My FIRST MIND MAP WORKSHOP - "Buzan Mind Mapping Technique - Creative Applications and Benefits"

My FIRST BATCH OF MINDMAPPERS' Compliments were Written on the Envelope too!

Further COMPLIMENTS From My FIRST Batch of MINDMAPPERS

Of course...... this post is dedicated to my very first group of 21 mindmappers who attend the 2-day workshop on 2nd & 3rd June 1999 in The Centre for Quality (TCQ), Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP). It is also dedicated the thousands (too many to be listed here), who benefitted from attending my mind mapping workshops and talks as a certified Buzan Licensed Instructor (BLI).

There are too many to be listed here (my apologies), thus I am naming just the first 21 mindmappers, who took up the challenge to learn more about their brain, relearn how-to-learn, learn about mind mapping and in the process, change their mindset beyond what they can imagine. They are:

Derek Bay Chin Chye, Chai Shan Shan, Richard Chan Hwa Tat, Chia Kok Heng, Chung Hean Kit, David Tan, Edwin Chan, Ganasha Kumar BT, Lim Chii Tee, Margaret Wee-Tan, Jean Ng Teck Yong, Shanmugam s/o Sidambaram, Shirley Christine Chua, Siaw Kah Chin, Tan Kok Wah, Tan Tat Yam, Tan Too Yong, Tan Wan Chye, Teo Choon Seng, Eileen Tok, Tong-Ong Chai Yan as well as thousands of others after them.

All who have attended my Mind Mapping workshops are free to use any of my mind maps without having to write in for permission to use them. Enjoy and have fun.

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My MIND MAP on the LAWS of MM with CHINESE TRANSLATION

LAWS of MIND MAP with CHINESE TRANSLATION

I am really proud of this mind map as it gives the rules in chinese. The translation was done by my wife. Hope this will open more doors for all to enjoy the joy in creating more mind maps in chinese.

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My MIND MAP on PROF. DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY's Lecture on "INNOVATION, QUALITY TECHNOLOGY & STATISTICS" at ISE Dept, Faculty of Engrg, NUS on Friday, 21 Feb 2014

MIND MAP SUMMARY of LECTURE BY PROF. DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY on 21 Feb 2014

NETWORKING EVENT Organised by ISE Department, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore

I was glad to attend the excellent presentation by Professor Douglas Montgomery on "Innovation, Quality Technology & Statistics".
It was an evening where the Professor shared his thoughts that Industrial Engineers (IE) should be renamed/called as Innovation Engineers instead. Lots of questions/ anecdotes were shared......among them were:

1) Prof. Douglas Montgomery's "Ask my driver" anecdote. He also mentioned that executives and managers nowadays, are not EXCITED about quality but are more EXCITED about new products instead.
2) The difference between an Engineer and a Doctor..... wrt the goals of "Landing a man on the Moon" and "Finding a cure for cancer" by Prof. LC Tang
3) Sharing of how to deploy 6sigma methodology in education? 
4) Comparing ISO companies to those who really cared about Quality .....--> being ISO does not mean or lead to Quality products.....it just means following a set of procedures! to........
5) Using DOX in determining teacher effectiveness.....!
6) Executives not quite interested in QUALITY. They get extremely EXCITED only in NEW PRODUCTS.
7) Quote: "All experiments are DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS"
8) Difference between an Aerodynamics expert (Theorist: Dr Samuel P Langley) versus two Bicycle Mechanics (Experimenters: Wilber and Orville Wright) is the former built 2 planes that failed to take off, while the later built planes that eventually flew!
9) Research is to create SURPRISES and take RISKS... while, Development must not have SURPRISES and ZERO RISKS! Hahaha.

It was an enjoyable evening and am looking forward for the next talk. 

Thank you for viewing.

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My ACTA MIND MAPS of Various COMPETENCY UNITS (CU) and COMPETENCY ELEMENTS (CE)





COMPETENCY UNIT 3A - CE1: DEFINE PARAMETERS OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME



COMPETENCY UNIT 3A - CE2: DESIGN THE TRAINING PROGRAMME

COMPETENCY UNIT 3A - CE3: DEVELOP THE TRAINING PROGRAMME

COMPETENCY UNIT 3A - CE4: EVALUATE THE TRAINING PROGRAMME

COMPETENCY UNIT 5 - FORMAT for an ASSESSMENT PLAN

Several relevant mind maps of Competency Elements (CE), Competency Units (CU) as well as others are posted here. These were drawn during the period that I was enrolled in the  "Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA)" course. These mind maps should preferably be used as an aid together with the full set of WSQ ACTA documents that is normally provided to each course participant.

My goal is just to share with like-minded visual learners of the mind mapped knowledge/notes that I drew by hand or created on the very useful Mindmanager software. Hope it helps. Enjoy.

Thank you for viewing.

AFTERNOTE:
Just to share with viewers that I successfully completed my WSQ course in "Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (Facilitated Learning)". Thank you Oei Min. It was a wonderful experience going through the ACTA course. I shall treasure it. A skill-based qualification is definitely important in our Polytechnic & ITE educational system. In my opinion, more emphasis and focus should be given in this area as it will definitely make people proud of their acquired skills. 

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My MIND MAP of NOTES of a MEETING Recorded in REAL-TIME

NOTES OF MEETING THAT WAS RECORDED IN REAL-TIME on an A5-sized Paper

This is an example of how we could re-decorate a mind map that we recorded using a single colour pen and make it appealing to the eye and ..... of course, the brain.

