PRESENTATION at THE GLOBAL MIND MAP CONFERENCE 2007 on 14-15 Nov 2007

 

PRESENTATION SLIDES

MIND MAP OF PRESENTATION

 It was indeed a wonderful experience to be invited to speak to an international audience on my favourite topic of "Real-time Buzan Mind Mapping - Challenges, Difficulties and Benefits" during the Global Mind Map Conference 2007, organised jointly by Buzan Asia and the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), 14-15 Nov 2007.

Naturally, given the hectic pace of working full-time in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, I resorted to my valuable Mind Manager 2002 software to quickly create an overview of my presentation.

Organising my notes, teaching, lesson & curriculum plans, seminar presentations ...etc ...etc using mind maps has perhaps helped me gain a "Good New Habit" (GNH) which has grown larger than ever before and is still growing. It is an indispensible tool for me. I hope it would be for you too!

Attached below is the complete schedule of the Global Mind Map Conference 2007.

Global Mind Map Conference 2007 Schedule

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Andy Chiong's Mind Map

Background Story
As part of Ngee Ann Polytechnic's outreach activities, I gave a Mind Mapping workshop to a group of secondary school students on 5 Nov 2004. Andy Chiong was one of the student leaders studying Quality Management and Engineering in Ngee Ann Polytechnic who was helping out with the event management. I remembered him as a hardworking and very humble student. As I was teaching to a  group of students about mind mapping, he was quietly sitting at a corner mind mapping the entire proceedings of the workshop in real-time. When he showed me his colourful and detailed mind map after the workshop, I was certainly extremely happy. The mind map was certainly an excellent recording of the  what I taught during the workshop. 

I wish him well in that, he has really empowered his brain to think radiantly. Not many in the world is able to have that kind of mindset.

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Revision on Materials Engineering using a Mind Map

It is my usual practice to do a revision using mind maps that are drawn in real-time after completing my lectures on a few topics (Copper, Aluminium and Polymer) with my students. The quick summary of the material I covered enabled them to have an overview of what they have been taught and to help them in their revision of this notoriously boring module (especially, if the student does not have any interests in memorising the properties of materials).

Above two revision mind maps are essentially the same. Each is done for a different class. It is tiring, however, I find it interesting as it allows me the flexibility of going through the subject at a pace suitable for the class. Hope it helps you to see the power of performing real-time mind mapping. You could literally feel the whole class "eye-balls" were following each stroke of the branches connected, each key word written and every diagram drawn. It is a challenge that I find exciting to share with my students.

Some of you may think, it is difficult. However, through proper training, one can overcome these obstacles and eventually be a captivating presenter using mind maps. Enjoy please.

The week beginning 2 December 2012 saw myself completing another two revision mind maps covering Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of Engineering Materials topics for my first year engineering students.

I needed two white boards as shown above to cover about 70-80% of the revision materials in those three chapters within the time constraint of about 1.5hrs. It was considered quite an achievement as I believe it helped the students consolidate what they have learnt during the past seven weeks before their common test on Monday, 10 Dec 2012. I foresaw the need for two medium-sized white boards when I saw the large amount of materials that need to be discussed, otherwise, a large-sized white board as shown below would suffice. It is one of the BIGGEST MIND MAP that I have ever drawn in real time. Enjoy.

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My Mind Map on Denis Waitley's "Empires of the Mind - Lead and Succeed in the KBE World" Seminar in Ngee Ann Polytechnic on Mon, 27th SEP 1999

Dr Denis Waitley came to Ngee Ann Polytechnic on Monday, 27th September 1999 to deliver a seminar entitled "Empires of the Mind - How to Lead and Succeed in a KBE World". I joined hundreds of NP staff in the Multi-purpose Hall (MPH) for the seminar.

I had just then completed my Buzan Licensed Instructor's course in Mind Mapping in the United Kingdom in March 1999 and was determined to mind map the seminar on one A3-sized paper. Many thought it was an impossible task. But, at the end of the seminar, there was only admiration for my beautifully coloured mind mapped note and I was rewarded when Dr Denis Waitley autographed my creation.

With the aid of my mind map, I was able to recall about 70-80% of what was lectured during the 3-hour seminar. It remained one of the many treasured work-of-the-art pieces in my collection.

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My Mind Map on "Technology Enhanced Learning" Course on 1st Dec 2011

I attended this course as I felt that it was very important to keep up with the rapid pace of changes in technology that is taking place in the Internet.

I was not disappointed about what I learnt from the course.

The excellent presentation made by Murray, Preetam and Hui Leng from TLC, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, definitely showed that one has to continually learn, unlearn and relearn new things in this KBE world of ours. I found the material introduced, very relevant in the context of engaging and interacting with our young learners. Using IT tools that would hopefully stimulate their interest as well as open up the opportunities and possibilities for them in learning.

Fortunately, I managed to mind map the course together with most of the linkages and websites that were shown during the short, but very useful 3-hour course. These links would certainly be a great aid for me to refer to whenever I want. e.g. How to generate your own QR code? Preetam, TLC's Internet Guru was kind to show me how to do it with the image attached. Just follow the steps outline in red. Thanks, Preetam.

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