Mind mapping can revolutionize your meetings

Training Theme

Mind-mapping is a powerful visual tool that can transform your meetings by making them more productive and collaborative. This course teaches you how to use mind maps to synthesize information, encourage collective creativity and facilitate group decision-making. Through concrete examples and practical exercises, you will learn how to structure your ideas, lead brainstorming sessions and plan actions. The training also presents different digital mind-mapping tools, with a particular focus on Mindmeister which allows collaborative work in real time. A pragmatic approach to revolutionizing your meetings with graphical visualization.

Training Objectives

In this online course, you will learn how to:

• Visualize and organize your thoughts and ideas with mind maps.
• Use mind-mapping software to synthesize information and conduct group reflections.
• Engage both the left and right brain to stimulate creativity.
• Take notes, brainstorm, group ideas by theme, and establish a detailed action plan during meetings.
• Use mind-maps to help structure meetings, memorize discussions and promote the free flow of ideas.
• Effectively lead remote brainstorming sessions using collaborative online mind mapping.

Target Audience 

Anyone in a situation of conducting or participating in meetings.

Means and Methods 

• E-learning Modules: Consisting of text, videos, interactive content, and quizzes designed to help you achieve the defined learning outcomes.
• Additional resources: Downloadable documents such as the coaching memo sheet (PDF).

Training Content 

This module contains 4 parts:

DISCOVER

• Identify your personal challenges and motivations for change.

SHAKING UP

• What is Mind-Mapping used for? Visual presentation of the different uses
• Quiz: For which activities is mind mapping recommended?

LEARN

• Expert video: Using mind mapping to boost your meetings, 4'18
  • Presentation of mind-mapping as a simple tool for synthesizing information and conducting group reflections
• Quiz: What is the mind map for?

ANCHOR

• Benefits of meeting mind mapping:
  • Synthesize information
  • Conducting group reflections
• Recommended tools:
  • Best-of: Mindmeister and Meister Task
  • Other applications: Coggle, XMind, Mindmaps.app, MindMap Tab
• Use concrete examples to define your own commitment to change.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Downloadable documents:
  • Coaching memo sheet (PDF)