Mind-mapping for time keeping in presentations

Duncan BakerLydbury English Centre

IATEFL BESIG 20 November2010

Problem and Solution

How to keep time. How to slow down or speed up. By how much?

Graphical Interface. Controls content and time.

Overview

What is a mindmap? Quick illustration? Clock watching with a mindmap. Practical exercise. Questions and comments. Conclusion. Resources.

What is a mind map?

Why use a Mindmap?

Use right brain (visual, intuitive) as well as left brain (logical, linear).

Make new connections between ideas. Fast and easy to create. Multi-purpose. Easy to learn. Effective.

How to use a mindmap

Work out the contents. Prioritise the contents. Format the mindmap. Build to fit the clock. Arrow where necessary. Rehearse. Deliver against the clock.

A very brief sample

A very brief sample

5 minutes of fame!

• Introduce yourself. • Start with an attention grabber.• Make one main point in the presentation. • Try to break this into list of three.• End on a high point. This is what is

remembered. • If you can add an element of suspense, so

much the better.

Resources

How to make a mindmap with Powerpoint - http://bit.ly/d4wtLl

Mindmap - http://www.thinkbuzan.com/ Freemind 2010 http://

sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files Popplet - http://popplet.com/ VUE - http://vue.tufts.edu/index.cfm

Popplet

Thank you

This presentation is online at:http://www.lydbury.co.uk and follow the linksfrom downloads.Email me on: duncan.baker@lydbury.co.uk