I did not bring my usual set of colour pens to the meeting and hence still decided to take down notes in my normal mind map format using my only blue ball-point pen.

Subsequently, I just used my favourite Staedtler(TM) brand colour markers to underline the branches with different colour at my own time, after the meeting. I was quite pleased with the clarity and compactness that the mind map has summarised the notes of the meeting for me.

Noticed that it is not possible to mind map the notes to this level of compactness and speed using any computerised mind map software, like mindmanager, iMindmap and others available today. Can you think of any reasons why this is so? Haha.

I have always emphasized that the best way of developing one's mastery in mind mapping notes of meeting in real-time is to do it by hand and in-situ. Hope you understand the reasons for my recommendation.

Thank you for viewing and enjoy.

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My MIND MAP of ROBERT GAGNE's INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN THEORY for LEARNING

ROBERT GAGNE's NINE INSTRUCTIONAL EVENTS FOR LEARNING TO HAPPEN

I first came across Robert Gagne's nine events of instructions for learning soon after attending the WSQ's "Advanced Certificate for Testing and Assessment" (ACTA) course. The ACTA course was conducted by Ms Oei Min, a very experienced WSQ instructor and facilitator of learning.

I find Gagne's nine instructional events theory an interesting supplement/guide in teaching my students. After many years of teaching students to learn and how to learn, I have learnt that by adding the element of FUN as much as possible to every one of the nine steps, one can enhance learning and retention. Please enjoy the mind map.

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My MIND MAP of Prof. MOSHE F. RUBINSTEIN's Lecture on "MINDING ORGn - BRINGING the FUTURE to the PRESENT"

Prof Moshe F. Rubinstein on "MINDING ORGANISATION - BRINGING the FUTURE to the PRESENT"

This real-time mind map of the above mentioned seminar organised by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Academy on 9 Jan 2001 never fails to amaze me on how I managed to capture the essence of Prof Moshe F. Rubinstein's talk.

I could still remember January 2001 as the month where I did a record number of beautiful mind maps. The above lecture by Professor Moshe F. Rubinstein was indeed memorable in that it taught me always to try to picture the future and bring it to the present. By doing so, your project would always most likely succeed.

Prof Rubinstein gave lots on examples on this concept......like how Imhostep, the great Egyptian pyramid builder took 20 long years to build the pyramid. Imhostep definitely was able to "see" the future (i.e. plan into the future) and bring the plans back to the present. Like he was able to cater for all the barriers and obstacles that may hinder the success of his project.

One of the questions that I always asked my students and participants is, how did the Egyptians managed to place the last stone (weighing one ton), on top of the 460 feet high pyramid, 4000 years ago? What equipment did they use at that time? How did they manage to build an almost perfect pyramid? What type of measuring instruments were used during the building stage?.....etc...

It was really a challenge for me to mind map the talk on just one sheet of A3-sized paper, considering the fact that there was no table for me to place my mind map on. All I had was, a flat plastic document container that I had to place on my leg/thighs to form a temporary table. I had to switched my legs several times during the 2-hour seminar so as to keep the blood flowing, if you know what I mean. On top of that I had to hold a bunch of colour pens that I had to switch quickly to reflect the tone of the speech and etc....Haha.
Of course, the reward for me was admiring the fact that I managed to capture much of Prof. Rubinstein's brilliant lecture on "Minding Organisation - Bringing the Future to the Present" all packed onto just one sheet of A3-sized paper. Professor Rubinstein and Dr Tan Chin Nam, the then PS of MOM graciously autographed the mind map on the spot.

Not many people in the world have the ability to really think about the future and bring it back to the present. Among those who can, I think, were Imhotep, the great Egyptian pyramid builder, Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor who unified China and many others. Have you encountered anyone like them in modern times? Haha.

I have my own list and I am sure you have a similar list too. Do enjoy the mind map and continue formulating your list. More importantly, do what Professor Rubinstein advocates, that is, to bring the Future back to the Present. This really calls for imagination on a cosmic scale. Thank you for viewing.


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My Mind Map of a SECONDARY 1 or 2 GEOGRAPHY SUBJECT - PHYSICAL and HUMAN LANDSCAPES

GEOGRAPHY - PHYSICAL AND HUMAN LANDSCAPES

When I was young, I always wanted to remember as much as possible of what I have read, learned or listened in classes, lectures, seminars, etc. Do you have that love for knowledge, memory and recall too? If you do, then, I think you would probably come to love the mind mapping technique as it is perhaps one of the best information crunching / retention / memory tool available! Haha.

So after learning the rudiments of mind mapping from Tony Buzan, Vanda North, Mun Sang and others, I quickly went on to mind map almost anything....... that I would like to remember/recall.

As I browsed through the numerous mind maps that I have done over the years, I tumbled across the above mind map that I did for my nephew in 2001. Hope it amazes you as much as it amazes me on how much information is packed onto just one sheet of A4-sized paper. Enjoy.


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REVISION MIND MAPS for COMPOSITE MATERIALS Chap 5 and 6

CHAPTER 5 - COMPOSITE REPAIR

CHAPTER 6 - QUALITY CONTROL

Today was quite interesting and exciting as I managed to make a Mind Map summary of Chapter 5 (Composite Repair) and Chapter 6 (Quality Control) respectively for my students.


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