I just finished reading a great article on mind mapping over at one of my favorite productivity blogs, GTD Times.
If you’re not familiar with GTD, it refers to David Allen’s personal productivity system – Getting Things Done (GTD). I would highly recommend his books, “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity“
In his books he talks some about mind mapping, but the article linked above will give you a quick overview of its benefits for planning and brain storming. I’ve found that if I make my sermon presentations more like a mind map, instead of a linear outline, the audience retains it better.
There are several ways to do your mind mapping, either old school or hight tech. For example, I carry a stack of index cards in my pocket. If I’m not at my computer or don’t have access to the net when an idea hits me, I can just take out a card and map it out real quick and dirty. Then I can transfer it to a more permanent media when I’m back at my computer.
Let me recommend a free online app that’s good to start out with. Here’s a simple example I did with Mindomo.
Hope this is helpful information. Let me know what you think.
