1. Mind-mapping for time keeping in presentations Duncan Baker Lydbury English Centre IATEFL BESIG 20 November2010

2. Problem and Solution  How to keep time.  How to slow down or speed up.  By how much?  Graphical Interface.  Controls content and time.

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

4. What is a mind map?

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. A very brief sample

9. 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.

10. Resources  How to make a mindmap with Powerpoint - http://bit.ly/d4wtLl http://bit.ly/d4wtLl  Mindmap - http://www.thinkbuzan.com/http://www.thinkbuzan.com/  Freemind 2010 http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files  Popplet - http://popplet.com/http://popplet.com/  VUE - http://vue.tufts.edu/index.cfmhttp://vue.tufts.edu/index.cfm

11. Popplet

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