Mind mapping
A few days ago, I was chatting with my colleague. During the chat this colleague mentioned that they have access to a grant which can enable them to do a masters qualification in their field (IT related). However they were not sure about what topic should they go for. Furthermore the day we were chatting also happened to be the last day when people could enter their name for accessing that grant. I told my colleague that we should develop a mind map, to which they said they do not even know what a mind map is. We were able to get a workable solution for my colleague but it got me thinking about mind maps and what they mean. In this blog post I will talk about these handy little tools so the readers of this blog can become aware of them too. Do let me know if you use mind maps for other things that I may not have covered. To start off, mind maps are often described as brainstorming tools where ideas and concepts can be represented graphically but what does it really mean. It means