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Making and Managing Mind Maps

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.

Jenny Bramble

April 15, 2021
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  1. MAKING AND MANAGING
    MIND MAPS
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  2. USE THE HASHTAG #STARWEST
    TAG @JENNYDOESTHINGS
    POST ON TWITTER!
    @jennydoesthings

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  3. HI, I’M JENNY
    HUMAN INTERFACING IS MY
    FAVORITE THING
    MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER
    @jennydoesthings

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  4. @JENNYDOESTHINGS
    AGENDA
    ▸ Introduction to mind maps
    ▸ History of mind maps
    ▸ Deep dive into the
    elements of a mind map
    ▸ Making Mind Maps

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  5. WHAT ARE MIND MAPS?
    FIRST,
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  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

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  7. AN ORGANIZATIONAL TOOL
    THAT SHOWS RELATIONSHIPS
    MIND MAPS ARE…
    @jennydoesthings

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  9. WHERE DID MIND MAPS
    COME FROM?
    LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY
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  10. WHO CAME UP WITH MIND
    MAPS?
    LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY
    @jennydoesthings

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  11. SO…WHO CAME UP WITH
    MIND MAPS, THEN?
    LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY
    @jennydoesthings

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  12. OKAY…BUT…WHO STARTED
    MIND MAPS??
    LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY
    @jennydoesthings

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  13. HOW FAR BACK DOES THIS
    GO???
    LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY
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  15. MIND MAPS HAVE ALWAYS
    EXISTED
    LET’S TALK ABOUT HISTORY
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  16. MIND MAPS ARE FREE FORM
    ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP
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  17. CENTRAL THOUGHT
    ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP
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  19. NODES
    ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP
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  22. CONNECTING LINES
    ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP
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  24. OTHER STUFF
    ELEMENTS OF A MIND MAP
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  26. @JENNYDOESTHINGS
    USES FOR MIND MAPS
    ▸ Brainstorming talk ideas
    ▸ Thinking about test cases
    ▸ Making a point
    ▸ Organizing your thoughts
    ▸ Creating reports
    ▸ …pretty much anything!

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  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)

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  28. WE’RE GONNA MAKE SOME
    MIND MAPS NOW
    OKAY, LET’S DO IT!
    @jennydoesthings

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  29. HTTPS://WWW.MINDMUP.COM/
    OKAY, LET’S DO IT!
    @jennydoesthings

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  30. @JENNYDOESTHINGS
    FIND ME ONLINE!
    [email protected]
    ▸ http://twitter.com/jennydoesthings
    ▸ https://linkedin.com/in/
    jennybramble
    ▸ http://jennydoesthings.com
    ▸ Willowtree!

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