARE FREE FORM ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP @jennydoesthings
17. CENTRAL THOUGHT ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP @jennydoesthings
19. NODES ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP @jennydoesthings
22. CONNECTING LINES ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP @jennydoesthings
24. OTHER STUFF ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP @jennydoesthings
26. @JENNYDOESTHINGS USES FOR MIND MAPS ▸ Brainstorming talk ideas ▸ Thinking about test cases ▸ Making a point ▸ Organizing your thoughts ▸ Creating reports ▸ …pretty much anything!
27. @JENNYDOESTHINGS TOOLS FOR MIND MAPS ▸ Whiteboards, pen and paper ▸ https://www.mindmup.com/ ▸ draw.io (free with Google Apps) ▸ https://www.mindmeister.com/ ▸ http://freemind.sourceforge.net (download) ▸ https://www.freeplane.org/ (download) ▸ https://www.lucidchart.com/ ▸ https://www.xmind.net/ (download)
28. WE’RE GONNA MAKE SOME MIND MAPS NOW OKAY, LET’S DO IT! @jennydoesthings
29. HTTPS://WWW.MINDMUP.COM/ OKAY, LET’S DO IT! @jennydoesthings
30. @JENNYDOESTHINGS FIND ME ONLINE! ▸ jenny.bramble@gmail.com ▸ http://twitter.com/jennydoesthings ▸ https://linkedin.com/in/ jennybramble ▸ http://jennydoesthings.com ▸ Willowtree!