What is the Purpose of a Mind Map

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Mind Map - Effective Way to Map Your Mind

What is Mind Map?

A mind map is a graphical way to represent a certain idea or concept. It is a visual tool to help structuring information, to help gvfyou to better analyze, and generate new ideas. Information in a mind map is structured in a way that reflects how the brain actually works. So how does a mind map look like? A perfect example is shown on the right.
  1. Brainstorming
    A mind map is a powerful tool for brainstorming. It help us focusing on the topic, coming up with new thoughts and connecting these thoughts together. Whether for individuals or teams, it provides us with creative thinking.
  2. Problem Solving
    If you are confused by a problem, a mind maps can help you see all the relative issues and how they relate to each other. It can help you quickly get a general idea of how the whole situation and enable you to see all aspects of this situation then come up with a solution.
  3. Decision Making
    While making a decision, you need to compare all the factors related, a mind map can be a helpful tool on that. Listing various factors, pros and cons of each side can help you think more effectively and lead to an informed decision.
  4. Notes Taking
    Students or business professionals can use mind maps to write down the information of a lecture, presentation or business meeting. When receiving information,mind maps can help organize it in a logical way which make it easy to understand and follow. A mind map is an effective way to take notes.
  5. Presentations
    Mind maps is a great helper during presentation. Using mind map is a more interesting way to present an idea or concept. On one hand, mind map can help organize the ideas coherently, on the other hand, the visual feature of mind map makes it easier to capture the audiences attention.
  6. Project Management
    Mind map can help planning a project. Arrange large categories of enormous information with mind map can greatly improve productivity. In addition, when creating a mind map with Edraw, you can easily convert it into a Gantt chart with a single click.

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